Well...we finally made it to New Zealand and can't believe that it's been more than 2 weeks already, it has been flying by! We had a safe but bumpy flight to New York and arrived at our hostel to find that the central heating had borken! Not good for those who have only packed for summer, so i was wearing tights under my pjamas and awoke to find...

HEY! I am having the best time here at work. Which interestingly is only in part related to the following: remember in my very first entry, right when I came home, I wrote about the Italian guy, and how he might have been the best looking guy EVER?? Okay. Well he came back from Italy, his name is Emanuele and he is still good looking. We went ou...

I do not really want to travel all the way out to Sylvia Park to collect my copy of Harry Potte on Saturday.  It is not that I am ungrateful to my Dad's friend Brain for preordering my copy for me (it saves me from panicking that I won't get a copy on the release day, and someone will inadvertantly tell me the ending before I get a chance t...

I'm now in Auckland!!! I got in 715 am on sunday, I totally missed out on saturday because of the stupid international dateline. I got through customs really easily, although they had one of those dogs sniffing everyones luggage, and I was really worried he would smell either the aderrall or absinthe, but I was fine. I got to my hostel and colla...

At 328 metres the Sky Tower is the tallest tower in the Southern Hemisphere, offering breath-taking views for more than 80 kilometres in every direction. with this in mind we thought this would be a good start. then after a bite to eat and a wonder through some of the gardens we went to the maritime museum. the brochure said its one of the fines...

To the Public Relations Director at The Aotea Centre, Auckland, NJ Thank you for speaking with me when I left my seat to request a complete refund at the opening of the Wednesday evening performance of La Traviata, 21 September at Auckland's Aotea Centre. One of your staff informed me that others attending that performance appeared to be enjoyin...

That's us been in NZ a week. We went up north to the Bay of Islands then further north to Kaitaia and Cape Reinga . Cape Reinga is the most northern point in NZ. It was a very windy day. We tobboganed down the giant sand dunes and saw ancient Kauri trees. We're bak in Auckland now and have been enjoying the city. It's raining today but we're abo...

'I must not fear, fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.' - Frank Herbert I read this on a brochure ...

Feb 4th-7th Well peeps its me again back in shitty old Auckland but had a good time in the bay of islands, made it up to the most northern point of New zealand which was pretty surprising as i had a fair lot to contend with firstly as Clare and I are doing the cheap alternative and staying in a tent it was great to wake up on my birthday to find...