NZ Day Fourty Arrived in Auckland at 8pm and stayed at Queen Strret Backpackers whilst Tim stayed with his cousins as Mark and I wanted to be in the city.

NZ Day Thirty-Nine Woke up to a very rainy day and continued that way up until I left for my boat cruise around the Bay of Islands, in the morning to keep ourselves busy we played a game of Scrabble followed by Monopoly in both games I lost. Cast off was at 4pm and as we approached my boat I was surprised to see how simple it looked as it bobbled up and down on the water it seemed like a something out of a Huckleberry Finn story you know one of those ol...

NZ Day Thirty-Eight (Pahia Bay of Islands) Had an early start today at 7.15am as we had roughly 3hrs to get to Pahia up north from Auckland. On the way up on the bus i had decided to book myself a 24hr boat cruise around the Bay of Islands which i was looking forward to whereas the guys decided not to go. Pahia itself is a very small town next to the sea with but only a few shops and lots of seafood reastuarants and motels and hotels. That night we...

NZ Day Thirty-Seven Today i had a lie in and a gentle walk around the city by myself and taking in all the sights as Mark and Tim went off to a place just within the city called One Tree Hill and it was good to get a bit of what i like to call "Time Out" So i had the whole day to myself which was pretty sound as it was good to get away from the guys once in a while and do your own thing. In the evening we had a few drinks in the hostel bar and took...

NZ Day Thirty-Six Woke up at a reasonable time today and then we headed off to Auckland's fine museum where like all the other museums we've visited in NZ we were able to appreciate the Maori culture as well as the many other exhibitions that were being held at the museum. Again like all the other museums we've visited we were able to play as well which entailed me dressing me up like a zebra nad a purple dragon and i gotta say with out sounding too bi...