Hello from New Zealand! I arrived here five or six? days ago and am now located in Auckland city. I spent three nights in Tauranga, a beach city in the Bay of Plenty, with my Godfather and family friend. We took atrip to Rotorua while I was there, and I experienced the smelly town and it's steamy geysers! I took the bus to Auckland from there, it took 3.5 hours and I arrived late afternoon, to horribly muggy and sometimes damp, weather. LuckilyI found my hotel ...

Hi Everyone! I know this isn't very exciting - I am blogging from the comfort of my very own house right now. But I thought I'd write a little introductory note, so that anybody unfortunate enough to stumble across my barren blog, will learn that (relatively) soon, I should be able to fill it up! In 12 days (and very much counting) I will be flying to Auckland - my first OS trip in over 15 years - and I am very excited. At the end of the year I am planning an ...