Quest On Nelson Serviced Apart Auckland

... but the school was wonderful. Everyone was extremely friendly and relaxed and we thoroughly enjoyed the tour around the school by some of the older children. The children had so much space to run around in, playgrounds, playing fields, a secret garden, a sand pit and climbing frames...........a worm farm and class gardens. We even got to meet Mr Heff, the principal of the school, who greeted us in his dinosaur slippers and a water pistol! He seemed ...

... way.' Considering how alike we are in many ways we are so different in others! Driving, speaking on the telephone, music, meals etc etc.<br><br>To raise money for the Samoa tsunami appeal, Auckland held a music concert, made up of 25 bands/solo artists from Kiwi/Pacific music. The only music we recognised was from two blokes from Crowded House!! There was some great music and some not so great rap but absolutely everyone in the crowd seemed to know the ...

... than the rest of the country. Walking down the main street, approximately 30-40% of people are Asian. They apparently had a large influx after Hong Kong went back to the Chinese.<br><br>We stayed in a one bed apartment in the centre of town which was pretty convenient to do all the mundane things we needed to do before we headed further east. We only paid about 40 quid for the flat which was a bit of a bargain. One night however, after coming back from the pub, we came across ...

... live entertainment of a young band, we hit rough seas. They were the craziest I had ever been on a boat in, but not for most of the rest of my family of sailors. It was a crazy experience, as people tensed, wondered, and some barfed in white bags. I enjoyed a beer, my book, and the band playing on. The pilot of the vessel was very skilled! We made it safely to Wellington, and on time! That night, I took an all nighter bus back to Cambridge. I wasn ...

... Our first night there we pulled up to our 'spot' and we stayed up all night playing Uno and drinking coffee, it was so much fun! The next morning we got to enjoy our scrambled eggs, toast and cereal with the most amazing views- all for free! Its no wonder such epic films such as Lord Of The Rings and the latest King Kong have chosen their backdrop to be New Zealand... the land is absolutely enchanting.   It makes you feel like a kid again and ...

... nyt totaalinen mahdottomuus lähteä kiitämään kohti Suomea, joten ei auta muu kuin odotella uutisia ja seurata tilanteen kehittymistä. Kaiken lisäksi mummi oli sellainen mahtava persoona, että ei olisi mitään nyyhkytystä halunnut kuunnella vaan nauttia elämästä täysillä! Päädyttiin pitkän keskustelun jälkeen siihen, että tämä seuraava retki tehdään nyt vaikka hammasta purren ja katsotaan tilannetta sitten päivä kerrallaan eteenpäin. Kysyin ...

... and were on a graduation trip. It was cool because I had friends to travel with, and they couldn't speak much English, so I did my best to translate the tour for them. It was a win-win situation. The tour left at 7:30 am (right after I got off the plane and through customs), and we had morning tea on the bus. After a few hours, we arrived at the Waitomo Glow Worm Caves. First we took a tour through one of the limestone caves, and then ...

... of glow worms - amazing! We have now headed down the east coast back to north Auckland and we managed to find a cousin of dave's dad in Torbay and stayed with them last night! They had a bath tub - pure luxury - haven't had a bath since adelaide!! We have been mostly staying in doc camps (dept of conservation) which are often free and have basic things like either a stream or cold showers and bush loo's but have been in some beautiful locations!