Hotel Formule 1 Auckland

... in the UNICEF bag that went through the cabin and the lady came back and gave hime a bottle of Champagne to say thank you. Think I'll try that next time, it looked like a decent bottle of plonk. Landed safely in Auckland through a thick layer of cloud.<br>Glad we were wearing full UK isssue of socks and shoes, trousers and thick hooded jumpers when we got out of the airport as it was fresh in comparison. Oh we got through the airport customs and all with no bother what so ever ...

... live there. Whatever, it's their choice and I have accepted that. I made sure that night I was in a cleaner room, that ended up being all to myself. <br><br>The next day I made the ferry crossing to Picton. It usually takes 3 hours, but because of delays, it took 4.5 hours. No matter, I was stoked when I saw snow covered peaks of south island get closer and closer. The Marlborough Sounds were amazing too, with leaves turning orange and red for the ...

Since the last entry, in Hawke's Bay, Tom and I have zig zagged around the North Island, picking up a Sloth in Auckland and are now in Northland enjoying a few days with Tom's brother before heading back to James, Vanessa and Moby in Melbourne. From Hawkes Bay we went up the east coast and popped in the sea at Mahia - a lovely beach, and then on to a rock slide somewhere inland from there - that was a slightly scary experience with many bumps on the way down into ...

... to make progress at times because of all the photo opportunities along the way. The Germans seem on to it, they're here in their droves and all for good reasons. NZ - It's fantastic, It'll grow on you. So there it is everyone, thats how to ride a bike from one side of the world to the other. I hope you enjoyed reading my blog / dairy entries. Maybe one day I'll turn them into a book (in which case I'll let you all know so that my sales will at least get into double digits). I'm ...

... full of the most beautiful Victorian houses and lovely beaches. There are two high points on the island and we walked up both of them - on the first there was a rock concert happening and families with kids and teenagers all having a great time and on the second there was one paraglider sailing around like the birdman and another one who couldn't get off the ground. A good place to sit and rest. I thought Sydney had a lot of inlets, bays and ...

... is a law called ACC. This small law protects everyone, doesn't matter who, in the case of any accident. So if you don't plan on hurting yourself, the government will pay for all medical bills for that health coverage. Now, this has several influences on the social environment. First, people generally think there are invincible (and in a country where there are no poisonous snakes, spiders, or scorpions they may be right ...