Now, I'll be perfectly honest about this day. I did Nothing!! Wellington is a lot smaller than I thought it would be and especially compared to Auckland (Auckland has 1 million more people). So, it's very easy to get round it quickly. I actually deliberately spaced my days out so i would have stuff to do, but by Sunday I was over it and ready to move on. I ate, watched films and socialised. The most productive thing I did today was have a Skype session with the f...

Today I awoke and was not my usual bright and breezy self! But after devouring some peanut butter on crumpets and a large coffee, I set off for my day. I walked to the cable car stop and got a cable car to the botanic gardens. Walking around the botanic gardens really made me feel better, although when you've seen one plant, you've seen them all (right mum??!!). Walked through the memorial park as well, very morbid but very interesting, I've always liked looking...

Today started off with a very early Skype session with the famalam. One of the best things about this hostel was the fact you had IPad use, very luxurious for a backpacker! So at 7am I dragged myself out of bed to chat to them. I've not really used Skype much before and it was really surreal seeing Mum, Dad, Aimee and Paul, I think dad was pretty intrigued by it, by the looks of things! But unfortunately due to Gem, Wang and Finley joining in the computer would o...

Before I had got to Rotorua I knew I should definately visit the Polynesian Spa. Very handy as it was only 5 minute walk from the hostel. So on my last morning I got up early and headed over there with Lola (roommate) (yes, I did have 'Copacabana' in my head anytime someone said her name!). We used the Lake Spa so were able to use 4 different mineral spring pools which were 36c, 38c, 40c and 42c. It was really relaxing and especially like the hottest one, especia...