Victoria Hotel Suites Hamilton

... here is absolutely beautiful. Words really can't describe it.<br><br>After our long day we headed back to Hamilton for our last night before heading back to Auckland. Everyone was pretty tuckered out so we just played some cards (up and down the river is addicting) and then went to bed. <br><br>I'm heading back to Auckland just for the night and then making my move to Tauranga for the summer. Hopefully I'll find a job and a ...

So we rented a car to drive around NZ since Alex is only here for a few days. It was a tiny little Toyota, but as long as it ran for 3 days, I didnt care. The first day, we headed south then west, to spend the night on the coast in a town called Raglan. Its a big surfer town in NZ. It took a bit, but we eventually found a room for the night. Then ...

Mr Talks told my lower 6th Geography class before the first set of exams one last thing before the holidays. The 6th P's. Yes, Prior Preparation Prevents P*ss Poor Performance. Like usual, he wasn't wrong. This trip is no small feat. We are starting in Hamilton, North Island, with a view of travelling to the East coast and then going South all the way to Dunedin, then across to Queenstown and Wanaka, before heading North East to Greymouth and back up to Nelson. We're going ...

... car at a little past 11, and began our journey. I was the first to drive and it felt good to be back behnd the wheel again...driving on the wrong side of the road, haha. The drive took us a little over 3 hours. We made a stop for lunch and some more pies, which I'm growing quite fond of. The weather during our trip was perfect once again. The town of Raglan only has one main road going into and out of it. The town itself is very small and only has two ...

... by at least one plant processing coal into melamine.[34] Four days later, the New York Times reported that, despite the widely reported ban on melamine use in vegetable proteins in mainland China, at least some chemical manufacturers continued to report selling it for use in animal feed and in products for human consumption. Li Xiuping, a manager at Henan Xinxiang Huaxing Chemical in Henan Province, stated, "Our chemical products are mostly used for ...

It's so funny how the words "TGIF" mean absolutely nothing when you start working on the weekend. I woke up this morning to my cell phone screaming in my ear and when I was asked to work I actually said "Are you kidding?" Needless to say, I didn't go in today. I don't work at the restaurant anymore. Everyone I enjoyed working with has quit - much drama that I don't have time to go into and really, none of it is funny so why bother talking about it - and I ...

... I suppose this is just an update of "yes, having a cell phone myself does not make me like them any more". ~~~~ In other news, I'm learning some new words/terminology: Scoddy: (my favourite) means gross or nasty or any variation of that term "God, that bathroom was scoddy! Next time I'm going behind a tree!" Tying on a biscuit: means putting on a flat tire Flat White: a term for coffee here that is basically a latte without the foam and ...

... it which could be quite amusing bearing in mind the amount of alcohol people have consumed. Tomorrow we are off caving and abseiling so hopefully neither Andy or myself will get our bodies stuck in any tight holes and have to deploy the rescue teams. Our digs have been ok ....... I dont think I will ever get use to showering in my flip flops though. Andrew has also become ...

... that are backpacking across the island. One of them is actually sitting out on a little porch playing a guitar right now. So anyway, I get to J's and immediately figure out how to get to my school. I was told it was "A quarter of an hour walk". Everything here is measured in walking... not driving. Or a bus ride, but it was so nice out that I decided to just walk there. On my walk, I must have looked like such an idiot. I didn't realize how much driving on the ...

... I'm home. It's more than a feeling of belonging, because I know I will grow to feel a sense of belonging here in Hamilton too, once I get a permanent place to live and start classes and form some semblance of a normal daily routine. No, it's more than that. I think I understand now why there's such a debate about who can call themselves "Native" to a place - how long you have to be there before you can claim that title. I know there's question about that in southwest Colorado at least. I ...