14/6/08 Well, I survived Friday the 13th, we got the bus back to Auckland and went out for some food and drinks at an English bar in the centre. Im staing in a horrible hostel with a horrible guy in my room but cant do much about that! He is hammered all the time, and really really ****** off. Shoting at people outside at 3am etc etc - im hoping...

Well, I've been a bit **** at keeping this updated haven't I!! Needless to say I've been up to a few things since I left Thailand, the whole East Coast of Australia to be more specific. Haven't got much time so this is kind of Oz in a nutshell. Got hideously drunk on my first night over there so got off to a pretty good start! Went to a bowling ...

Well been here a day, have already decided that i will most likely not come back to Auckland unless it's a passing visit to get somewhere else. Although it's a clean and big city it's still a city will be glad when i leave. we spent the day at Kelly Tarlton's sea world center which even though it was small was interesting although i still believ...

When Alia and I went to Cuba last year, I got burned on the second day because I was dumb. I neglected to use sunscreen and was pretty sore for the next couple of days. This trip, I put SPF 30 on and didn't get burned at all. Alia not so much. Apparently the sun is especially strong over here and even though she eventually put some on it was too...

New Zealand is far away. We realsied this after a nice 12 hour flight from Santaigo with LAN. However, on board entertainment was top notch so Conor once again was in good spirits. First impressions, Auckland and NZ in general is whopper. Good climate, clean, SPEAK ENGLISH. Actaully very like the States in road markings, shops etc but without th...

I went up the skytower before work today, just in time to catch the sunset, which was rather spectacular, and I had an enjoyable time at the top, wandering over the glass panels in the floor, which make you feel as though you are standing on air and taking in the views over the harbour and the city, which are supurb. The Domain also looks impres...

Auckland - City of Sails. Travelling over the Harbour Bridge you see the Marina and the vast number of boats moored there. The sight of hundreds of sails aloft on the harbour is trule one to behold. Auckland turned on some lovely weather for us - warmer than Wellington - and showed us it is a vibrant city, one that we could possibly settle on (...

stinky germad girl on the minivan all the way back from paihia to auckland. ick!

Finally managed to upload some photo's so most of the entries should have their attached pictures now. I appear to be in a dorm full of English people so we had a good time last night and this morning all went out to Rangitoto (the volcano with the lava caves). Was going to upload all my bird pictures for Dad but my camera's battery just died, s...

Greetings from Down Under! After over 12 hours on a 747, Alex and I have finally arrived in Auckland, New Zealand..."the City of Sails." The flight over was much easier than I expected... probably because I slept 9 of the 12 hours. We arrived in Auckland @6 am and after going through customs, we were greeted by our chauffeur who took us to the L...