My first solo trip into the world. Starting this already about a month and a half into my trip so just going to review the things I've done so far then try and make longer entries later on. North Island Flew in to Auckland at the beginning of February. Nice place, very touristy, lots of old wasps traveling on cruise ships there. A good places to do tours out from. I went to Hobbiton and Waitomo Caves from here, the caves were a bit lame honestly. Hobbit was awesome, it was something like 30-40 hobbit holes. The hobbit holes didn't have anything behind the doors but it really did feel like the shire. If you like LoTR and find yourself in NZ go to Hobbiton. I would recommend going to Coromandel and Whangarei North of Auckland,
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