SKYDIVING!! After leaving Rotorua we headed to Taupo where I knew I would be jumping out of a plane today! It's my first Skydive, ever since I saw my dad do one I have always wanted to feel that adrenaline rush! Today is the day... 15,000ft. We got picked up from our hostel in a limousine just to add to the excitement, we then proceeded to the jump site, myself, Nick, Ben and our pals Adi and Magnus. We were all buzzing and couldn't wait to get up in the air...

Early start to get our bus from Waitomo to Rotorua, not a bad journey there and we arrived around midday to check into our largest dorm yet, a 10 bed dorm! We didn't really have much time to settle in as we were off luging today which is similar to go karting but as you'll see from the pictures the karts don't have any engines, it's all downhill gravity. We went with a small group that included the 3 of us and 3 others called Graham, Sophie and Aga. We had a ...

7am start after an evening of drinking is always fun! But we are off to Waitomo today to do the Black Water Rafting! A quick 6 hour journey and we arrive at our destination, we check into our new dorm which is a 4 bed, it's myself, Ben, Nick and Magnus (A Swedish guy from our bus) so not bad at all, plus my bed is SO comfortable! Not as good as home though. We sorted our things out and had lunch before being picked up to go Black Water Rafting. It was a 3 hou...

Up nice and early to get the train into central Auckland to catch our Kiwi Experience bus for the last part of our adventure. 26 days of buses, hostels, activities, drinking and meeting new people! Our first stop of the trip is Hot Water Beach. We arrived at our hostel which was quite nice, so it should be for £15 a night! A lot more expensive compared to Thailand. The hostel had a free bouncy castle thing which was good fun. We headed down to the famous bea...

We got up fairly early and had some breakfast at the house before heading into central Auckland by train. We went to the Kiwi Experience Office and booked up our buses for the rest of our time in New Zealand. We had to book them up in advance as its very busy this time of the year so the buses get full quickly, so we sorted all that out. Then our plan was to go Sky Tower however it was a bit overcast at the time so we grabbed lunch at Maccy D's (bad I know but...