Cornwall Park Motor Inn Auckland

... NZ is not planned, main aim is to get a job and travel and yesterday was spent organising this
bought bus pass to get around new Zealand going to be doing the south island for 4 weeks then back here to auckland to look for a job after christmas
so to work i needed to have organised working visa which is a stamp in the passport
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand courters

... Chile before flying to Arica and catching a bus/train to Cuzco (with a few small town stops on the way)

Cusco, Peru > 6th - 10th December INCA TRAIL !!

Cusco, Peru to Bolivia > La Paz 

La Paz to Arica to Chile > Matt leaving :( will be a sad sad day !

From here we have 2 months to get from Santiago to Rio de Janero, Brazil for CARNAVAL

Next time we talk, I will be on the other side of the world,

Goodbye Auckland, Hola South America WOO HOO

... es auch nicht.. deswegen habe ich noch kein einziges Foto hier gemacht..
Am Dienstag geht es zu Doro und Darren, ein bisschen ausserhalb von Auckland um Autos anzugucken... und wenn alles gut geht auch eins zu kaufen.., da die Automaerkte hier nicht besonders viel hergeben bzw. die Verkaeufer absolut nicht vertrauenserweckend erscheinen...

alles liebe, mele, vom anderen ende der welt...

... owned cafe on every corner. i must say cafes in other countries tend to throw me off a little. the portions are always small but rich and filling.

one major difference in any american city and auckland is the abundance of trendy japanese. if there were ever a time to consider a wardrobe makeover it would be now. they make brooks and i look like country bumpkins fumbling around the city streets!

After we were ...

... what you want.

It was back for a new shoulder and to meet all the babies, see all the family and watch a bit of code.

A cold wet Wellington meant for an average performance from the AB's but good enough for me and under the watchful eye of a brewery fashioned brother we managed to get involved before it was due north for the op.

After 2 hours under the knife and a night in a private hospital which was like a night in a 4* Hotel ...

... I do it... just have that charm I suppose! Well, then, my United flight ended up being delayed 30 minutes, then another 30 minutes... and then ANOTHER 30 minutes..... leaving my 15 minutes to catch my connecting flight (aka impossible!) Had no way of contacting Mark so just changed my voicemail for a message to him so that when he called he could figure it out. Ended ...

Well today is Good Friday and we are eating hot cross buns for breakfast...mmmmm. This is our last weekend before we go so it is going to be spent washing and packing as well as doing stuff around the house so it's clean and tidy for when we leave (and for Kamal while he's living here!) We ...

... progressed to oohhing and ahhing over the simple things in life such as the presence of Sub Way, clothes shops, Starbucks, Borders and then general things like roads and road markings and oh The Body Shop! It's amazing how accustomed you become to the absence of these mundane amenities but readjusting to their presence took some getting use to. That and speaking English again! It took a while to understand why people looked at me blankly when I ...

... the countries i have visited before! and so I feel even happier. I head to the agriculture check.. they are very very strict there... I have to declare my walking boots and they will even clean them off for me.. (the mud from the sersrts and the jungle...) and after repacking my bag I head outside the airport and find a shuttle that can bring me to my hostel. It feels soooooo good to understand people and be understood!!! I looove speaking english! There are a few travellers ...