8th February 2009
Proper food
Day 124
Went to some lakes today with the family. It was cool. The activities here are amazing and there is so much for the kids to do. Oh and I went to church this morning. Didn't sing along though but did have the bread and wine (have a funny feeling I wasn't meant to though). I just did what everyone else did so I took some bread and bit into it, then I noticed no one else was eating theres yet so I tried to make it look like I was scratching my nose and not just about to eat the bread.
Karen's husband Ashley works at a place that has bought Julia Roberts limousine! So went there and had a sit in it pretending to be an actress for a few minutes.
Oh and the best thing about today was that Karen cooked a Sunday dinner! It was great. Had ice cream and fruit and cake for dessert then at night had a caburys chocolate milk drink with ice cream in it and some chocolate on the side. Today I put on about a stone.
Sunday 22 February 2009
Day 123 Joining a family
7th February 2009
Leaving Rotorua and joining a family
Day 123
Got the coach to Cambridge this morning. Karen picked me up from the coach stop. I recognised her straight away even though I wasn't sure what she would look like but definately remember her even though she left England 11 years ago.
Karen drove me around some scenic places and we went to a waterfall that had a rainbow at the base of it. Went to the chip shop for tea and went to the small town of Raglan. Lovely.
For the time that I am here, I will be staying with Karen and her family. My mum used to work with Karen in Stoke on Trent. Here there is Karen, her husband Ashley and their children Emma, Josh and Abby.
Leaving Rotorua and joining a family
Day 123
Got the coach to Cambridge this morning. Karen picked me up from the coach stop. I recognised her straight away even though I wasn't sure what she would look like but definately remember her even though she left England 11 years ago.
Karen drove me around some scenic places and we went to a waterfall that had a rainbow at the base of it. Went to the chip shop for tea and went to the small town of Raglan. Lovely.
For the time that I am here, I will be staying with Karen and her family. My mum used to work with Karen in Stoke on Trent. Here there is Karen, her husband Ashley and their children Emma, Josh and Abby.
Day 122 Drinks
6th February 2009
Night out
Day 122
Hungover, but it's all good.
Went out with the people from my hostel last night. Recently though I have been spending quite a bit of time on my own and now am the only person in my room (the others have moved on and strangely the hostel is quite empty). Was in my room doing a crossword puzzle then took a look at myself and got a grip. Went and sat with the people in my hostel who were playing pool and somehow won 2 games.
Everyone was drinking except for me so I took one of their cars and drove some of us to Liquorland to get some drinks. Went halves on a bottle of wine with an English guy, who tried to rip me off the swine! We stayed at the hostel for a little while then went out to a bar. I bumped into Steve - a guy I met in Sydney over Christmas, which was quite random.
Am hungover today and feeling quite strange. I feel like shit. Tried to sleep it off but my head is so spaaced out and not in a good way. Glad to be leaving tomorrow. Not doing much aorund here. It's surprising how many drunk people are ALWAYS around - it's funny to see how easily they make conversation with anyone who is in earshot. And maybe funnier is the next day when they speak to no one.
Today I was trying to get some sleep but it wasn't working. I was bored and saw the Swedish girl on the bunk bed across from me had bought a magazine. Even though it was cheeky, I thought she wouldn't mind if I read it as we had been chatting in the morning and she seemed nice. So I got it and took it out of it's bag and read the title. 'Aussie Couples', it was a porno mag! Seriously.
I heard people talking outside the door to the room and quickly threw it back. The Swedish girl and her boyfriend came in the room. Luckily they hadn't seen me holding the magazine. God, imagine if they had!
Night out
Day 122
Hungover, but it's all good.
Went out with the people from my hostel last night. Recently though I have been spending quite a bit of time on my own and now am the only person in my room (the others have moved on and strangely the hostel is quite empty). Was in my room doing a crossword puzzle then took a look at myself and got a grip. Went and sat with the people in my hostel who were playing pool and somehow won 2 games.
Everyone was drinking except for me so I took one of their cars and drove some of us to Liquorland to get some drinks. Went halves on a bottle of wine with an English guy, who tried to rip me off the swine! We stayed at the hostel for a little while then went out to a bar. I bumped into Steve - a guy I met in Sydney over Christmas, which was quite random.
Am hungover today and feeling quite strange. I feel like shit. Tried to sleep it off but my head is so spaaced out and not in a good way. Glad to be leaving tomorrow. Not doing much aorund here. It's surprising how many drunk people are ALWAYS around - it's funny to see how easily they make conversation with anyone who is in earshot. And maybe funnier is the next day when they speak to no one.
Today I was trying to get some sleep but it wasn't working. I was bored and saw the Swedish girl on the bunk bed across from me had bought a magazine. Even though it was cheeky, I thought she wouldn't mind if I read it as we had been chatting in the morning and she seemed nice. So I got it and took it out of it's bag and read the title. 'Aussie Couples', it was a porno mag! Seriously.
