Last full day in NZ... I dunno what to say, worrying a bit about the budget being bust, but that'll work out. Most of all, I feel sad. Sad to leave this place behind, sad that this part is over, sad that I don't have quite enough time to stay here longer and work. Next stop is Sydney again, but then I change flights to Argentina on tuesday. The funny thing is in that I'll land pretty much at the same hour as I take of, even though I spent like 13 hours on a plan...

Yesterday was another waiting day, hanging around Bay of Island, trying not to blow any more money, a habit I am far from proficient in, resulting in my current predicament: being skint. Not rly, but I'm getting there. That didn't stop me from spending even more dosh. Here's the deal: entry to the place they signed the Waitangi treaty - 25$, a full day cruise around the bay - 80ish $. But that was too expansive, so instead... I book a tour to Rainbow Warrior, Gre...

Short here, just spent a night in Auckland trying to figure out what to do, stay here til my flight leaves, go over to the coromandel and see cathedral cove or push north, to the Bay of Island. The reason it is not crystal clear is because I've got a cold, which means blocked sinuses, which means no SCUBA. This is a bit of a problem since some of the worlds best diving is located just of the coast of the bay of islands, Poor Knights Island! I ended up with a gam...

Wow! Just... Wow... There is a special place in New Zealand. Some might call it claustrophobic, some might say pitch black. I name it "gorgeous". The place I'm talking about is the Waitomo caves, an enormous underground complex, dug out in limestone thanks to the undue amount of precipitation, inhabited by a feral tribe of creatures. The natives of the cave are, in the words of our guide: "cannibalistic, promiscuous worms with sun shining out of their arse". W...

I'm probably setting a record right now for doing nothing. Came here with the bus at 11 am, hoped for a tour down the legendary Waitomo Caves at 2 pm, but that one was full. So I got one for tomorrow at 9 am. That is how crappy the busses are, one coming in at 11, next one leaving 17, so in order to get down the caves for all the blackwater rafting I have to stay in Waitomo for 2 whole days. And the hostel I am staying at is located about 7 km outside of Waitomo...