88 Wallace Court Wellington

... many arty nooks and cranies of the city and that evening met up with Lucy, a girl we'd known in the UK - it was brilliant to see her in her new life.

After another night at Rud and Natalie's we woke to much rain. We payed a brief visit to Weta Studios (of Lord of the Rings, King Kong and Narnia fame) before heading out of the city toward our next stop - Hastings. See you there ...

... After that, we set out climbing through the caves, ziplined into total darkness, tubed down the river by the light of the glowworms lining the walls and roof of the cave, hiked and swam through the remainder of the cave and climbed through a few waterfalls before returning back to the surface. It was such an amazing experience and so different from anything else we've done. We stayed in a great hostel that night and whiled away the hours playing cards in our room with ...

... her shoulder the entire time. He made her nervous. The Long Island was really bad and just sat on the wine tasting table the whole night. Haha. We were giggling about it all night after we left. Everything about this psudo-interview was crazy and funn, BUT it's said New Zealanders are very laid back and the managers seemed to like us so hopefully something works out with that.

During our job search earlier that day we also saw a flyer for a place to live ...

1) I will sort out this "youth to Everest" thing.

I had a look at this internet site that goes with this. It looks to me like New Zealand only does one trip a year (April next year) and they may also organise trips for other groups at their request. I will flick the guy an email and see what there plan are for 2011 and give us an introduction.

... as we returned via the back edge of the city, Karori to Johnsonville.
Visited Newlands College and received a comprehensive tour from Morris Barling. He is the only staff member remaining from my time at Newlands and is the Student Counsellor. College is growing and many significant building and curriculum developments.
Evening meal with Russell and Jocelyn at their home. Some talking shop!!

Day 52 Wednesday 26th August Wellington City

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... ride!! Watch the video (when I upload it).
Just writing this on the coach to the party town of Queenstown……..looking promising on the yatage front!! The road to Queenstown is amazing…..some of the best scenery of mountains, hills, gorges, waterfalls, rivers and sheep ever! The National Curriculum should use New Zealand as a base for all geography trips. Estimated arrival at party central is 5.30pm…….ready to get the game on.

... dann stundenlang ihr Bett machen und im Zimm** quatschen, waehrend Lieve und ich v**suchen zu schlafen, und dann machen die auch noch morgens vor 7 Uhr das Licht an und fangen an zu packen, weil ihr Scheiss-Shuttlebus zur Faehre so frueh faehrt. GRRR. Und ich habe im Voraus bezahlt und kann nicht einfach abhauen..Muss ich wohl mal mit we***** Schlaf auskommen. Wellington ist uebrigens nur 5300m vom Suedpol entf**nt. Od** waren das doch km?

... la clôture, j'avais un peu l'impression d'entrée dans le Parc Jurasique. Coucher à Masterton dans le milieu de nulle part, un peu spooky comme place. Personne à la réception à notre arrivée, on s'est dénichés seuls un emplacement. Imaginez vous donc que les écosses étaient barrés avec une serrure a code... Débrouillard le Stef, j'ai cogné chez le camper voisin où une vielle dame m'a répondu. Ayant apris de Guylaine sur le traversier, j'ai ...

... kerrasta viisastuneena (tai ilmeisesti tyhmentyneenä) olin varannut paikat vasta kello 14.20 lähtevään lauttaan. Nyt oltiin siis tällä kertaa ihan liian aikaisin, mutta onneksi saatiin siirrettyä itsemme heti seuraavaksi lähtevään laivaan ilman ongelmia. Matka kohti Uuden-Seelannin pääkaupunkia Wellingtonia saattoi näin (komeasti aikataulusta edellä) alkaa. Ja ennen kuin laivalla alkoi hupi ja hulabaloo, niin ehdittiin ...

The Cuba Street Carnival comes round every two years in Wellington; Dylan and I went along to check it out along with around 150,000 others. The sun was shining and lots of stuff going on. Went to see some bands, the most fun one being the Ginger Brown Band I ...