Well, after a mammoth journey and alot of sitting, my sore bum, I made it to Auckland New Zealand!!! Spent about 5 hours walking around the huge airport of Hong Kong looking at expensive things and strange sweets, before getting the second flight, both lasted about 12 hours. I went through customs with no problems, unbelievably short queue and m...

Hello from the unofficial capital of New Zealand! Let us all take a moment of silence for the deceased Ketchup. Ketchup has served me well for the last few months and would always go that extra Kilometer for me. *tear* . Ketchup , I will remember you always. I think of you often , and fill with joy when I remember all of the good times we shared...

Auckland, which looks like a capital city but is not, and has the weirdest weather known to man. Dressing is a nightmare, because it's humid one minute, torrential rain the next, super sunny and warm the next, then it snows (i made the snow bit up, but you get the idea). We arrived here last Friday, after bidding a fond but not tearful farewell ...

Monday 31st December 2007 Well, I've arrived in Auckland after a long, uncomfortable flight (partly due to having a stinking British cold - I don't think I was very popular with my fellow passengers!) with brief stops in Bangkok and Sydney. Unfortunately my baggage didn't quite make it onto the Sydney - Auckland flight, so I'm still in my travel...

Nach einer doch recht anstrengenden Anreise (Abflug 30/3 mittags, Ankunft 1/4 morgens) mit begrenzten Schlafmoeglichkeiten ueber Muenchen und San Francisco bin ich schliesslich in Auckland gelandet (in der Maschine nach San Francisco bin ich witzigerweise neben einem ehemaligen deutschen Deloitte-Mitarbeiter gesessen). Erster eindruck (6 Uhr mor...

I was dreading today, I feel like it's the end of our holiday now we've got to drive back to Auckland and sort the car out. Boo hiss! We basically had time to get up, have breakfast and get packed before getting on the road back to Auckland. It was a gorgeous morning so we decided to get breakfast at the Beach House and treat ourselves. As much ...

"Well, let me tell you something about the weather in New Zealand..." 4th October. Shuffling through arrivals at Auckland International Airport at just gone seven in the morning, slightly bewildered, more than tired, and physically held together by little more than a heady mix of perspiration and spilt in-flight food after 26 hours in the compa...

Our actual anniversary day was short-lived due to our flight departure from Tahiti at 03.00 hrs on the 16th. We arrived in Auckland at 07.00 on the 17th after a six hour flight, having crossed the international date line (no we did not join the mile high club for those of you nosy buggers, anniversary or no anniversary!!). We spent the first day...

I caught another ride into the city, this time saying goodbye to Rachael and Dave. They were awesome enough to stop by one tree hill (which has the fame of being associated with U2, although I didn't know that until they told me) on the way to work so I could take in the view. One Tree Hill park is actually no tree hill. The tree was attacked as...

I have spent the last few days in Auckland as i had nothing left that i wanted to see. Its felt like a bit of a waste of time really but as the weather hasn't been that great i didn't want to stay in a seaside location, and upleast in Auckland there are things to do and i could get my tickets sorted out. Its not been all too bad though. The firs...

Finally!! We've done it!! I am now sitting here in a place for which the quickest route from home "as the crow flies" is to dig through the middle of the earth. More like a mole. How strange a feeling, to be the other side of a spherical planet!! In an upside-down world where it's SUMMER!! Oh god the SUMMER!! 25 degrees, hardly a cloud in the sk...