So... in 8 days, 3 hours, 29 minutes and 40 seconds I will be leaving for India! Not that I'm counting down or anything, and who would be when life in Auckland right now has so much to offer? Such as thrilling Uni exams (3 down, 2 to go) or the cities attempt at convincing me there is no reason to go to India for monsoon when monsoon has arrived in Auckland! Yep, the road I live on is pretty much a river, there were recycling bins floating on the footpath this mo...

Nothing quite beats the feeling of knowing that your home. Flying back into NZ always gives me a slight sense of relief - although that may be after the 2 kids opposite next me decided to spend the entire landing time screaming "we're gonna crash" "we might crash into that plane!" "we are going to crash right now!" etc... well that was when one of them wasn't just generally screaming at the top of his lungs... The best thing about b...

Jambo! I'm off again! The travel bug has never released me from its grip (quite poetic I thought...) and I, along with my lovely mother and my sister Alice, am off to Tanzania this afternoon! A three week trip to be filled with Kilimanjaro climbing (aka attempting), eating massive amounts of mangoes, hot air ballooning and just general pottering around the countryside. The trip is off to a, err interesting beginning as I just managed to get myself lost in Auck...

Today Alice and I went on a sisterly outing to Matauri Bay. Was the nicest day and when I finally escaped from my geography exam (only 5 more to go!) we headed off only stopping for a box of the best strawberries on the way. I, being my brave self, even went for a 5 second swim!