We started the day bright and early, getting up just before 6.00am, much to the delight of our fellow dorm sleepers, who hadn't arrived in until just before 4.00am (luckily they had to be up early as well!). Our bus departed at 6.50am and it was a long, boring, tiring day travelling back up to Auckland.

We made a few stops en-route for a stretch of the legs, the longest stop being in Taupo for 30 minutes where we managed to grab a sandwich from the petrol station (Ham and Egg - yum!). We rolled into busy Auckland at around 6.45pm and checked into Base. After dumping our bags it was straight to the supermarket for some fruit before enjoying our leftover food for tea! We chilled in the tv room for a bit then sorted our bags ready for Fiji tomorrow.