Wellington back to Auckland

Most of the bus continued their journey south, as i had startd on the south i decided to head back to the north of the north! This time a much quieter bus consisting of only about 6 people. It is amazing how groups of people can change so dramatically some buses are loud and eveyone gets on, others are a bit more groupy and some much quieter, it has been cool as i have had about 8 different drivers and therefore 8 different groups, so i would say i got a chance to experience it all. From Wellington we made our way back up north through what felt like the four sesons. As we travelled the sky was blue and the sun shone, white fluffy clouds floated overhead, we stopped at National park again for lunch and as we ate the snow started to fall. We had to leave early as it had started to settle and we had a 6 hour journey ahead of us. Then we experienced a hail storm, into a light rain and eventually the skies cleared. I arrived in Auckland and checked in at Base hostel. I havn't really been that impressed with the base hostels, and this time i had the pleasure of spending the night with two Irish builders and a Scottish plumber. They had been staying at the hostel for 4 and a half months, I couldnt believe it! It definately smelt like they had been there for 4 and a half months, and there was no window in the room. Luckily i was headed straight up to Kaitaia early the next morning so i had a quick escape!