Hola from Queenstown! Arrived here yesterday after a fairly long drive. Our trip has seen us visit several places since the last blog post and we've also acquired some additional road trip buddies in the shape of Kiefer (AKA - Gav/Bro) and Gem. After Rotorua we stayed at Taupo for a few nights which was a nice place and enjoyed some of the baking weather there beside Lake Taupo. We also took a drive around the lake one day and almost ran dry of petrol - not good ...

Hello from Rotorua! Arrived here last week and had a couple of nights in Auckland, which wasn't the greatest of places. The highlight of our time there was probably the half an hour we spent in an ice bar where, not suprisingly, everything was made from ice... not the bar staff mind! After Auckland we drove north to the Bay of Islands and spent some time there in a place called Paihia, after stopping off at a couple of places on the way. Paihia was a nice place ...