IN Hamilton!!! and there is no hamilton palace here! i doubled checked!! there is really nothing to here other than students and getting drunk! big night life scene! stayed at the very cool hostel that is a womans house! she traveled alot in past! it had big outdoor fire and musc and was great! she put on a free BBQ for everyone and then i went out into town with these american girls i met who were down for weekend and are studying near thames!!! we had a blast! ...

Got to waitomo...or should i say the turn off for waitomo late morning! Bus wouldnt take me into the caving area of the vilage (although its just really caves wiht toursist attractions!) thankfully at the junction there was a motel (and that was about it!!) i called hostel and they ca,e and picked me up an hour later!! i just sat in the sun wathing lorries thundering by! was an interesting point in my life!! the hostel i stayed at was well cool! it was called jun...

rrived in New plkymouth. mount taranaki (which could be moutn Fiji) was all covered up wiht cloud. apparently it is mopst of them time!!! there wasnt much to new plymouth i took a walk alojng the famous cpastal walk way and saw all the lava rock going into the sea and watched the surfers (very cool) and just lazed about. waether wasnt nice when i got there but once i got ettled into hostalit was a gorgeous day!!!! The hostel i was staying in was really cool. it w...

LeFt a very sunny taupo for wellington this morning! and i was shattered! slept most of the journey which was about 7 hours! feel like its a bit of a wasted day but wellington seems pretty cool! reminds me of glasgow and the hostel i am staying in is very busy! i am on the 6th floor sharing a room wiht a girl who has been wokring here since january! its a dorm room for 6 but its just the two of us so far! it much much colder here and very windy!! it still warm bu...

went a walk to the huka falls todayand beyond! was an easier walk than some i ahve done but it was still good! that falls were amazing! all this water being squished through this tiny slot i the rocks!! the bridge over was shaking as the water was so violently forced through then over the edge! it didnt even look like a deep waterfall 9although it was) due to the sheer volume of water!! on way back stopped at the little brodge going over a stream into the rover a...