So the last month didn't quite go according to plan. After arriving in Queenstown and enjoying a few nights out before I intended on starting work, I was struck down with what ended up being a tonsil and throat infection as well as an infection to my finger. Not quite what I had hoped for as this meant I couldn't start work as was planned and I was pretty much bed-ridden for two weeks with the inability to speak and eat, a very unpleasant experience to say the le...

I am coming to you now about to hit Queenstown and therefore completing my Kiwi Experience circuit around New Zealand, an incredible 5 week trip that has drained me and probably not prepared me for any sort of work that I'm about to do for a couple of weeks. Once getting to the South Island the buses started to get very busy and I had been told how hectic the next week or so would be, and I saw this first hand. With barely a minute for some chilled time over the ...

This blog has had to come much later than I had planned as I found out just how remote the west coast on the south island is. Since the last blog I started through Rotorua, just for the one night as I had been there for three days previously on the way up. It wasn't the most exciting day and night of my life as most people went off to do the activities I'd already done, I stuck to playing the manager of the hostel at pool, keeping him from doing any work which mi...

First stop on my own was Coromandel, home to the famous hot water beach. I took the chance to sea kayak to the popular Cathedral Cove and its beach which was a very well needed work-out. After an afternoon spent moving from beach to beach we eventually made it to hot water beach. Famous for when during a low tide, hundreds of people come and dig their own hole in the sand and then get into the 50 degree Celsius water, something to do with the earth's crust I thin...

After hearing mixed opinions about Auckland we didn't know what to expect, but we were glad to be back in a city and in New Zealand's largest one. Our first trip was made to the harbour which was very impressive in its mass of boats small, big and huge. In the centre was a man made dome which we found out had glow in the dark table tennis inside of it, occupying us for an hour. After which we slowly made our way back to the hostel and prepared for a Saturday nigh...