I heard people talking outside the door to the room and quickly threw it back. The Swedish girl and her boyfriend came in the room. Luckily they hadn't seen me holding the magazine. God, imagine if they had!
Day 121 Looking forward to Cambridge
5th February 2009
Going to a family soon
Day 121
Booked a coach ticket to go to Cambridge. My mum has some friends who have moved to there from England so I'm going to stay with them for a few days or so.
I really like Rotorua but am looking forward to staying with Karen and her family. It'll be strange having my own room again and being around a family instead of sharing with a bunch of drunken travellers.
The past few days have been really good and I have gotten over the bout of home sickeness that I've been feeling this past couple of weeks or so.
Going to a family soon
Day 121
Booked a coach ticket to go to Cambridge. My mum has some friends who have moved to there from England so I'm going to stay with them for a few days or so.
I really like Rotorua but am looking forward to staying with Karen and her family. It'll be strange having my own room again and being around a family instead of sharing with a bunch of drunken travellers.
The past few days have been really good and I have gotten over the bout of home sickeness that I've been feeling this past couple of weeks or so.
Thursday 5 February 2009
Day 120 Scratchcard
4th February 2009
It's a winner
Day 120
Lana (Kiwi girl) brought me breakfast again this morning then drove me around the local lakes and landmarks as I wouldn't have seen them otherwise. It was so nice! But I feel she may have felt a bit guilty about the scratchcard thing...
Yesterday after buying the sweets she got us both a scratchcard (a bit random but hey). Then I did mine wrong (ok so I'm stupid) so she checked it then acted all funny and said, 'oh well I never win anyway' then threw it on the floor quite strangely and put a plastic bag on top of it. When she went to the toilet I checked the scratchcard and it turns out it won $16!
If I knew it won I wouldn't have taken it anyway. Lana bought it so that's fine. I just thought it was quite funny how she was acting after finding out it was a winner.
It's a winner
Day 120
Lana (Kiwi girl) brought me breakfast again this morning then drove me around the local lakes and landmarks as I wouldn't have seen them otherwise. It was so nice! But I feel she may have felt a bit guilty about the scratchcard thing...
Yesterday after buying the sweets she got us both a scratchcard (a bit random but hey). Then I did mine wrong (ok so I'm stupid) so she checked it then acted all funny and said, 'oh well I never win anyway' then threw it on the floor quite strangely and put a plastic bag on top of it. When she went to the toilet I checked the scratchcard and it turns out it won $16!
If I knew it won I wouldn't have taken it anyway. Lana bought it so that's fine. I just thought it was quite funny how she was acting after finding out it was a winner.
Day 119 Munch on
3rd February 2009
Munch
Day 119
Am at the hostel with a Kiwi girl and she brought me breakfast today! Super cool. She was talking about how hospitable Kiwi's were and then I think she wanted to show it herself. We got a load of crisps, chocolate, sweets and pop and chilled all day watching films.
Munch
Day 119
Am at the hostel with a Kiwi girl and she brought me breakfast today! Super cool. She was talking about how hospitable Kiwi's were and then I think she wanted to show it herself. We got a load of crisps, chocolate, sweets and pop and chilled all day watching films.
Day 118 Buffet
2nd February 2009
Buffet love
Day 118
Moved hostels. Prefer staying at a small but shitty place rather than a large soulless one. My last hostel felt more like a youth offenders institute that a hostel.
The place I'm at now has a wild west theme. It's so tacky that it's great.
Went to a Maori show tonight. Really cool. Plus there was a buffet! Get in.
Buffet love
Day 118
Moved hostels. Prefer staying at a small but shitty place rather than a large soulless one. My last hostel felt more like a youth offenders institute that a hostel.
The place I'm at now has a wild west theme. It's so tacky that it's great.
Went to a Maori show tonight. Really cool. Plus there was a buffet! Get in.
Day 117 Rotorua
1st February 2009
Rotorua
Day 117
Got the coach to Rotorua today. It is on a geothermal site that creates natural spas. It also makes the place smell like eggs. Nice.
Rotorua
Day 117
Got the coach to Rotorua today. It is on a geothermal site that creates natural spas. It also makes the place smell like eggs. Nice.
Day 116 Sister Sister
31st January 2009
Happy Birthday H man
Day 116
Got the Kiwi Experience coach to Mercury Bay today. It's well nice. Plus it's my sisters birthday today! Happy Birthday Harriet. I said we can go out when I get back but she pointed out that when I get home it will be closer to her next birthday than to the one just gone.
Happy Birthday H man
Day 116
Got the Kiwi Experience coach to Mercury Bay today. It's well nice. Plus it's my sisters birthday today! Happy Birthday Harriet. I said we can go out when I get back but she pointed out that when I get home it will be closer to her next birthday than to the one just gone.
