My last day! We left the beach house at around 1pm and drove back to Auckland. We said our goodbye to James and Clare and went back to the house. Spent the afternoon doing my diary/blog. Then Pip cooked us steak and chips before we left for the airport at 10pm as I'm finishing this now. I'm so glad I did this, many people never thought I would. It's been absolutely amazing and I've met some fantastic people. I will never forget any of them or any of what I...

Today was a complete relax day. We had a lie in until about 11am and had breakfast. Nick went to Tauranga to visit his soon to be brother in law. Myself, Ben, James and Clare went to the beach. Clare spent the whole time sunbathing as me Ben and James went in the sea on body boards acting like little kids! Riding waves and joking about. We went back to the beach house as the sun is really strong here in New Zealand. Played a game of Ludo which was surprisingl...

Road Trip to Rotorua again! Love this place for the Luging. So up quite early as its a fair way to drive so we left at 10am and got a McDonald's breakfast en route. Arrived at Rotorua around 1pm and went straight up the Gondola to the top of the mountain to go luging! We all had 5 go's each and on the last race right at the end we had a massive accident, I tried cutting up James and he bashed into me, causing me to flip over and land on my arm! Ouch Then I k...

Today after a long lie in again we ventured to Hobbiton! It took about 2 hours to get there but it was SO worth it, it was amazing, just like the films and as they haven't long finished filming The Hobbit everything was in mint condition and still up and running. We finished the day off by having a beer in the pub which is in the first Lord of The Rings movie! I was amazed as I love the films! Really special place to come. We headed back to the beach house ...

After a long lie in we got all our stuff together and ready to head down to the beach house. Pip has kindly lent us her car, so me and Nick will be driving it as Ben had his license stolen in Thailand. Once ready we headed into Auckland to pick up James and Clare. Then stated our road trip! Pretty excited! It took us about 2 hours to get to the beach house and we arrived mid afternoon. We settled in and chose our rooms. Took a look at the stunning beach and had...