After 2 days of traveling we finally made it to Auckland although it wasn't easy.  The flight from Heathrow left on time and went with out a hitch, although  the make you remove your shoes to put through the xray machine the person suppose to be looking at the screen was way too busy chatting to the person behi...

A big deal here in NZ - I managed to climb to the summit of three - count 'em THREE - volcanoes!  Crazy, eh?  I headed to Devonport, a little suburb, in morning to climb two.  Great houses & atmosphere in that area of the city, I have to say.  Then after lunch I hopped on a second ferry to Rangitoto Island.  The enti...

Just arrived in Auckland.. sorting out all activities tomorrow. Flight was long but not to bad, LA airport was hectic - finger printing etc. Cant belive we'r acutally here! Going to have a wander round the city now, might be going up the sky tower later.

Right, I am back in Auckland again. This time I am staying at Queens St. Backpackers because Verandas was full. Basically I have been killing time here the last few days. I went to Rangatoto island yesterday and walked out to Mt. Eden today. Really nice view from Mt. Eden, you can see all the volcanos dotted around the city. Sadly today is my la...

Went up the highest free standing structure in the southern hemisphere, learned about the maori culture and the haka. Went to a bar made out of ice, cool enough city, really expensive compared to south america though, not happy about that.

First stop, Auckland in NZ. Jorgen and I celebrated St.Patrickīs Day with St.Patrick Lobo himself, at an Irish bar of course, drinking Guinness as you do! Didnīt drink too much as we were eager to get to the Bay of Islands area and didnīt wish to have any hangover. We hired a car and drove to the Bay of Islands, spent 3 fabulous days there, went...

Arrived in Auckland with plenty of Aussie dollars to spend on renting a van for our time in New Zealand. We stayed in a hostel for the first time in months but we did take a double room so we didn't have to share with any kids. I got up early to watch Newcastle get beat by Chelsea then Liverpool, this followed staying up late in Cairns to watch ...

The second leg to the flight Faye had her sleep broken by some rough patches where we would have to take her out of the cot and strap her on to Ali (normally not long after getting her to sleep), but again very good and made some more friends with the stewards and hostesses who where again very helpful and lovely. Paul was there to meet us at th...

Today many of my friends gather at Auckland International Airport to see me off.  For some of them it will be the last time I see them.  For others it won't be so long before we meet again.