Day 115 Auckland
30th January 2009
Auckland
Day 115
Went on a free tour of Auckland but didn't enjoy it fully due to my head hurting. That's not very interesting is it? Maybe I should make someting up...
Today I adopted a monkey and met Kevin Bacon.
That's better.
Auckland
Day 115
Went on a free tour of Auckland but didn't enjoy it fully due to my head hurting. That's not very interesting is it? Maybe I should make someting up...
Today I adopted a monkey and met Kevin Bacon.
That's better.
Day 114 Return of the Erik!
29th January 2009
YAY!
Day 114
Erik's back. Free beer at the bar. Free food at the hostel. This is a pretty good day!
YAY!
Day 114
Erik's back. Free beer at the bar. Free food at the hostel. This is a pretty good day!
Day 113 Conversing
28th January 2009
Conversing
Day 113
Had an intelligent conversation with the Canadian guys in my room about politics, countries and values. Then the English guys in the room walked in and the conversation turned to drinking.
Conversing
Day 113
Had an intelligent conversation with the Canadian guys in my room about politics, countries and values. Then the English guys in the room walked in and the conversation turned to drinking.
Tuesday 3 February 2009
Day 110 Kayaking
25th January 2009
Kayaking around the Bay of Islands
Day 110
So I splashed out today on hiring a kayak. At first, I got to the kayak place and decided I couldn't afford the $20 for the hire so opted out. Then the manager guy overheard me and offered it to me for $10. So I did.
There was me, Joanna (from Sweden), Christina and Louisa (Denmark) and we decided to kayak out to one of the small islands that apparently had a secret beach at the back of it that no one could see from the mainland.
We were paddling against the tide and within 5 minutes I regretted coming out at all as it was so tiring. Quietly muttering expletives about how I hate exercise and how kayaking is the worst thing in the world, my bum was wet, my back hurt and I was behind everyone else.
We got to the back of the island and to the beach and sat chatting for about an hour. It was so cool. I quickly forgot about my hatred for kayaking. The sand was so colourful and made up of bits or multi-coloured cracked shell. I've never seen anything like it.
On my way back to the mainland in my kayak, the journey was much better. We took our time going back and floated easily to the shore. It was so nice and now I love kayaking!
Oh and I was chilling writing in my diary at night by the beach and this drunk kid sat down next to me and started chatting rubbish. Then his 3 friends turned up and they pretended all to be 18 years old. One of the lads shouted out at a girl 'hey girls my name is Spencer but you can call me tonight'. What a line.
Kayaking around the Bay of Islands
Day 110
So I splashed out today on hiring a kayak. At first, I got to the kayak place and decided I couldn't afford the $20 for the hire so opted out. Then the manager guy overheard me and offered it to me for $10. So I did.
There was me, Joanna (from Sweden), Christina and Louisa (Denmark) and we decided to kayak out to one of the small islands that apparently had a secret beach at the back of it that no one could see from the mainland.
We were paddling against the tide and within 5 minutes I regretted coming out at all as it was so tiring. Quietly muttering expletives about how I hate exercise and how kayaking is the worst thing in the world, my bum was wet, my back hurt and I was behind everyone else.
We got to the back of the island and to the beach and sat chatting for about an hour. It was so cool. I quickly forgot about my hatred for kayaking. The sand was so colourful and made up of bits or multi-coloured cracked shell. I've never seen anything like it.
On my way back to the mainland in my kayak, the journey was much better. We took our time going back and floated easily to the shore. It was so nice and now I love kayaking!
Oh and I was chilling writing in my diary at night by the beach and this drunk kid sat down next to me and started chatting rubbish. Then his 3 friends turned up and they pretended all to be 18 years old. One of the lads shouted out at a girl 'hey girls my name is Spencer but you can call me tonight'. What a line.
Day 109 Paihia
24th January 2009
Paihia, the Bay of Islands
Day 109
1st day of my Kiwi Experience coach tour of NZ. Am up north now in the Bay of Islands at a place called Paihia. It's well impressive! The views from the beach are fantastic, not just the ocean but all the little islands dotted about. Everyone I met on the bus are all doing activities up here (dolphin watching, boat tours, even skydiving!). Not me though.
Going to a BBQ tonight with everyone so that should be fun!
Paihia, the Bay of Islands
Day 109
1st day of my Kiwi Experience coach tour of NZ. Am up north now in the Bay of Islands at a place called Paihia. It's well impressive! The views from the beach are fantastic, not just the ocean but all the little islands dotted about. Everyone I met on the bus are all doing activities up here (dolphin watching, boat tours, even skydiving!). Not me though.
Going to a BBQ tonight with everyone so that should be fun!
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