----------- CRAZY NEWS!!!!! - now i think this may be a error on the behalf of Flickr, but yesterday it is recording over 650 views of the site in under 12hrs (i dont really believe it) what the hell you guys doing?!-----------------
Hey all.
So i decided to fill you all in on whats happening here in New Zealand and what we have been up to since we left fiji also 3 weeks ago. After arriving at Auckland we grabbed a tent (tess once again showed her obbesive compulsive need to name everything, the tent is 'Milly') and a car ('oti') and we decided to hit the road exploring where we would like to base ourselves. Of course this is the simplified version, and without the help of David and Sue im sure we would still be wondering around car dealerships with no ideas what was happening! To keep this brief, our road trip took us up to the Coromandel penisular (at one campsite here i asked where the water was, and the guy pointed at the river like i was a moron 'what no tap?' i cried. Again the same look as he explained there was no need for a tap, as he had just pointed out, the river is just there!) then we went down the Mt monganui, played with a kite on the beach and did a short hike, then to Rotorua, the thermal hot springs and Kiwis breeding center. From here we went down to Napier, did some wine tasting and enjoyed the chilled out seaside town atmosphere before arriving here, in Taupo.
Now this is where the story gets even better. After sending out some CVs and waiting a bit we both now have jobs! both in cafes, Tess in 'Replete' and me in 'Taste'. With jobs under the belt the tent was put away and we have now found a nice little apartment 20min walk out of town overlooking the lake and moutains (which i totally forgot to mention, Taupo has the most amazing setting next to the largest lake in austrailisa with three snow covered moutains as a backdrop. The one mountain was Mt Doom in lord of the rings?!, which basically means we live next to a celebrity! Anyhoo just wanted to keep everyone up to date!
2 comments:
hi tess bess, glad youre safe and well and have a job!
i love the area around taupo. are you doing the tongariro crossing?
the other mountains are ngauruhoe (aka mt doom, or the perfect cone one) and ruapehu which is where we go skiing in winter.
anyway i love that area and the country when you get out of the city.
if you ever go by waitomo you should for SURE go blackwater rafting and if youre feeling adventurous do the abseiling/blackwater rafting tour. i think my dad knows the guy who runs it.. theres a plaque around there with my grandfather's name on it. http://www.waitomo.co.nz/
650 clicks, do you have any idea how sore my finger is?! I didnt want you to think no one was interested. LOL :-)
xxx
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