Blogs from Oceania - page 7344

Last night, before I went to bed, Mom warned me that there was one cockroach that they had on board. Supposedly it is the large kind and so is a lone cockroach, and in the south pacific, where they've been everybody gets at least one. Well, my little bed is right by the hatch to the outside. And in the bathrooms, there were a bunch of little black crickets for some reason. Yeah, bugs. Ick! I didn't think I'd have to face that here in NZ. As I was chanting right before bed, one of the things that I was chanting about was a BUG FREE ZONE all around my bed. I slept about 8 hours, but it was a bit fitful. A boat is NOISEY! Creeking, rocking, clicking, all kinds of noises, not to mention ... read more

Yöllä heräsin kauheeseen vesisateeseen. se vähän viilensi ilmaa, joka on aivan sairaan kuuma. nukkuessa ei tarvi kuin lakanan! päivä meni vähän pitkälle ennenku noustiin. Mä heräsin siinä puolen päivän aikaan ja ystävällisesti herätin Minnankin.. ;) meillähän ei lorvita! jääkaappi kun oli tyhjä lähdettiin kauppaan. Noh meni meillä sinne 90 dollaria (1euro= 1,6dollaria) eikä edes muistettu ostaa kaikkee mitä tarvitaan! ajateltiin tehdä makaroonia ja kengurujauhelihaa (mä opetan Minnan heti paikallisille tavoille :P), mutta ei meillä ollu suolaa eikä voita. syötiin siis vaan salattia.. mut se oli ihan tarpeeks tässä kuumudessa. Aurinkorasvaa muistettiin ostaa! ja ruoan jälkeen lähdin hyppyttään Minnaa keskustaan! ;) kateltiin opera-talo ja Sydneyn silta.. ah niin ihanaa olla täällä taas! ja sitten käveltiin melken koko cityn läpi ja käytiin kattoon Darling Harbouria. Sieltä sit kotiuduttii... read more

Hi everyone This is my third and final practice blog from NZ.....the next one will be the real thing because tomorrow I'm on the plane! Yippee. I'll try and keep a weekly blog or at least a country by country one. My itinerary is Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic and Germany. That will take until mid May. Then it's on to St Petersburg in Russia to work until the end of October. Final leg is a month in Thailand on the way home, arriving in NZ at the beginning of December. This last week has been lots of final paperwork and crossing things off lists! The packing is nearly done thankgoodness. There've been a few nights out as well as you will see in the photos. Thanks Ali and Gene ... read more

After several days at sea our ship docked at Wellington in New Zealand, in the Land Down Under. When the Polynesian Maoris from the South Pacific discovered New Zealand they called it “Antearoa,” or the Land of the Long White Cloud. The name may have come from the heavy clouds that gathered around mountain peaks and spread for many miles along the horizon. This was one of the signs the Maoris used in their remarkable navigation feats. Our guidebook says New Zealand was one of the last large land masses to be settled by the human race. The Polynesians arrived between 800 and 600 years ago and established their Maori culture. Dutch sailors discovered the land about 500 years ago and began to include New Zealand on their maps of the world. A Dutch cartographer christened ... read more

Så er der efterhånden gået to uger og det har været en meget meget travlt! Først vil jeg lige starte med at sige tusind tak til jer der sendte en lille fødselsdagshilsen, det var rigtig dejligt. Og tak morfar, NZ dollars har virkelig ben at gå på hernede!! Alle de andre i min bygning ankom søndag d. 12 (min fødselsdag) og de fleste af dem har medbragt det meste af deres værelse, derfor har en stor del af min tid også gået med at få mit eget værelse til at bare se en lille smule hyggeligt ud. Min RA som hedder Bavisha havde sat en masse plakater op hvor det stod ”happy birthday Christine” så da vi alle sammen skulle mødes senere på aftenen vidste alle at Christine havde fødselsdag men det var en rimelig stor ... read more