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'Tis the season to be jolly
Well, we were meant to fly from Santiago to New Zealand right after the last blog, but unfortunately LAN Air had other plans...we were just relaxing into the departure lounge when delays were announced and after being left to wait for 2 hours they finally informed us that the flight had been rescheduled for the following morning. Not content with ruining our first day's plans in NZ the flight company decided they wanted to destroy our night's sleep as well ...
New Zealand Highlights!!!
... general, amazing hospitality!
Time with the Younglife Staffers and seeing what God is doing over here! Go God and Mike/Jewel!
Morning walks with...me and finding a new coffee shop, Apothecary!
(a non-highlight...Jim injured his foot and is limited on his mobility, poor guy! Cramps the Kiwi lifestyle of adventure and going for it!)
Aymee
Being back at our church...Go ...
Auckland
... it's pretty characterless and my least favourite city in new Zealand, it doesn't even hint at what the rest of the country has to offer. Nevertheless we were feeling quite at home here with the English speakers, the food, the nice wine and, oh yes, the rain! It absolutely poured down in our first few days in New Zealand which was a bit too much like home to be honest! From Auckland we took a bus to the centre of the north island to ...
Starting to Stray!
... our own driver!
Arriving into Rotorua we were hit by the smell that I has been warned of.... Eggs! It’s actually the sulphur you can smell as Rotorua is built on top of thermal pools - it's just that unfortunately, sulphur smells like eggs!!! After a while you get used to it but every now and then we’d get a whiff that would knock you for six!
We checked into the hostel ...



