Conor's Topfloor Hostel Auckland

... in the city. Have a look at the website! Its pretty amazing to get a job there and I will just be teaching physics and I get to do some A level stuff which is great news. I still can't quite believe it to be honest. The only snag is that I don't start until term 1 which is 26th January so a few months of no money and feeling generally useless because Charlotte is working and I'm not! It will be worth it though.<br><br>Finally we have finally ...

... uns das nicht anmerken zu lassen.<br>Nach kurzer Beredezeit handelten wir dann noch ein bisschen und schon brachen wir auf zur Post und zur Bank.<br>Zur Post deshalb, weil dort Kaeufer und Verkaeufer ein Formular ausfuellen und 10$ bezahlen muessen - und schon ist man Eigentuemer des Autos. Wie schon gesagt hatten wir nicht an alles gedacht, als wir losfuhren - so z.B. kannten wir nicht die Adresse von Marcs Einrichtung. Wie gut, dass Basti seinen Fotoapparat dabei ...

... grand - like water with seaweed and the odd piece of barley. The english guys and new irish girl - Orla - were at the table in the kitchen along with an irish girl who worked at the hostel (who has been on the road for 5 years). I bought some beers and joined them. Before we knew it we were playing drinking games and saying silly stuff. We went for more beers and then over to the bar by which stage we'd been joined by Chico from Spain whose last permanent home ...

... to stop at and take pictures of so it breaks up the time on the road. Plus New Zealand isn't that big of a country to begin with. Just after the volcanic crater we stopped at Cathedral Cove and went on a 45 minute walk through the jungle to arrive at this beautiful beach. There were all of these large rocks sticking up from the water and a sort of tunnel/ cove had been created out of rock along the beach. This was my first taste of the natural landscape and it was pretty exciting ...

... caves - first stopping at one of the hundreds of volcanic hilltops which Auckland is built upon for some fab early morning views over the city. I find it incredible that this huge city with a population larger than the entire south island is sat upon so many volcanoes!! On to the Waitomos spellbound Glow worm caves - these were amazzzing. This is the only place in the world with conditions where the glow worms can survive - the miniscule glowworms have hundres of tiny ...

... headset Harry, a couple of machines across going for it for all his worth, with the headset on the bridge of his nose and the treadmill going at a fair rate of knots (faster than mine anyway.) But it's going so fast he can't keep up and he's slowly and irrevocably being propelled towards the end of the treadmill, with his arms at full stretch and holding onto the bar, and has to literally haul himself back up closer to the bar or be ...

... full circuit to get an overview of the city before exploring on our own, however the last stop but one was at the 'Sky Tower' a wonderful vantage point to get an overview of the whole city. Having disembarked the bus and purchased the tickets to the Sky Tower we entered the elevator which took us to the 54th floor - this was fine until the concrete block work of the elevator shaft gave way to glass so that those who had the nerve could ...