Blogs from Whangarei, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 24

Wednesday 27th A really early start, but I'm kind of awake anyway. Onto the bus, Leftie is the driver (met him on the South Island). Smooth journey to Whangerai, where I am collected by Peter from Bunkdown Lodge. This is their home, combined as a backpackers - feels like a good place to chill out. Spend the morning sorting my bags a bit more, finding more things to throw/post off, before heading into Whangerai for the afternoon for a bit more shopping and some time on the internet - but it won't let me do much so not too long! Back to relax with others at the hostel, and early to bed as have a 630am wake-up call. Thursday 28th Sure enough we're woken 630am. Ready in plenty of time for the Dive Tutekaka shuttle at ... read more

Day 3-Northland - Wangarei (Sunday 2/17) We decided to go north and explore Northland. Actually made it out of Auckland just like we knew what we were doing. The traffic was pretty bad even though it was Sunday morning. Rush hour traffic must be a real experience. Stopped and spent a few hours at Orewa. It is a beach town and I was surprised that a lot of the stores were open. They were having a farmer’s market and all the fruits and veggies are in season. The fruits and veggies are great NZ because they are all locally grown. New Zealand has not been Walmarted One thing we realized was that New Zealand has not been Walmarted. When the sign says City Center, this is where you find all businesses. With the exception of Auckland, ... read more

hey thank you for the birthday messages! Yesterday we went shopping then headed to the beach then stayed in a batch overlooking it which was preety cool, they had us starting early on the drinking games last night! this morning we have headed back to pat and gails which is where we are staying for the next week, they have a converted garage which has become our home away from home! going to head into town later with sheila and dave and go to a nice resturant. hoping to go to the bay of islands tomorrow which is meant to be really nice and hopefully will find some dolphins to swim with! xxx... read more

Kia Ora and hello from Aotearoa (New Zealand). As you can probably gather from the title we've been experiencing "weather" in NZ for the last few days. They say it's the country where you can experience 4 seasons in 1 day but we seem to be having just the 1 at the moment and that's rain. Tropical cyclone Funa (yet another cyclone) has been hovering over us for the past few days and treating us to various levels of rain, from downpour to gloomy drizzle, but hey ho, we're still enjoying ourselves. Landed in Auckland 3 weeks ago and were met by friends Nod (Paul) and Rebecca at the airport. Spent the next four days at their house out at Point Chevalier which was a great base for exploring the city. Saw the key sights; Sky ... read more

Ne vous habituez pas aux posts quotidiens, demain, je retourne dans une zone avec l'internet payant et lent! Je voulais juste partager avec vous quelques photos de ma balade de ce matin... Et j'ajouterais qu'apres m'etre fait reclamer un document d'identite dans un bar a Auckland pour pouvoir consommer une biere (j'ai quand meme casi 30 ans, je vous le rappelle!!!), je continue dans le registre de la "legalite": je viens de monter dans une voiture de police NZ... No worries, juste un ami de Stu avec qui on a fait un BBQ hier soir qui a propose de me deposer voyant que je souffrais en marchant en plein soleil! ... read more