I woke up in the night and decided I wasn't feeling very well at all. It felt like mild food poisoning but I lay still and eventually it was morning. When I awoke I decided I was dehydrated from all the red wine the night before so I bought some water and went over to the large inflatable pillow for a bounce before breakfast. This was not a good idea. My stomach was definitely feeling worse. No matter, a good full english breakfast was cooked for me by our specia...

Today we went to the Waimangu Thermal Valley, just south of Rotorua. The whole area is known for its thermal activity but it is all quite expensive so we chose just one to visit. The sights were pretty amazing. There was a 2 hour walk along a set path for us to follow with various sights along the way. The main attractions were Emerald Pool, the Inferno Crater and the hot mud flats. Emerald pool was a vast lake with constant steam rising out of it. The surroundin...

Having driven up from Auckland late in the evening, we arrived at the Bay of Islands just as the sun was setting and managed to navigate our way to a camp site with water and electricity. We were pretty hungry by this point so we set up our new bbq and had a few beers. In the morning we booked ourselves onto a ferry ride around the bay of islands, King's Dolphins Cruise it was called, who promised us a high chance of finding some dolphins. We spent the morning ...

Hi Guys Time is rather confusing me these days, I am not totally sure when everything happened over the last few days. On Monday 31st Tom and I made the trip over to Auckland, everything went smoothly and this time my bag arrived safely!! As soon as we landed, we saw John and Joel waiting for us, having landed 2 hours previously from Chile. The time was 6am and we grapped a taxi to our youth hostel near downtown Auckland. It was just off a road called K Road, wh...

As I write this entry, Tom and I are packing up ready to leave for Auckland. This will be a long day as we have to get a train to LA, then catch a bus to LAX airport and wait around until 9 o'clock for our 13 1/2 hr flight - a long day but it will be worth it!! I'm afraid there is still no word of my bag - BA don't know where it is and now that I am off to NZ, there is no chance it will ever catch up with me. So... yesterday morning involved some shopping. I had...