O my God guys I so wish you were all here with me to experience two of the best days ever!!! Yesterday finally got to do the Tongariro Crossing (Accross Mordor) and it was so worth the wait. The scenery was too stunning for words - went from volcanic rocks, across snow, down the other side of the volcano and into rainforest!!! It was amazing - didn't see any Orks thankfully but did have lunch on the summit of Mt Doom and had a snowball fight too! The hardes...

So just chilling out in Taupo at the minute....nice place. Had a fantastic night last night. Hit the town early then me, Vince and Hels decided a good caffeine hit was in order so headed to a place called Tongue and Groove. This is a lovely chilled out cafe bar place, we spent the rest of the night there siting in comfy sofas with a mug of hot chocolate and cookies watching a live band play They were really good fun and as Vince is a musician we managed to get ch...

O My God - I love this place! On arrival to Rotorua there is one thing very noticeable...It Stinks! It is set on one of the worlds most active geothermal areas and hence sulpur is everywhere. However, once you get used to the smell the place is great. The hostel i am in, Hot Rocks, is really nice - well located being right next to a beautiful thermal park and has 3 heated mineral pools and one swimming pool too! Day one was spent with a local Maori family ...

Today i made my way from Auckland to Raglan via Hamilton. The hostel is truly fantastic!! It is set in the rainforest on the side of a mountain with a Flying Fox zip wire, Ropes, table tennis, basket ball hoops and.....a sauna!! After playing around (ie. having many many gos on the zip wire and screaming like a little girl!) for a bit we all ate dinner together in the communal kitchen and decided that after sitting on a bus for hours a walk was needed. When ...

Hey Peeps! Well i've had a pretty hectic couple of days; Headed North from Auckland to Pahia where i am staying at the moment, which is in the Bay of Islands. Did a bit of sight seeing and horse riding on the way up. It is really lovely here. Yesterday took a 12 hour road trip to Cape Reinga and did the whole Sandsurfing thing whcih was sooo much fun although the trek up the dune was bloody hard work!!!!! But it was worth it - even if it did take you 1/2 hou...