Blogs from North Shore, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 9

Im Wonnemonat Mai 2008... read more

Rip. n. A strong coastal current formation intent on separating you from home. Options: Traverse across the current, and return homeward (recommended). Alternative: Swim out and see how far you get offshore. Rut. N. A strong current intent on maintaining your proximity to home/work. Options: Work with it, and see how flash a car you can afford to get you between home and work (recommended). Alternative: Sell everything, ignore separation anxieties experienced, purchase backpack, raincoat and fast drying underwear. Search travel blogs. Find the most appealing rip, and swim with it. See how far you get. Tearing asunder from a pleasant New Zealand urban environment, Benj and Arlene prepare the finishing touches for Tahiti (a few days), Easter Island (10 days), South America (6 months) and Mexico (2 months). Visit the Spanish/Iberian connection on route to ... read more

Hello everyone... I can't believe that this is the last entry that I will be writing while on this gap year tour! It has been so much fun, and I don't want it to end because I will have to go back to work, and do all of the boring things again! Thursday was a quiet day for us, we spent most of the morning playing board games with Ellen, and that was fun. At 12 noon, Ellen went to Ranjit's house and Ranee had to go out, so we watched some DVDs, went on the internet and played some card games. It was really relaxing, and we also did a bit of packing. We were all up at 04:45am on Friday morning, and at 5:20am, we drove to another part of Auckland to watch the ... read more

I recently took 2 trips back to New Zealand for Ida & Mark’s, Robyn & Greg’s and Nicky & Quentin’s weddings. The first trip was to attend Ida & Mark’s wedding in February, I arrived on Dad’s birthday so we went out for a lovely lunch in the sunshine at Auckland’s viaduct. Little did I know I would be back there later that evening. The girls had done a fantastic job decorating Ida and Mark’s place for her Hen do; the theme was ‘my first ball’. Everyone looked fabulously glam in their old ball gowns. There was a topless waiter to serve us ladies champagne and cocktails, he was rather saucy; there were lots of little games so Ida got some vodka jelly’s in. After many bubbles we headed off into town for some dancing (and ... read more

März 2008... read more