After 2.5 months of traveling in Australia, I find myself back in New Zealand. It took quite a bit of effort to get here. My flight out of Perth was at 1215 am originally, but ended up being delayed for about an hour. So I ended up just sitting in the terminal napping until my plane was finally ready to go. The flight was supposed to take f...

Oopsy! Havent written on here in ages!!not actually in NZ anymore, sitting in an internet cafe in Sydney! But i will try to remember what happened on our short and sweet trip round the north island of NZ. We flew in to Auckland, and did the usual....shopping, seriously my bag weighs about 3kg more now- going to have to start shipping things home...

I never saw Auckland coming. Almost every night I find myself out boozing at the pub, or clubbing in town, or recovering from clubbing in town by boozing at the pub. If Wellington took all my spending money with Flat Whites from Fidels then Auckland is now up the annual GDP from Ghana from my Amex.   I am grateful again for a bed at someone...

Not up too early today again. A more leisurely day is planned. Over on the ferry from Auckland to Devonport. Still part of the mainland (not an island) but a shorter distance across the bay instead of driving or getting the bus round. A lovely place, every house there has only a short walk to get to a beach. Cheltenham beach is lovely. Warm sea ...

Bonjour a tous, Enfin, je peux commencer a vous ecrire un peu. J'ai eu quelques ennuie technique avec la mise a jour de mon blog et l'acces a l'internet en Nouvelle Zelande. Alors b onne nouvelle je suis arrive en un morceau en Nouvelle Zelande! Le vol s'est tres bien passe, surtout la partie entre LA et la Nouvell Zelande. En effet, lucky me,...

Tonight I have, for the first time in over 7 months, put dinner on the table for my husband.  The feminists amongst you will be horrified at the pleasure that gave me, but I'm afraid to say that I'm not a feminist and for me it was great!  The meal itself was not exactly gourmet - we couldn't get to a supermarket so the 'free food' at ...

A short hop back to Auckland before the long haul to Christchurch and possibly Alexandra. And a chance to get some footage of International House, the setting and some views from Sky Tower (which I will post later in the day). Cheers

Wed 29th - Sun 3rd Dec. Stayed in Auckland Central Backpackers and would recommend others to do the same. Really big and busy hostel with great facillities. Met up with McGee from home for a barbie - he´s getting on well...

Day 14 - The Kiwi Experience Begins! Had a really smooth 12 hour flight, Quantas did us proud!.  Managed to grab a few hours sleep and arrived in Auckland at 7am.  My Kiwi mate Brent picked us up and took us back to his pad on the North Shore of Auckland - a place with a 1.4 million population and considering NZ has a total of 4 millio...

Those Early morning flights are a killer. We left Nadi international at 0320, dead on time and ariived into a stormy Auckland just after 7am. This flight was the most turbulent yet and we didnt so much touch down but bounce along the runway at breakneck speed at what felt like a funny angle. Apart from that everything was fine, my snowboard stil...