NEW ZEALAND
Christchurch
I flew from Sydney yesterday evening and got to Christchurch after midnight. I had a busy few days before leaving Sydney - finishing work; sorting my 'stuff' out; packing; meeting people to say goodbye; big night out; recovering; and most importantly of all reading (and finishing before I left) my friends copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I had promised not to steal it off to NZ with me. So I got it finished 20 minutes before I had to leave. A great story!
I haven't seen that much of Christchurch yet. It is the second biggest city apparently, but seems like a big town. After Sydney though it would. It is cold here (being mid winter) and I guess can only get colder as we move south. But it is a bright sunny day and there is a nice atmosphere around. Suzy (who I met at the airport and we stayed in the same hostel) and I had a lovely breakfast in a wee cafe called the Honeypot. We are just wandering really. A nice start to a new country.
I start my bus tour tomorrow morning. My 28th birthday! I am looking forward to it.
Friday, June 27, 2003
Tuesday, June 10, 2003
I have unintentionally abandoned my blog.
No reason other than not getting around to it! I have several days of best intentions. It was going to be beautifully updated with my travelling stories. Thoughts, moments, images. However 3 months is a lot to update. A summary includes ... 2 weeks in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand doing a Thai massage course...a week in Koh Tao in the south of Thailand doing a PADI Open Water and Advanced Open Water Scuba diving course...flying to Sydney and spending time looking for work, staying with friends, getting work, moving into a house with other travellers...now planning to activate my New Zealand working holiday visa by going there for a two week holiday...then returning to Sydney and heading up the East coast.
An understated paragraph on three full months. Places, people, experiences....
I guess I had to break my deadlock by starting somewhere. I will add moments as I feel!
For the moment though I will finish with a nice quote I have just read:
"I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life; to put to rest all that was not life. And not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived".
Henry David Thoreau
No reason other than not getting around to it! I have several days of best intentions. It was going to be beautifully updated with my travelling stories. Thoughts, moments, images. However 3 months is a lot to update. A summary includes ... 2 weeks in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand doing a Thai massage course...a week in Koh Tao in the south of Thailand doing a PADI Open Water and Advanced Open Water Scuba diving course...flying to Sydney and spending time looking for work, staying with friends, getting work, moving into a house with other travellers...now planning to activate my New Zealand working holiday visa by going there for a two week holiday...then returning to Sydney and heading up the East coast.
An understated paragraph on three full months. Places, people, experiences....
I guess I had to break my deadlock by starting somewhere. I will add moments as I feel!
For the moment though I will finish with a nice quote I have just read:
"I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life; to put to rest all that was not life. And not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived".
Henry David Thoreau
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