Auckland

So first off...i have read uncle franks blog and mine is nothing like it! So I hope your enjoying both. Don't be fooled though, I am learning things just maybe not to quite an extent!

New Zealand is what I expected plus more. I have been here for 5 days and have fallen in love...with the country! It's been a journey to get here but I have finally reached my final destination.

It all started when I unfortunately claimed that I was in a rainforest within the last 30 days. That lead to a 2.5 hour wait in the customs line up for the lady to not even pick up my mud/blood covered shoes. So as frustrated and excited as I could get I threw Robert on the X-ray machine only to have them spot something more. I sifted through my bag and found a bar of soap....yes my bar of soap set off the scanner. Just as I'd had almost as much as I could take a grubby, mustache wearing customs man said "no soap allowed in NZ, we like dirty girls here". I grabbed my soap, packed up Robert and walked away without saying another word. At this point in time it was 5pm and I was suppose to arrive at 3pm. I was terrified that Nick left and I would be stranded but as I walked out of the doors for the first time in all of the airports, there was a face I knew!

Now a little background on Nick, I met him for maybe 8 minutes on new years eve and after mom ran around in a mad scramble to get a pen I got his number. He said I'm from Auckland and I said I'm going there do you want to be my friend. I'm probably imagining it went much smoother then it actually was as i was drunk and Jenna was bouncing back and forth trying to pull me away from him. Regardless though, we are friends.

So from the airport we grabbed a case beer and headed straight to Piha beach. It was lovely, warm and took my breath away. From there I saw some parts of Auckland including the Yaht club, public beach and food. The next day we headed back to Piha and went for a quick 20min hike up to "the coffin" which is a fresh water creek that falls over a rock and into a deep hole that is maybe 1.5 meters wide. It's actually just like a coffin. So we jumped off the rock which was probably 12' high (I thought I'd die) and sun bathed on the most beautiful landscape. When you looked around it was lush green mountainous hill all around and it was private and so peaceful. I loved it! After the swim Nick went surfing and Guiness and I played on the beach. The previous pictures were from out beach time at Piha. We headed home, packed the car and headed to Splore! Now Splore was a whirlwind of epic adventures and it blew my mind. For 3 days I was on a beach partying with 6500 other people listening to some really good music. That being said I will let your imagination fill in how much fun I had :)

I'm now chillaxing in Auckland and loving every minute of it. I have so many options and choices that I need a few days to wrap my head around what is going on and where I am! I'm considering buying a car to travel around or maybe I'll try and work under the table and just hang out longer. I have a lot of things to sort out and me not wanting to be a planner I'm having a hard time with it. If you have any suggestions I'll gladly take them!

Much love,

Pictures:
The harbor bridge with the popular volcano behind it
And the beach/park near nicks house
Me and Guiness :)