OK, so we know we've been a bit slow updating but as we've stated before New Zealand is really laid-back and we've been following the example. Being in the city centre gives you a lot to do, even if its just a walk around the shops or a stroll down to the harbour. It has also been flipflop weather, which we're guessing is better than the snow we...

not had chance to get to a computer, so will quickly update. Stayed in Auckland at Ben's friends apartment after a 13 hour flight.  we went to an island called Wahiki, about a 45 minute boat road away, we visited a few beautiful vineyards, then went to a really quiet beach for the rest of the afternoon. We went outn in Auckland that ni...

Merry Christmas everybody. So here we are. The next part of the trip and we landed in NZ at 4.30am on the 21st of December after leaving Santiago on the 19th. Weird losing a day. Almost like flying through a hole in time. As is usual on this trip we met up again with a couple we had met back in Peru and Bolivia and after having our hiking shoes ...

When we arrived in Auckland at 8am we realized our next flight to Sydney didnt leave until 1pm ...so we went directly to the Qantas transfer desk to see if we could reroute on an earlier flight leaving at 9am.....the Quantas lady worked the telephones and paperwork and we were the last 4people to get tickets!!!! 

Another Month in New Zealand and again im worse for wear. I spent the last month in NZ and had a great time. We flew into NZ and could not wait to get out of there the city is fairly boring with not much nightlife outside of Saturday night. We left for the Bay of islands on a three day tour but since it was off peak season it was queit enough. T...

Hola!!! despues de unos varios dias decidi actualizar un poco mi blog... jejeje Les cuento que a fin de mes se termina el contrato en el departamento en el que vivo, asi que tendre que reubicarme; ultimamente si bien Auckland me gusta y conozco muy linda gente... tambien me aburre y tengo ganas de seguir viajando y viendo mas de nueva zelanda an...

The day started well enough, I even sold a Stray ticket, though again that got my feet to itching for my own adventure, especially as it was the same ticket that I have bought myself, but I will be there shortly, so it is not so bad. The it was into the long shifts that now mark my weekends and the tired period that inevitably follows on from th...

I have finally gotten around to going sailing with the Sail NZ boys.  One of the perks of my job is that I get to go out on the yachts for free, any time that I want, and that they have space to take me.  So today I was a Y.I.P. (Yachting Important Person) or Yip and I went out into the harbour for my very first yachting expe...

AUCKLAND -- I'm not sure what day or time it is where you are, but here on the other side of the planet it's Wednesday morning at just about 9:30, and I've been here 24 hours. Yesterday morning I had grand dramatic, cinematic ideas that I would walk out of the airport and into a Technicolor version of Springtime, like Dorothy opening her door in...

Five days in Auckland and Waiheke Island December 1 - 6, 2006  Friday, December 1, 2006 - Auckland, New Zealand I arrived in Auckland at 4:35 PM.  Since I have not connected with an Auckland Couchsurfer for my first night in the city, I will be staying at the Auckland City YHA (youth hostel).  I was able to take the Airbus directl...