So I left Paihia in the 'Bay of Islands' on Sunday 11th December and had a bit of an epic jounrey to Whitianga in the Coromandel area!! Firstly we went the 4 hours back to Auckland and then changed bus to go onto Whitianga, a coastal town in the coromnadel region. All was going well, was on a small minibus with just 5/6 people and we made a stop in Tairua, a little town just 45 mins short of my destination. Unfortunately my good luck of no mishaps so far had run ...

Wednesday 7th December I left Sydney at 5.40am with my friend Emily who had a taxi into Sydney city paid for by work (thanks Em!!) so I was able to jump in that and then get the train onto the airport. Was sad saying my goodbyes to Emily at the train station…firstly because it has been sooo good to get to spend time with her and Matt again and have so much fun together, but secondly because it was a real feeling off'here I go, Its me on my own again' kind of th...