Blogs from Central, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 8

Stray Travel -The Jill Pass I travelled on the North Island of New Zealand with the Stray Bus. I’m doing my internship in Auckland at the moment, and I wanted to travel the week before I started this internship. It was an amazing week. I expected it to be nice, but this week went beyond my expectations. I met so many nice people, I loved the spectacular views and I did things I thought I would never do, such as skydiving from 15.000 ft, horse riding (which I never did before), tubing in caves and so much more. Auckland to Raglan The bus departed from Auckland, near to the Stray shop in Fort Street. When I arrived at the bus (which was very easy to find due to his lovely orange color), I met my friendly ... read more

Hej alle sammen. Vi har det godt og arbejder haard paa at faa en lejlighed her i Auckland. Vi har opleveret en masse spaendende og opdatering foelger snarest muligt. Haaber i har det godt derhjemme.... read more

Apologies for the delay since the last blog. There isn't as much internet access in a campervan surprisingly :-) We had an awesome last week in Japan, spent mostly in Kyoto. So glad we had so much time there. Absolutely beautiful gardens, lots of temple tramping and shrines in the wooded areas. Very pretty - shame I can't put the pictures up just yet. Hopefully soon. Met a lovely lady at the beautiful hostel we stayed at too, who bought us some cherry blossom tea on her trip to Shikoku - a flower in every cup! Will definitely miss the Japanese people, they made the trip much more relaxing and enjoyable just by being so friendly. We've been having a great time driving around New Zealand and both done really well considering we hadn't driven anywhere ... read more

Just a quick note to say I've arrived safely at my hostel in Auckland. I had an awesome night at the Holiday Inn at Sydney Airport last night. The novelty of being in a room on my own for the first night since I left Sri Lanka was pretty exciting for me! Plus there was a double bed, and a bath, and a TV! It probably doesn't seem like a big deal to you guys, but trust me, after two months being constantly surrounded my strangers it was nice to just drink tea and watch TV in bed! Plus having a landline telephone in my room meant I could receive some phone calls from home which was brilliant. I ordered room service and everything. Joy! I spent my last day in Sydney organising a few final ... read more

Before we said our goodbyes to Gollum, we had a few more days in NZ. Stopping at Lake Tekapo – crystal clear blue lake with a massive Lord of the Rings like 360 degree view. Also stopped right next to Mount Cook – and walked to Tasmen Glacier where we saw icebergs!! Couple of days in Christchurch and Auckland before we said our goodbye to Gollum – Christchurch has been devastated by the Earthquake, with most of the Centre of the City completely cut off – buildings empty, houses ripped off coastal hills etc. The town is using cargo containers as a mini pop up town. Finished our NZ journey in Auckland; a really funky city – the views from the Sky Tower are great. In the pub at night group of local talent singing and ... read more