Piha Beach Auckland

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My name is Alex and I'm here writing about my travels...or at the moment...lack of. I feel incredibly stuck right now, and its nothing anyone can fix but me. I've just landed a job at the school I've been teaching at these past five months and I'm incredibly excited - not just …

Ja het paste allemaal niet meer in een blog :) dus heb ik het leven als campervanner en waar we allemaal naar toe gaan even opgesplitst. Ik heb de eerste week maar een beetje samengevat omdat we zoveel verplaatsen en kort verblijven dat een samenvatting denk ik beter werkt.

Toen we onze campervan gingen ophalen wisten we zelf nog niet zo …

I dag har vi været på vores første officielle udflugt med den nye bil og GPS - Nu var det tid til at opleve landet.

Så børnene blev pakket og afsted tog familien Fog Justesen med badetøj og håndklæder mod stranden i New Zealand - det skulle jo være så smukt.

Inden vi nåede bilen blev vi dog ramt af de første dråber regn, men …

Hey,

Tonight is our 6th night in NZ, but it feels like we have been here so much longer. We are absolutely loving the lifestyle!! You will all be happy to hear Lou's NZ accent is coming along nicely..........!! Yea right!

On Friday, my 24th birthday, we went out for pizza and drinks with some friends of Jo & Tims, some of them …

So....The weekend we have been looking forward to for months is just about to come to an end. We have had the most amazing three days with Gemma and hopefully she loved it too!

Almost everyone we have met in NZ has been lovely, welcoming, friendly and some will stay our friends for a long time. However there is a lot to be said for being …

Vilken dag jag har haft!
Fick som sagt en GRATIS dag tur av Chukky igar. Och i morse vid halv tio tiden hoppade jag pa bussen som redan hade hamtat upp andra backpackers fran andra hostel. En lagom stor grupp vilket var skont. Riktigt trevliga manniskor. Vet inte hur det kommer sig men jag har lattare att komma ihag vart de kommer ifran an vad …

We woke up and again went to the continental breakfast. After two other days of being told the breakfast included cold items only, we find out that hot items are also included! Tomorrow we will be eating eggs, hash browns, and bacon!

We had some time to kill before our Bush and Beach tour. We took a cab from the hotel to the Auckland …

... . That reminds us bizarrely New Zealand has more Bagpipe Bands per capita than Scotland, how odd! We then headed to Piha Beach a town to the west of Auckland. It was another stunning spot with a few large rocks such Lion Rock and the Camel. We headed up ...

... by the parents fees. Kat was asked to stay on for another six months today.  Kiwi news now and the New Zealand government has agreed to the filming of parliamentary sessions. One politician virtually cried when a reporter described him as ...

... into a cab.......... The next day Paula had decided to take the day off to oblige us on a tourist hop around Auckland with Jonnie. Visited Piha beach and decided it was a great place to buy a house. Just like everyone else who ever goes, right ? ...

... get a taxi or something when I was there.   So I'm sitting on the plane waiting for it to take off. I can't believe I'm leaving New Zealand. It feels just like yestrerday that I arrived. I don't want to go now. I love it here. I feel I haven't ...

We've been in New Zealand for a week now staying in Auckland with Jona's cousin Anne, her hubby Iain and two fab kids Aidan (6) and Tara (4). They've been amazing hosts, driving us all over the city to look at campervans and showing us the sights so ...

... !), we didn't care as it was our last night! As it was our last night we had time to reflect on our time in New Zealand. We have both absolutely fallen in love with New Zealand. We both agree, for an experience, Machu Picchu will be tough to beat, ...

... trip who obviously didnt expext to see me and the tour guide gave me alot of stick all day for missing my bus.  Went on a trip to Piha beach and we went to a waterfall which was freezing cold - like knifes going in you - had to go in as i was ...

... small to properly get into without major head injuries. still, the hardwork didnt kill me & we got a couple of afternoons at Piha beach (good surf spot) for our troubles plus a great room with big bed&fab views.there was a kind of indian cereony ...

... because the they should have been easy pots and I may have won. Also gutted because there was a surf comp on at Piha beach on the west coast of Auckland yesterday. Quite a few of the worlds best surfers were there, but the one and only bus left at ...

... of the craziest and most awesome things I've ever done. A 40 minute drive outside the city and we end up in a place called Piha Beach. It's a popular place on the west coast for surfing. The beach has a huge rock in the middle, giant waves and black ...