Yes, this should be my last blog from the land of the kiwis unless something unbelievably interesting happens in the next 24 hours. My week in Auckland has been spent closing bank accounts, chnaging all my cashmondo into American dollars, 'studying'/'staring balnkly' at my Spannish phrase book, and more interestingly camping on Waiheke Island for a night. Waiheke is only 35mins ferry ride away from downtoen Auckland, and you can still just about see the skyline of the capital when you get there, but the difference between the two places is huge Auckland is a constant struggle with too many people and everybody rushing everywhere, whereas Waiheke gave me the impression of a cross betwee, the Channel Islands (even tho i've never been) and Goa (due to its microclimate). Its population is around 8000 and its
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