New Zealand

It sure was the right decision to get out of Fiji and on to New Zealand. I'm in downtown Auckland right now, and is it ever a nice city. Vibrant, bustling, nicely laid out. There is some great architecture here, and everything is clean. Buildings - clean. Cars - clean. Streets - clean. Garbage - clean. Well, maybe an exaggeration on the last point, but there sure is not a lot of garbage floating around.

I got up early today to catch the flight, but then whizzed through check in and security, so I was way early for the flight. The flight was then delayed by about an hour because the plane we were leaving on didn't arrive from Japan on time. I got into Auckland and headed off to a hostel/hotel I am staying at for the next 2 nights. You have your own room with facilities, but they have shared laundry and kitchen. It was a little more pricey than a normal hostel, but well worth it to do some laundry and sort some stuff out.

It appears that I have a camper van booked for the 17th until the end of the month to tour around the north island. That should be interesting, driving on the opposite side of the road from what I'm used to. It's hard enough crossing the road on foot without getting hit by a car (which has almost happened a few times), never mind driving in traffic at 100 kmph. Guess I'll get the extra insurance on the camper van. Ha ha ha.

I'm still having issues with uploading photos for some reason, which I don't get because it has worked before. The Internet at my hostel is down right now as well, so I am at a cafe, and wont upload them here unless the 'net at the hostel is down again tomorrow.

Stay tuned!