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Week 1: The end justifies the means
We arrived at Red Beach after 30 hours in transit from Hudson, NH to Auckland, New Zealand and then a 40 minute drive. We left home on New Year's Day and arrived in NZ on Jan. 3rd. Amazingly, Buzz was not tired, and seemed very alert on the drive. The GPS that our clever IT savvy son-in-law, Jon, downloaded to the Garmin worked perfectly, and we arrived to a wonderfuly warm welcome from Jim & Helen. Two years melted away as we caught up on ...
Don't stop me now
... store, a bay and a campsite. Don't get me wrong, the bay was lovely, but after consulting the map, I realised it was only another two hours to get to the next campsite, and then less of a trek the next day. I had lunch by the bay and was on my way again. My aim was to try and cut across country and hit the SH1, taking me north of Auckland. But as they say, best laid plans and all that, I somehow missed my turning and ended up on a different track. ...
The day has finally arrivvveeeed!
Just came back from the conference, after lots of hugs and bye's. Although I barely stayed in Christchurch apart from short waiting periods at the airport, going back to the city was good. The uncompleted and somewhat confusing airport always takes me back to 2002.
Today is my last day in Auckland (13 hours, then I'm off!), and I'm busy finishing off prep for exchange. This means I also need to put make up on for ...
Heading South
... giant Kauri trees that had fused at their bases. Next we stopped to admire Te Matua Ngahere, the fattest Kauri alive. After that, a short drive led us to Tane Mahuta, the tallest Kauri alive. In Maori legend, before life on Earth, Earth Mother and Sky Father were bound in a tight embrace that didn't allow light or air (or, therefore, life) to exist on Earth. Tane Mahuta, one of the children of Earth Mother and Sky Father, got in between them, braced ...
Right around the world!
Our 13.5 hour flight was fine as we managed to sleep for a few hours of it. I was surprised the seats were so crammed together though - I thought they would have to give a little more leg room for long haul flights.
After a refreshing nap at our hotel, we visited the nearby Holy Trinity Cathedral. It was right next to the old wooden cathedral (which they apparently moved so they could ...



