I woke up at around 7am with a spring in my step excited by what lay ahead of me on the Feejee Experience after hearing such good things about it. After showering and packing my bags ready to check out I had some free breakfast which on this occasion was only toast and jam plus a cup of tea but it is what you need in the morning and it was free so I couldn't complain. Then at 8am on the dot, the blue Feejee Experience minibus pulled up outside Horizon to pick me ...

The flight from Auckland to Nadi (pronounced Nandi) airport took approximately three hours meaning I arrived on Fijian shores for the first time at around 10am, still feeling a tad tired due to the fact I only had a couple of hours sleep that night because of the early flight time from Auckland. I had intended to sleep for the duration of the flight but that was easier said than done when I flicked through the film options and saw Shutter Island was listed, which...

The bus journey from Taupo to Auckland was to be my last journey on the Kiwi Experience which was quite sad in a way as I had had so many good times travelling around the country on the bus and had great memories to bring from it with me. But all good things have to come to an end at some stage and the end was in sight as we left Urban Retreat at 9.30am, our first stop was only 50 minutes away, which was Rotorua, the rotten egg smelling city I stayed three nights...

We had quite a distance to cover between Wellington and Taupo which meant that we had to leave early at 8am to ensure we were in Taupo by mid afternoon. Just outside of Wellington we come out onto the Kapiti coast which I had been down on my way into Wellington when I was on the north island the previous time so I got the same explanations from Poncey, my driver still, about how the coast is littered with heaps of rugged yet beautiful beaches and small commuter t...

We left Top Spot at 9am and started the journey back up north, with Poncey my driver once again as he was to be for my last few days on the Kiwi bus! For me I was going to be retracing my tracks, as the next three stops (Wellington, Taupo and Auckland) I had already been to, so it was effectively the end of my Kiwi adventure in Kaikoura as this was the last place I stayed that I hadn't already been to. The drive northwards took in the dramatic Kaikoura coastline ...