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Day 195
... well-to-do area with some nice shops, tons of cafes etc. Ooh, things are looking up. Stop and spend some time at the Women’s Bookshop. Not sure if it’s full of books written by women or contains books that women will like. I’m guessing the latter, seeing as there was an entire wall taken up by self-help books. Then I come all the way back to where I started, passing on my way the huge ‘We love One ...
Leaving on a jet plane
... A three and a half hour wait was spent wondering round Sydney airport before boarding the flight to Bangkok.
This flight was 9 hours so easily fitted in a couple movies as well as some TV shows that were on demand. A combination of us being tired and the flight being 9 hours long made the flight seem really long. We touched down in Bangkok at 11pm Thailand time with the temperature 31 degrees outside. So far we had gone 23 hours with no ...
Last week in New Zealand!
... our evening off we went for a wander through the casino in the Sky Tower which was amusing, well for us watching people lose hehehe!!!
Our last day was spent relaxing round the house, we popped out to the shop to buy some bits and bobs for the next part of our journey along with some bars of chocolate - cadburys do the most amazing flavours over here - rocky road, macademia, snack, roast almond and my fav black forest! so i have a black forest bar ...
Kia Ora New Zealand
... suburb of Mount Albert in the evening, and he had to speed out to work, so we spent the night getting to know his flatmates, girlfriend Stacey and a few others. The house was a real throwback to my student flat, with an open door policy like we used to operate, people always coming and going and a real laidback feel about the place. It was great to chill out in such an environment, and an easy way to settle into New Zealand mode.
Before we could embark properly on our ...
Auckland
... There is the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Tasman Sea to the west and many harbours and islands.
Over the next two days we wander around central Auckland mostly in the rain and go to the movies a couple of times to dry off. Our impression of Auckland is that it’s not the most exciting of places and doesn’t have the natural beauty of somewhere like Sydney. However when the weather is bad it’s ...
This bed and breakfast was formerly known as: Hastings Hall Boutique Hotel In Auckland


