A Chalet In The Ferns Auckland

... back home. Our little park in our subdivision is really bad compared to the elaborate parks we have been too here. And there are tons of them too. Check out the few photos atatched and you'll get the picture.

Anywya - super fun day for us......now off to the beach!

... in Cheshire, just down the road!

Decent (short) flight over to Rarotonga and we are going to kick back for another week so the casual reader will be delighted to know that the next weeks worth of updates will be considerably shorter!

Normal service will no doubt resume once we hit the US and start driving around like lunatics again:)

... were yummy!
Headed back into the city to go food shopping, just to get a few bits n bobs to save money on eating out. As we left the building we were hit by a massive rain storm and got soaked to the bone. Was not impressed! After dumping the food in our room we carried on up Queen St to a backpackers car market as we are thinking about buying a car to take us down to the south island. Didnt quite realise how much they would be but we ...

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Brookdale - nicely located in the ...

Okay, I am on the flight. Have four seats to myself. How lucky can one guy get. There was only 8 spare seats in the whole plane, and three are for me - Swweet..
Lost my drinking water and a few bottles of hand sanitizer when we had airport time ...

... have gotten really good at it in fact. I had always hoped and been told that if you do really good in school, you go on to have a great life being your own boss and getting tons of money. In the end though, I find if your really good at school the reward is more school. when I was 5 and in kindergrarden, I did well and got to go to 1st grade, and then 2nd. I did well in Jounior ...

... When we were done biking the smart ones (i.e. not me) felt that now would be a good time to call it a night, but nooooo not I. I felt at 830pm the night is still young and so am I (semi)! And of I went to the belgian beer bar. And of I went being brought home in a state of, what could only be described as, a crumpled up look-a-like of a human being when on acid at 1230am. I am not in my twenties anymore, Toto!

... of hours go by, step by step, twisting and turning, around and over the peaks and troughs that are Waitakere Ranges - of pain - and there it is the finish line. No-one to cheer or jeer, probably for the best as four hours to do a half marathon is rubbish. After showering I notice that I have burnt my shoulders and chest leaving bright strap lines dividing the two regions. I look like a patchwork quilt. To be continued...

... was based in an imposing Greek temple-like building situated in the centre of the Domain, and had a comprehensive display of Maori and NZ artifacts including a 25m war canoe used by early inhabitants and a meeting house known as a 'hotuni' which was completed carved out of wood and displayed Maori symbols and gods (see photo). These meeting houses were originally based in the Thames area of the North Island which Captain James Cook named after the ...

... Islands (we have come to discover we are diving snobs and the Bay simply didn't match what we have become accostomed to!). A few little gems of beaches and a bit of sunbathing and all is well. So, we have covered over 5000 miles in our Humphrey and gave him back yesterday, guess we have to carry our bags now! Final thing but very important - congratulations to Nat and Rob and Cameron on the arrival of Libby May, we raised a glass to her here in NZ and are missing you loads!