Auckland: The City of Sails
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Auckland,
New Zealand
Monday, April 7, 2008
Hellllllooooo from Auckland my dedicated viewers!!! This is the first travel Blog coming to you from outside of Australia!!!
I landed here, the City of Sails at around 15:00 on 7th April 2008. I made my way to the hostel by a shuttle bus by a man in a waistcoat who looked like he was out of Faulty Towers, not Basil but just some random old guy like an extra (the reason I think for these thoughts is I watch an episode during the flight. But anyway the old geezer got me to my destination no problem and I already liked the look of my Hostel. It's an old tower block just off of the main street and I was pleased to learn underneath it is a popular backpacker nightclub called Globe. Now back to the Hostel, I had booked a 6 bedroom shared room basically because it was the cheapest, however I thought that I had been hood-winked somehow when as I entered the room I found out that I was the only one staying in that room. What a lonely thought, 6 beds and I got to pick which ever, now I don't know if I'll ever be in a position like that again so I'll tell you now I went around and read my book on every bed for an hour or so. Now see the brilliance to my plan is that the mattresses are really soft and I learnt that the arse imprint actually stays there for quite awhile, at least when I woke up after 12 hours I could see that none of the mattresses had returned to normal. Now I'm not sure if this is just the mattresses but I have the impression that maybe I am carrying extra weight. I don't see how seen as I am living like a snake, eating only once a week or so but I swear I may now have some extra baggage :(
Now on my first and last day in Auckland before I fly down to Queenstown I explored the city and immediate found the Sky Tower, the highest Tower in the southern Hemisphere, how long I hear you ask, well about 2 minutes seen as it is right behind my hostel, so it is pretty safe to say I'll never get lost. I also explored the high street and noted there are 3 Burger Kings, 3 Starbucks, 2 Ripcurl shops and numerous others of the same chain, so finding some 'variety' here is going to be hard.
I'm off to sleep now as I've got to be up for 5am to fly, night night and I'll write soon!!!
