Arrived Auckland at 9 am after a decent flight in a torrential downpour and picked up car. Heart sank when I saw it. We had been upgraded to a brand new Toyota, not a mark on it. Gleaming body work and body kit that is clearly designed to be ripped off on the first rough track it came to. I much prefer my hire cars pre-knackered. Some countries ...

We're here! We were a little sweaty and grimy and had spinning heads for the first part of the day, but by almost 5:00 PM, we're feeling pretty good. We landed at 5:30, were in the Customs line for over an hour, and finally had a little breakfast in our bellies and our rental car by, like, 9:00. I managed to get us from the airport to our hotel ...

Back in Auckland after trip. just did this so my marker is correct :) Dont know when i will be able to update again as am not sure where exactly my project is at the moment.

AUCKLAND, Feb. 18 -- I returned to Auckland yesterday afternoon with the shocking realization that in 50 hours I would be on a plane back to the U.S. That countdown is now less than 30 hours. It's almost over, and almost time to wind down. Back in Auckland for 2 1/2 days, my time is filled with last-minute shopping, and visiting with two very im...

Neither of us slept much in our jail cell room last night and both of us were up before the alarm went off. The train station is smack bang across the road from our room so once we roll out of bed, pick up our bags after we have got dressed of course the first thing we get is coffee and something for breakfast to eat on the train. Once checked i...

Just a first message to say there is one week until we both leave! Yes we still have an exam on monday to sit through.This is a tool of procrastination.... Anyway we are both trying to jam as many dates with the people we care about and miss in before we jet off...so if don't get chance to say goodbye to you and you are reading this ...GOODBYE.....

Left NZ on the flight from hell... Left NZ, made a day at the date line and still arrived a day later...

The flight from Chile was smooth if not sleepless after 3 movies and head-to-head Tetris. Arriving at 5am there was little to do other than discuss our camper van requirements with the nice man at the camper desk. With our main camper not available for 2 weeks we booked another interim camper and, to cut a long story short, we were allowed to ke...

We were meant at the airport by Margaret and Trevor which was nice. At night Jen, Sim and I went to an ice bar where everything was made of ice, that was pretty cool. We had a couple of meals out with the 3 of them and then Monday we were off. So that is NZ over with, I was very sad to leave. Apart from weather issues (!) I had a great time and ...

Hey, I'm in New Zealand again... and it really does feel like I never left! From the moment I arrived at Auckland International Airport I have been in a perpetual state of deja vu. It seems that nothing has changed since I've been away. As if the whole city has been kept in some kind of suspended animation while I toured Australia. Coming back t...