Hey! Well it's gonna be Christmas soon. Andy's soon-to-be fiance has arrived in Japan, so, I won't be hearing much from her for the next month, and will be left to my own devices to prepare to leave, in approximately 4 and a half weeks!! I can't believe it! I keep going Christmas shopping and returning with gifts for myself. Quite the enigma... ...

Lange ist es wieder her, aber nun schaff ich doch mal wieder euch upzudaten, obwohl ich ja immer noch arg hinterher hinke....ob sich das je ändern wird??? Na mal schauen....ich glaub ja nicht dran. hehe Na dem schönen Trip zum Anawhata Beach lag nun eine aufregende Woche vor mir. Ihr hattet ja den 1.Mai frei (Neid!) aber uns war das leider nicht...

Finally got out of South America!!!! Took me 5 months to do it too.

Good Morning Folks, Had a great day in Auckland yesterday and really there's only 3 hours time difference.... however we're a day ahead.  Phoning home should be easy if I can ever get a card and figure that part out. Auckland is beautiful.  Still trying to figure things out on this Travel Blog.  We're at a place where the computer...

More gracious hospitality awaited us in Auckland, and this time with a dog for Emma! Vic took us out to see the sights of Auckland which included trips up Mount Wellington and Mount Eden, a walk around the Victoria Market and lunch on Mission Bay. (an introduction to the enormous green lipped mussels). We are told that to New Zealanders Auckland...

After sleeping for about 14 hours, I woke up ready to walk. I walked about 2 hours north to the top or so of Auckland down Queen St, which is the main street in the city. There are a lot of cool book stores, music shops, and for some reason a lot of Burger Kings down this street. I think Burger King is the official shop on Queen St. Unfortunatly...

Unfortunately, all great things come to an end. We have to leave Tokyo after ten great days and head for Auckland again. We are expected in New Zealand within the next few days as we have visitors coming and we are all off for a wedding in Coromandel Peninsula.

Auckland is a quickly developing city. It reminds us of San Francisco b/c of the hills and the asian restaurants. Although there's lots of cheap Indian, Chinese, Thai, Sushi, Kebabs... we still have yet to have a really delicious meal. It's been lacking something. Aukland is probably the most city we'll see until we get to Sydney. Developers are...

Hi, gerade bei den Kiwis angekommen und noch auf dem Flughafen... Public Transport ist nicht ihre Staerke... die letzten Tage in Sydney habe ich mit Dirk beim Barbecue und Tauchen in Manly beach verbracht... war schoen. Wir haben auch einen der beruehmten Seadragons gesehen, so grosse putzige Seepferdchen... na ja und viele Haie halt, Port Jacks...

We got back to Auckland and spent our first night in one of the worst hostels of our trip (it was stinky winky!), but moved up the road the next day and stayed in the best hostel of our trip so far with it's free italian bread selection which was previously owned by the Queen of Tonga. We spent our days doing lots of tourist activities. We visit...