Well after a rather raucous weekend and a bit of the old booze and very little sleep, Stuart and Ellie came to pick me up in Sunday morning and off we went to get me some wheels! We went to the Backpackers car market and looked at a rusty Volvo, then to the huge Car Fair at the racecourse and i fell in love with a banana coloured sports coupe which was $1600 - WAY over budget. However, the angels guided me away from the temptation because just as i was deciding ...

Been feeling my way round Auckland since Monday and trying to get my bearings and see what's what. It's a cool relaxed city but i'm itching to get out and see the 'real' NewZ. Everyone says don't stay in Auckland, it's the worse part of the country! Luckily i hadn't planned to stay here and i'm really looking forward to going out into the Wop Wops as they call the countryside here. The Asian influence here is very pronounced, i don't know if it's just Auckland....

Well, I've had some sleep and now it is 10pm on my second day in wonderful New Zealand. Loving it already and feel very at home here. Leaving Hong Kong was weird. We felt like we'd just had a cool holiday and would be coming home with some wonderful memories. But no! We got on the plane and went another 6000 miles further round the world! The plane was newer this time and I had a window seat. Yay! I watched Shrek 2, Van Helsing and Kill Bill 2. The routine w...