So today I bought myself a tent at the pawn/junk shop on Queen street. Originally twenty dollars but the guy insisted that although it was new it was complete crap and would only let me pay ten dollars for it. All I was thinking was that I was happy to have a brand new ten dollar tent to live in for a couple of weeks until I could find a better one. Thats when the handle broke of the bag, ok so maybe this will be a bit more interesting than I thought. My bus tick...

When I first started thinking aobut moving to Auckland I had all these ideas and plans of getting a nice simple job in the city or near by town. Getting a flat and having my own room, getting to know people in the area, and essentially setting up a nice little life for myself before traveling again. The past three weeks has blown that little flat fantasy right out of the water, and you know I think I'm ok with that (granted I wasn't last night). Expectations are ...

"Job placement within 7 to 14 days" Silly Real Gap no way does the work world work that way. Good thing I'm used to delays and running on a different time from three months in Peru. Today was suppose to be the big day where I find out if I get the job as a kitchen hand at Wine and Roses. No such luck, call back tomorrow. This is after I was told they would call me last Thursday.... Anyways, enough moaning. I decided to move hostels after three months...

Bookstore always make me feel better about living in the city. Which today after a very disappointing interview I was questioning. Walking back from the Prime Bistro the idea of jumping on the next bus and spending six months hiding out on the country side picking fruit and moving farms as I needed seemed very appealing. In a nut shell the interview went a little like this: Mark arrived late... Minute 1-where did you work and how long did you work there? Did's ...

Backtracking to Fiji, Nadi, Fiji was a two day trip inbetween Peru and New Zealand. It was absolutely beautiful, and hotter than the jungle! Unfortunately two days doesn't exactly give you time to go do any day trips to the other islands (or much else after you recover from the jet lag). To be honest I didn't see much of Fiji, but I did end up learning more than I had ever bargained for. I met Ravi, an elderly gentlemen from Indian, while having lunch at a ba...