Technically I'm in Chile now but bear with me, I need to catch up on my last few days in New Zealand first. So...where was I? Ah, Taupo. So from Taupo I returned to the city which is literally just a place you go to get to someplace else; good old Auckland. I switched hostels because the last was too cold, and I was pleased to be nice and toasty at Nomads. I was less pleased when I was woken up at 6am by some drunk Swedish girls and I had the surreal experience ...

Technically I'm in Chile now but bear with me, I need to catch up on my last few days in New Zealand first. So...where was I? Ah, Taupo. So from Taupo I returned to the city which is literally just a place you go to get to someplace else; good old Auckland. I switched hostels because the last was too cold, and I was pleased to be nice and toasty at Nomads. I was less pleased when I was woken up at 6am by some drunk Swedish girls and I had the surreal experience ...

Hello!Well I am definitely feeling better. Now I'm fully recovered, I am a lot more comfortable than I have been for a while, mainly because the weather is mild and a bit damp, so I feel right at home, instead of sweating profusely and hiding from the sun.After my last blog, I accidentally went on a date with a gentleman named William who was in my dorm. I think he realised our feelings towards each other differed when I postponed going for coffee (which turned o...

Ok now this is getting boring, so I'm not going to dwell on the matter, but only go so far as to say that I yet again have food poisoning. As this necessitates me generally lying around not doing much, I unfortunately haven't done anything particularly exciting since arriving in New Zealand. The situation also affords me a lot of time to sit around and think. Wouldn't it be good if the times when I did exciting and adventurous stuff were the times I had opportuni...