The Crescent Auckland

... Vulkan mitten in Auckland City, von dem aus man einen tollen Blick auf Downtown hat (sozusagen die Skyline von hinten).
Da wir noch nicht genug hatten, fuhren wir danach noch kurz zum zweiten besteigbaren Vulkan namens One Tree Hill.

Donnerstag und Freitag gings dann darum, Formalitaeten (Konto, Steuernr., ...) zu erlaedigen und sighseeing in Downtown zu machen.

Als Basti und ich am Sonntag ausschlafen wollten (denn Basti hatte ich inzwischen ...

... and forth travel and accommodation. Start north, go south. It's only logical. But now that I have a car, the movement part of the plan will be a little more clear, so that's nice.

So here I am, stuck in a place, waiting to move on. It feels strange to me that I've only been gone a week. It feels much longer than that. Must be the restlessness. Anyway, wish me luck as I try to sort all this out. I am missing you all and hope I find you in ...

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... the town. We spent a couple of days here so me and Rhys decided to go Skiing for a day. As Rhys had skiied before he went off and did his thing but i did the safe option of doing beginner lessons for most the day which was fun none the less. This was also safer for me as i had buggered up my wrist the previous days on the heli hike when i fell on the ice and landed on my wrist :s
Anyways i managed to survive the day ok and ended it by doing a green run which i was ******** myself about ...

... i have left New Zealand many memory stay with me from my childhood that I can now piece together, I met some new people, caught up with family and chilled before the big trip, what I can say tho is that I hate the internet service at the airport and payphones in new zealand are a rip off!!

more to be filled in later....... (im actually in boston ATM already been to LA) but need moretime to catch up on my blog lol

... of road since i was 4, every time in a car, & even that seemed to take forever (when you drive a Vauxhall Chevette) and here i am riding it on a bike. Nuts! Thirsty work. So we pulled into the legendary Puhoi Pub, 20 kms from home. It's almost as much of a museum as it is a pub. Eric was there with a couple of coldies lined up waiting for us. We slurped them back and Jackson stared at the memorabilia that's been on the walls since the 19th century, while I told Amigo, the ...

... to buy a guitar, we took a tour of the Beehive - NZs parlimentary building (shaped like a beehive) followed by viewing the NZ-Maori treaty. Got to learn a lot about NZs very cool politics - ANYone (literally anyone, any age, from anywhere in the world - the youngest being a little baby) can have a say when a bill is put forward...they will be invited to the beehive and be heard out for as long as they require in front of the decision board. Amazing. That evening we met up ...

... Melbourne where (if we find jobs and somewhere to live) will be our home for the next few months. And so we've reached the end of our travels...for a while. We just want to say thanks to everyone who's followed this blog - we've enjoyed sharing the last 5 1/2 months with you all (and making lots of people incredibly jealous). We've even been named IBM's website of the month by the guys at Stu's work! We have decided to create a new blog also on this site about our ...

... it was through her that I got connected to The Auckland City Mission. It was Christmas after all, the time of giving, and the City Mission organizes a, now famous, dinner that feeds thousands of people in need (And in this case they don't define what this need may be. It could be financial or maybe someone who just doesn't have family or friends to join.) After eating an early dinner at Chris's I spent the rest of the day at the Mission dinner ...

... by staying in the hostel and watching a never-ending array of movies in the hostel it was time to explore the Auckland nightlife. Hillary, one of the Irish, had her goodbye drinks from work and us both needing to save money decided to smuggle a rum bottle in my bag to save money on drinks. BAD BAD IDEA. After bottle number one we decided to buy another bottle...well the group of people we were with decided to call it a night and thought we were okay because I am with Hillary and ...