Country number 5 on my 6 country tour! I've made it through more than 1/2 my time away! It's crazy how time flies.
I'm working on a special entry about my reflections on the whole Asian Experince, but it's not nearly ready yet, so I'll just try and keep up with the day to day in NZ.
First - Asia was great and had free wifi everywhere... NZ not so great. So, when the blog updates, it will likely be big chunks... kind of like I did for Vietnam... but not all written on an airplane. :)
3/3/11
So NZ! I found Andrea within minutes of getting dropped off the bus form the airport... excellent. We had some lunch, or at least I did, she had eaten earlier while walking around Auckland aimlessly. Then we settled into the hotel, and caught up. It was nice to have a friend from home. There are so many varying types of conversation that go on a tour, that I really appreciated that Andrea understood what I was saying and I didn't have to speak in complete sentences... or think before I said something. Nice change.
Auckland is a pretty city... it's a mix of a cleaner Baltimore, with flowers that look like they came from Hawaii. So maybe, Hawaiian Baltimore?
I had a bit of a culture shock with the price differences... all of a sudden I wasn't paying 2 dollars for a meal, I was paying 10...or more. And, all the signs were in English, all of a sudden I could read again. I didn't notice much after a while that I couldn't read signage in Asia, it all was just nonsense that went in and out of my brain quickly, NZ made my head hurt a little as I took in all the signs and was reading!...and understanding!
All and All a good day and evening with Andrea and Auckland.
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