So, after making lots of friends and generally doing alot of sociable stuff I left Wellington behind. I caught my bus at 9am and it would take me 11 hours to get back to Auckland. Only a couple of breaks on the way so the time went pretty quick as we travelled all the way from the south of the island back up north. I checked into my hostel, which was a different one to the previous one I'd stayed at. I quickly dumped my stuff then headed to the other hostel wher...

Today was a very busy day and also probably the scariest of my life!! It started off early with me getting up at 7am to watch the England footy match, which I hadn't bothered to be honest, but hey ho you have to support your country! Around 9:30 I caught the free shark shuttle bus to Kelly Tarlton's where I would be doing my Shark Cage Experience as well as checking out the penguins, seahorses, fishies, turtles, etc! My shark cage wasn't until 12:30 so I had a c...

I awoke today to the sound of heavy rain....great!! This is the problem of travelling during the new Zealand winter, you have to expect rain! However, due to my timescale of going places I knew I had to suck it up and go outside! I decided to get out of Auckland for the day and get the ferry to Devonport which was about 10 minutes away. I have to say, I've been on a fair few ferries while I've been away but this was by far the coldest! No sunbathing unfortunatel...

So, the 21st and 22nd are basically days that there is no need to write about seeing as I spent it travelling!thursday 21st i got the greyhound from San Diego, walked the 1.5 miles to Union Station, caught the the Flyaway airport shuttle then finally arrived at LAX. Celeb Alert: Johnny Rotten was sat outside the airport looking trampy! Once I checked in I then waited 5 hrs till my 9pm flight, not fun! The flight took about 13 hrs and because of the time differenc...