Took our first journey south to Mercury bay. On the way we stopped at a place called Cathedral Cove, which is a beautiful tropical looking bay where the rocks have formed into a cathedral-shaped archway.Next we visited the strangest beach - hot water beach....Again its pretty self explainitary but basically everyone hires shovels and you walk down to the beach to a certain area and start digging. There is a thermal outlet comin up throught he sand and the whole y...

Had the most fantastic day trip to Cape Reinga. A highlight had to be our driver Alto who to be honest I cant really describe. He was like a hyperactive comedian with ADHD. He never stopped. Incedently, the drivers here are the tour guides - they do both. On the way up we stopped at a forest to see some native Kauri trees, some of the biggest trees in New Zealand. Next stop was the lighthouse right at the most northernly point, where the Pacific Ocean meets the T...

We were picked up from Auckland on the big Bright green Kiwi experience bus that was to be our transport for the whole of our time here. It's basically a hop-on hop off bus service around both the north and south islands, but they will also assist with accommodation and activity bookings. Our first journey took us north to Pahia in the bay of islands, which is exactly that, 145 beautiful little islands scattered around the bay. The weather was absolutely gorg...

Wow so I'm now in Auckland - New Zealand! Lost a day of my life getting here tho beacause of the time difference - how does that work?. Tom was waiting for me at the airport, it was an emotional reunion and really strange, we had so much to catch up on that we didnt know where to start. We just walked and talked and walked and talked. I was in a complete daze, just trying to take everything in. First thing I needed to grasp was the language. Quite a few peopl...

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