Auckland.

I woke up at about 12, feeling a bit ill and tired from the late night. I had a wander around the city, and bought some food before stopping at a little sushi restaurant for a late lunch. I then wandered around for a bit more of the afternoon before going back to the hostel for dinner. I also booked myself onto a bus to get around the country, and planned my days for the rest of the time, as I had to book myself onto busses. In the evening I met up with Mark from network, who had just done an expedition in China with the scouts, and was in NZ visiting his sister. We went out for a drink in a bar on the waterfront, and had really yummy pineapple and mango crumble.

The next day in Auckland I woke up mildly earlier than the previous day, had a lazy brekkie and then headed to the Auckland museum. The museum was quite interesting, as it had lots about the volcanoes that surround the country, and the history of its earthquakes. Random fact – they had an earthquake about 3 weeks before I arrived in the country and it moved the whole of the south island 30cm closer to Australia, throwing out all the GPS systems. I spent the afternoon internetting, and spoke to some of the Aussies still back in the RMIT village, which was really good. I went to see harry potter in the evening, which wasn’t that good before heading back to the hostel for dinner and an early night as I was still feeling a bit under the weather. The evening was quite uneventful until one of the guys staying in our room came back in, and was sick all over the room, causing us to have to change rooms at about 1 in the morning – not what I wanted when I had an early start planned!