Transportation is a funny thing. Yesterday we tried to take the bus out of Auckland. We were sitting at the stop, with our 50 lb backpacks on our backs. In the rain. Then an old lady asks us if we needed help. Turns out we must have looked fairly silly sitting there when the buses have been on strike for the last 3 months.
We picked up our rental car soon after that. It began our roadtrip in new Zealand. Driving on the left side of the road is quite difficult, for those who haven't tried it. My shining moment was any time that I tried to turn on my turn signal, instead violently turning on the windshield wipers.
We are currently staying with a family friend of shaun's, who owns a huge house on the north island. He has 270 degree views of the Bay of Islands with its green mountains, sailboat dotted bays, and rainbows. Think Jurassic park and Hawaii but better.
The people in nz are so friendly. Bob has given us great accomodations and he and his girlfriend humor us with ourmany questions. Like "what is the roadkill on the side of the road?" (answer: possums. You should hit them because the are a foreign species and have no predators) and "what is marmite?" ( answer: a yeast spread made in nz. It's an aquired taste)
We are roadtripping more tomorrow to the northern tip. Then off to glow worm caving and black water rafting. :)
"Think Jurassic park and Hawaii but better" LOL SHIG.
ReplyDeleteAnd I saw that marmite stuff on bizarre foods with Andrew Zimmnern, but he called it "vegi-mite" I think it's the same...either way ewww