The Chance of a Lifetime...

update

so its been a while since i've put anyting of any interest on here...and i'm probably not going to add tons right now but i thought i'd give an update...
First off, my blackberry is still dead.
Next- We're in New Zealand (yes i skipped most of OZ on here, sorry), we started in Auckland, got on a Stray bus (www.straytravel.com i think) and have since been to Hahei- where I went sea kayaking in a marine reserve with massive waves!! we went to cathedral cove beach which was really pretty; from there we went to Raglan, then Rotorua which smells like rotten eggs= sulphur, today we went to a Maori village which was super cool, and now we're in Taupo which is home to the largest lake in NZ, it could fit Singapore in it!! tomorrow we're going to a national park, which i cant remember the name of :) then down to Wellington and back up to Auckland. From Auckland we're getting on a different bus and going to the Bay of Islands and spending a night in Paihia, then back to Auckland. Then we'll fly to Christchurch, spend a night with my aunt and uncle and then pick upo another stray bus and do the south island before xmas! craziness!! but the cool thing is that these bus passes are valid for multiple use over the next year which means i can go back and do it all over, or only parts of it etc! cool huh?
ok Australia....the outback was super cool, really different from the coast...we saw hundreds of kangaroos, we went through Carnavaron national park/gorge, porcupine gorge, we saw aboriginal art on cave walls, we went swimming in water holes, ummm went to "towns" that only had one building but were on the map! ummm Cairns was fun the 2nd time around, we had a couple of good nights out, tons of fun!

so its christmas soon, and its nice to be in a country that actually refers to it as christmas, and people say merry christmas, instead of happy holidays- sorry to those of you who don't celebrate xmas and would rather it be happy holidays etc, but i just like this better and i'm not even christian or any kind of religious. but on a different, similar note, it doesnt even feel like xmas, and i certainly havent done any xmas shopping, nor am i ready to even think about it being xmas. although it is colder here than it was in OZ so its easier to think of it being xmas time.

its supposed to be summer but the maori lady at the village today said the seasons are 6 weeks behind b/c of global warming...good to know, but that doesnt help much...
oh man, we keep staying in hostels that dont provide bedding, but charge alot, and then charge for bedding, and its soo frikkin cold at night... last night i was going to pay for bedding and the office closed at 8pm before i could get there! what the hell?!
tonight's place has bedding!
and theres a pub down the road which has a $20 (nz) thing= 3 beers (which cost $6 each) plus bangers and mash or fish and chips or spaghetti bolognaise!! how sweet is that!! so no microwave rice for me tonight!
oooook
well i think thats enough
leave some love, i'll try and update this a bit more, but paying for internet is not appealing!

posted by Kirby @ 8:19 PM