Rangiwai Lodge Auckland

... domain and public reserve. I spent hours in the place and would highly recommend it to all visitors to Auckland. Another wonderful piece of history is the Howick Historical Village. The site holds a collection of original houses built by the fencibles between 1840 and 1880. It tells the story of these British settlers who were all ex forces personnel, sent to protect the new colony from any advancing attacks. As it was they did not see ...

... eggs?" breakfast in New Zealand is a light affair, and mostly you get a flat white, or a cappuccino, and toast, or fruit, or muesli. we learn things every day of life, I just didn't know that I would order the same breakfast I always get, in an English speaking country, and have to figure out what to say. I love it. I love being lost. I love not knowing what to do. I love wishing everything was easier.

Auckland is the most ...

St. Martins Waldorf Apartments Hotel is llocated in a central Auckland City location within easy walking distance to Auckland University, AUT, Newmarket, Queen Street & Auckland Hospital.
There are spacious 1 & 2 bedroom hotel apartment with full kitchen, laundry facilities as well as verandas with great views over Auckland City & Auckland Water front. The apartment are fully equipped and furnished and suitable for daily or extended stay accommodation.

... walking the streets of auckland drunken with accomplishment (and jet lag) we have had an endless array of hiking and sightseeing that would be impossible to explain. it has already been the most amazing experience of my life and to try and put it into words would only end up in endless cliches. maybe it's best to leave the words encapsulated in my mind for times when i become resentful.

lots more to come!

Laura

... Up there I met a brother and sister from New Zealand, who offered to show me around. I happily obliged, we walked down Queens street and took the ferry to Devonport, where we climbed Mt Victoria (Victoria Summit). The views of Auckland were impressive, the highlight being when the sun was setting, although it was cloudy the sun rays burst through them, giving a holy light over the land!! After saying our goodbyes I headed back to the hostel. I met Vim in the kitchen, where ...

... Chris *ctu*lly), we kept e*ch other *w*ke with our sh*gging, we *nnoyed e*ch other with our little domestic h*bits, but most of *ll we were TOTAL BEST FRIENDS, we told e*ch other *ll our thoughts *nd feelings, *ll our hopes *nd fe*rs, our deepest secrets (which we both were guilty of then bro*dc*sting!) *nd we LAUGHED OUR HEADS OFF together, LOTS *t MANY silly, ludicrous *nd down right imm*ture incidents of tomfoolery. I hope your knee gets better Christoph! I love ...

... Godmother's house, they range from Bob, through a bearded dragon, cats, dogs and even a few humans. In all seriousness I was given a very warm welcome by my Godmother Liz and her family. I was even given my own room, with drawers included, which is quite a novelty when you've been traveling for a while. Being able to actually leave my toothbrush in the ...

... Valley thru the sparse grasses and tussocks and purple heather then into the desolate black lava fields on the lower slopes of Mt Ngarahoe. The mist clears from the top of the mountain and we see the perfect cone of Ngarahoe - Mt Doom if you are a Lord of the Rings fan. A couople of young folk pass us on the wqay up crying that the Orcs are coming! The Devil's Staircase is several benched flights of stairs almost straight up - puffing we arrive at ...

... some looking over and a test drive, they agreed to take it! We rushed off and got the ownership paperwork sorted and then we were free. We had sold it for about half of what we paid, but it was gone and we could relax before our flight the following morning. We bought some (reasonably priced) fizzy wine to celebrate and collapsed as the stress of the past week slowly ebbed away. The next day we flew to Santiago, for an 8 day rest before we started our tour across South America....