[ThomasC]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

I lived in Auckland. Oh Palmy, haha. Not the most exciting of places

But yes, so many stunning areas. Did you make it to places like the Fjordland, Stuart Island, Dunedin, coromandel, bay of islands and hawkes bay?

Yeah it wasn't, but I enjoyed the routine of having a base.

Yes I did Milford sound, bit of an anti climax tbh, stunning but I'd got really high hopes.

No I didn't do Stuart Island, but I did go right down south to Invercargill....spent some time in Dunedin, was very student orientated, couple of great museums, wildlife place, steepest street in the world which was pretty cool... Yes did coromandel,,,,stunning landscapes on the drives, yes Bay Of Islands.

I found it did get quite samey and I didn't find NZ hugely sociable. I stayed in hostels, some of them I pretty much had to myself,,, maybe it was the season....

I loved Queenstown, such a cute vibe and not too big..... Did a few big hikes..... Did Arthur's Pass, ...slept in my car few times...I slept in it for two nights at mount cook in the campground, lol, I was freezing!! .... But yeah I went to loads of places in NZ, ones I can't even remember... I really miss their dairy!!! Tip top ice cream, omg, they do ice cream so much better than us, so much more variety...and I miss Whittaker's peanut butter filled chocolate. Lol

As a whole I preferred Asia though, Thailand and Bali. Singapore was insanely expensive, I went to Raffles (about £40 for a Singapore sling), Santosa island was amazing.... Went Kuala Lumpur, that was really cool (stayed in a hostel that was in a multistorey car park)

Yeah I stayed in Auckland for couple of weeks, ugh, just another city tbh!! I stayed on this gay street, I can't think what it was called at the nomads hostel, K road? And I got a tattoo from sunset tattoo there.

What made you come back to the UK?