Last bit of sightseeing

Trip Start Feb 03, 2008
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Trip End Apr 14, 2008


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Friday, April 11, 2008

Right well it's almost time to come home.  I've had an absolutely wicked time, and will definitely be coming back to Australia and New Zealand.  I've still been quite busy in the last few days doing a last bit of sightseeing round Auckland and meeting up with a couple of old faces.  On Wednesday I met up for lunch with Jenny Williams who I hadn't seen since school, she lives in Auckland now and has been over here for a few years, so it was pretty cool to catch up with her and I filled her in on what people are upto back at home.  Then later in the day I met back up with Jethro, my mate from uni and we've been hitting a few bars round Auckland on the last couple of nights.
As I say, I've also fitted in a bit of sightseeing, on Wednesday I just had a bit of a general wonder around the city and got my bearings before meeting up with Jenny and Jethro, yesterday I got the ferry through the Hauraki Gulf to an island called Waiheke that was really cool.  The ferry took about 35 mins and similarly to the ferries across Sydney harbour, you get some pretty good views of the city from the harbour -
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 .  Once on the island I walked around a bit and found the nearest town and chilled on the beach for a bit trying to soak up a few of the last rays of sunshine I'll be seeing for a while!  Today I've been doing a bit of souvenir shopping and have been up to the observation and sky decks of the Auckland Sky Tower which I'm reliably informed is the tallest free-standing structure in the southern hemisphere.  It's about the same height as the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the views of the city from up above are really good.  Obviously the fact that it's another clear day here helps.  The weather has been fantastic since I arrived in Auckland on Wednesday although you do get a bit cold in the evening as it is autumn here now.  But the daytime temperatures are still around 21 or 22c which is obviously a damn sight warmer than it is back in the UK.
Anyway tonight me and Jethro are gonna splash the last of our New Zealand dollars in some of the bars down by the waterfront and then tomorrow I'll be packing and sleeping.  Tomorrow night we are planning on heading to Eden Park to watch some of the Super 14 Egg Chasing, which I have surprisingly got quite into since I've been over here.  The Egg Chasing here is a lot faster than at home and its a bit more of a running game as opposed to the defensive crap you get at home.  Then after the egg chasing I'll be hitting the sack for a couple of hours before I head to the airport for my flight to Sydney at about 2am -
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 .  I then get a few hours in Sydney on Sunday morning before I go back to the airport for my flight home on Sunday afternoon.  I land at Heathrow early on Monday morning and I can't wait!  Luckily my very generous sister is picking me up from the airport and I've asked her to bring my warmest coat with her so I don't get hypothermia on the trip back up the motorway.  Anyway its Emma's 21st on Saturday so happy birthday, I'm sure you will get well and truly smashed and have a wicked time.  I'll shout you a few drinks in the week when I get back.
Anyway this is pretty much it for the blog now.  So thanks everyone for dropping by to check up on how I've been getting on and thanks to everyone who has kept in touch by email or on facebook etc.  Also thanks to those like Jim who don't know what a computer is let alone the internet who have sent me text messages and woke me up at ungodly hours in the morning!  I will see you all soon and look forward to catching up with whats been going on at home over a few beers.
Until next time then.....THE END!
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