Korokoro Homestay Wellington

After a long night at work on Thursday, we were excited to prepare our Thanksgiving and have a relaxing Thanksgiving-like day on Friday because it was the same day that everyone was celebrating it in the states. I got up at about 8 am and waited around for the rest of the girls to wake up. It felt like it was Christmas morning and I was the child that was waiting for all of them to wake up and start the celebration and preparations. I let them sleep in until about 10 am, but I guess that ...

... The trip down from Taupo to Wellington was quite nice, past a few volcanoes, national parks and wine regions. Some of the town were pretty cool as well, especially Bulls which has
some interesting name plates:

Police Station: Consta-bull
Toilet: Relieve-a-bull
Bar: Socia-bull
School: Knowledge-a-bull
Discount store: Afford-a-bull

Day 72 - Melbourne Cup day. Good bit of craic around the place. No idea about the racing, but that ...

... when we left and they were hoping to fix the other while in transit, but that was not working so the south entrance was to dangerous with only 1 engine. Our compensation ended up being free french fries and coffee and that was only after a business man and this little scrappy truck driver *****ed for 30 minutes. Our situation wasn’t drastically effected and overall I think we were the least effected on ...

Just go back from Millie's school performance in Wellington - Dancesplash 09. Kids from schools all around the region bustin moves.
Ai (our Japanese student staying with us) took a film of Millie in action. You can see her dancing somewhere in there.

... stayed in Wellington for two days.. our first day we had the first "bad"hostel experience...
Loads of hostels in Wellington, so we chose a place called "Lodge in the City". It had free off street parking and the guide book didn't mention anything abnormal about the place. Our first clue should have been the signs at reception advising of no refunds. My gut was telling me to book only one night rather than our intended two, just in case.... The place ...

... war am Ende sehr gespannt. Ich will nicht weiter in Details gehen, wir haben uns jedenfalls entschieden auszuziehen und uns was eigenes zu suchen. Und wir haben auch was huebsches gefunden. Wir wohnen jetzt auf der anderen Seite der Stadt. Wieder an steiler Berglage ganz nah am Botanischen Garten.Es ist ein altes Holzhaus was in 2 Wohnungen geteilt ist.Es ist herrlich auf einmal ganz allein zu wohnen und keine Mitbewohner mehr zu haben. Dave kann immernoch mit dem Rad auf ...

... and hung out. It was lots of fun to be with kids my age and they were really nice. The little guy really liked me and I liked him! It was too bad we had to go and say goodbye to them but maybe we will meet again in the States. After we got back, Ginny took us to the playground where they have some cool rides, then we got ice cream and watched the skaters at the skate park. I wish I had my skateboard here and I would have tried it out. When we ...

... with some maori ones but i'm getting increasingly desperate to track some down before i leave - I left it at rotorua thinking i'd have loads of chances later in my trip, i missed it at picton cos i didn't see the shop till i was on the airport shuttle and the art centre at christchurch was lovely but a bit too pricy for what i wanted to spend so the search goes on. tonight I have the pleasure after dinner of doing my washing - oh deep joy !!

... I'm not brave enough to call them friends yet), I have been to Te Papa the museum and seen a colossal squid and I now know my way around the city as well as any local. All the same, there's a month to go before our planned trip to the South Island, and I really want to get a job, as much to pass the time as to earn some much needed dollars. The South Island plan is coming together nicely, I am the planner as ...

... hostel, finding a vacancy for me. There was another backpacker at the reception, trying to stay there. So we headed for the other hostel together. Her name was Sherry, a British teacher. She was a nice girl, but she didn't stay in Wellington long.

The best tourist destination of Wellington is absolutely Te Papa National Museum. I don't like museums so much, but this one was excellent in spite of free entrance fee. I ...