Blogs from Central, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 34

Goat Island and Auckland, Bye to Jucy Day 74 December 14, 2008 We woke up to gray skies, but no rain. No matter, the morning was spent cleaning out the van and giving away salt, pepper, butter, and laundry detergent. We managed to eat all the food we had in the van so little was wasted. The beach here at Paihia started getting lively early with people swimming and little kids running around. We weren’t very eager to leave. I thought we were done with dirt roads (they called them “shingle” roads here) but I inadvertently led us on one last adventure going the back way to Goat Island. Goat Island is a marine preserve where we were going to snorkel, but when we got there we decided the water was too cold. We could see ... read more

FRI - internet alllll day to upload more photos for you lot back home! sorry for the delays in them, i will get up to date, im hoping to this weekend but that means looong time on computer :( Ruth (newcastle, about 30 i think) managed to drag me off the computer for a bit as she had found a fellow hexhamite in Globe Bar! went down to meet her and truns out she knew Beattie and Geffro :o weird, small world! SAT - plan was to get more work trousers as they finally packed in on me last friday and go on the internet for more photos. reality was that adam ambushed me and i ended up going to the museum at long last with him, kirsty, monica, alison (australia, only did one week cvnz ... read more

week 11 is going to be a bit bitty as loads of different stuff happened. sat - byebye to kate j, sarah and sascia today :*( boorubbishboo! i hate goodbyes! sorted out my stuff for my trip to Northland on mon. had a Wagamamas in the evening with Kate and Karl then to the cinema to see Rock n Rolla with them, just like old times. veeery good film, if you havn't already seen it, do so. then train home to mt albert. sun - watched the gift and the missing in the morning with adam and lara, had an extremely strong coffee and felt ioll for the rest of the day, had amazing jitters mind! back to acb in the evening with taz, met up with karl and thats it, what a boring weekend!... read more

So what can we say about Los Angeles that hasn’t been written about or commented on a million times over? Well, we found it quite interesting. We got the bus up from San Diego. It was only a 2 hour drive, but it was the 1+half hour wait that preceeded it that was a little unpleasant! We had The Fifth Element on DVD on the wall to keep us entertained but our Greyhound Bus experience left a little to be desired. They weren’t very fothcoming with information about why the bus was late or even when they were expecting it to arrive! Then when we finally arrived in LA, we weren’t in the station we were expecting to be! Quite a bit away from it in actual fact! So with the bus journey behind us and ... read more

Hello all, for the last time from beautiful New Zealand. We are once again in Auckland city, where, for the thrid time last night we crashed and landed in transit. We have been here for a day of laundry and chores in order to organise ourselves to leave for Fiji tomorrow at ridiculous o clock - (otherwise known as 5 am). The week that has been since I last wrote has been one of the best, if not the best I have had here in New Zealand, as Nic and I made our own way around the Northland by means of my new favourite mode of transport - a CAMPERVAN! (Mum and Dad, if you are struggling for ideas for what to buy me for Christmas, then why not go for a campervan?! - it'd look ... read more