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Up the Naki

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The weekend just gone was my first 'proper' NZ bank holiday weekend - proper because I was working so got to benefit from an extra day off rather than travelling when every day is a day off. I was going to go to a party at a famous party mansion in Auckland, but Shanyn suggested we escaped Auckland for the weekend instead, so that's what we did! Clemence and Ben from climbing came along as did Ben and Shanyn's uni friend Owain, who met us in Hamilton and rode share the rest of the way. this picture made me realise i need to cut my hair... It took a while to get down there due to traffic and the fact it's actually really quite far away, and we arrived at the hut at 12.45am.  It was absolutely freezing and we didn't get the best sleep, also hampered by a bunch of super loud people getting up really early and having no respect for anyone else trying to sleep.   Having arrived in the dark, I went outside in the morning and did a double take at th

Semi-settling in Auckland

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So I don't know if you've noticed but I took the 'NZ' preface away from the blog title...I guess because Auck will be my home for a wee while. HOW EXCITING AYE!   Except I am still semi living in a tent and still in a backpacker mentality where I think it's acceptable to not shower for 2 days and have greasy hair and eat pasta all day long...But that shall soon change, my friend. Maybe. Anyway I have been in Auck for 3 weeks now, and the first two weeks were pretty damn depressing and boring and I was feeling a bit sorry for myself but then feeling annoyed at myself for feeling sorry for myself because I am in a super awesome position of being able to travel and live in another country.  I applied for tons of jobs and didn't get any of them, had some people reject me on grounds of my Visa which worried me about getting work, and was worried about living arrangements.  However last week I managed to get a job for a month or so temping as an Office Manager, so