Blogs from Waipukurau, Hawkes Bay, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania

Hi all, Well it is now only 10 days until we leave on our next adventure, albeit a bit shorter than the last couple. Many have asked just where exactly we are going and what we have planned. So here it all is and you will see that, as usual for Joy, things are fairly well planned out, apart from our time in Hawaii where we are going to wait until we get there to finally decide what takes our fancy. BRUCE & JOY’S 2014 TRIP ITINERARY Contact phone numbers while away: Bruce’s cell phone – 021 08561652 Joy’s cell phone – 021 0622745 Both phones will be on global roaming with Vodafone. Sat. 28 June Driving Waipukurau to Auckland Auckland to Honolulu, Hawaiian Airlines Flight HA446 Departs Auckland 11.55pm, Arrives Honolulu 1030am. Flight time 8hrs ... read more

OK, so I did it.....again! I packed my routine and settled life into boxes, did some organising, bought some tickets and boarded a plane to somewhere new. Well kinda new, been to Thailand before but never Koh Lanta and not with the intention of staying for a while. So I've finally gotten my a into g and decided that its about time to do some good in the world and give my two cents of help to someone. I'm now newly qualified as a Veterinary nurse, after 2 rather painful years of study, chaos and ironing out some pretty big wrinkles in my life. Gaining experience is high on the list of requirements if I am to break into the employment sector of the Veterinary world and so i decided what better to finally contribute and ... read more

Well 'That's It'!!!! Our 2 month journey has ended and we are back home in sunny Waipukurau raring to get back into working life again!!!! Anyway, we last left you just before we boarded NZ38 for our flight from Hong Kong to Auckland. I've had a complaint that tere were a lot of spelling mistakes in that blog and I apologise for that. I was crashing it out on my IPad sitting at a table in the dining hall at the airport while drinking a diet coke and we had a very short time before we had to travel the considerable distance to our gate for boarding. So it was a bit rushed. For those who haven't been to HK airport, it is so huge that after walking for what seems like miles through the terminal, ... read more