Auckland with Aunty Kay From the Bay of Islands it was back to Auckland for a little more R&R, but this time Kel's Aunty Kay very willingly let us stay with her. Firstly though, after Kay picked us up from Auckland city centre it was time to was time for a bit of sight-seeing. We visited a dormant volcano with the most spectacular views of the city, the harbour From here it was time to head to Aunty Kay's. Here we met Eros (aka Nero the cat) whom we feel be...

Long long long coach ride to Hahei, but definitely worth it. 29degrees when we arrived at 4pm so lots of sunshine to soak up, factor 8 sun cream on, Chris wouldnt wear any higher even if he was sitting on the sun. Beautiful beach, sea a little too rough for me, was getting flung all over the place, took my place firmly on Chris's back out of harms way :-) After 3 hours on the beach, the two of us were feeling a little hot so decided to go and shower and make tea...

Lots to report since the last blog entry :-) Auckland has been just lovely, we arrived on Saturday 12th Feb after a long and exhausting flight from L.A (Not fun), arrived at 9.50am and somehow managed to stay up the entire day despite not sleeping properly for at least 18 hours. Dan met us at the airport and took us back to his home. There we met claire and the four of us went for a walk down on the beach. A cheeky 6km walk is enough to wake anyone up :-) follow...