A year from now in New Zealand
In and around New Zealand
Allo allo. This is/will be my blog for next year. Plan is to Work and Holiday in New Zealand beginning from 25th of april and to do something completely different than ever before. Expecting to see new things and work sometimes. So let's see how this goes...
Ps. Pics from the trip and then some at Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/7757352@N04/
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Dille
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A day before Ellu left
First entry. Ellu is leaving tomorrow morning for Australia. This evening will be spending at my house trying to learn how to blog. She´s go... Continue reading »
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Day 0.Transit in Heathrow
Staying in Heathrow and waiting for a plane to Hong Kong. Burnt my mouth with too hot Starbucks coffee and feeling very bored. Waiting time 4h... Continue reading » -
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Day 0. Transit in Hong Kong
Transit from London to Hong Kong 12 hours. Waiting at the terminal for 3 hours this time. Decided never to fly economy, ever. Continue reading » -
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Day 1. Arrival at Auckland
Arrival at Auckland airport after 32 hours of flights and waiting. Never, ever, never going to fly economy, ever. Very tired and jetlagged.... Continue reading »
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Day 2. Official business and jetlag
Day 2. Sunny and warm. Went to bed last night at 9.00pm and slept until 7am. Feeling much better now. We took a morning walk around Mount Ed... Continue reading »
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Days 3. and 4.
Done some sightseeing and stuff. Yesterday we visited the Auckland Museum in the Auckland Domain park. Too much to see so very tired after the... Continue reading » -
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Days 7- Mandarin Picking
Got a job in Pukenui as a mandarin picker. Staying at Pukenui Holiday Park in a room with three other people (Ellu, Courtney, Rachael and me).... Continue reading » -
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Week 3. Mandarins, mandarins...
Working now as a mandarin picker. So what is mandarin picking? Day starts at 7.45 in the morning when the (school)bus picks us up from the... Continue reading » -
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Week 3. Sacked!
The third week in NZ, eight day as a mandarin picker and I'm fired. Nice. Actually the whole mandarin picking (approx. 15-20 people) team... Continue reading » -
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Week 3. The Northest Finn in NZ
Today is a day of scenery. Headed off to nearby Henderson Beach with lovely Donna, Ellu, Rachael, Courtney and Rodrigo. The famous Pink... Continue reading »
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Week 3. The End in Pukenui
Today we'll leave to Ahipara. The final tally(?) from Pukenui is eight days of work in mandarin fields, visits to Rarawa beach, to Bluff,... Continue reading » -
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Week 4. Mandarins in Ahipara
Started today a new mandarin picking job in Ahipara. Job is much more relaxing since we're not picking bins but on hourly minimun wage. Yeai! C... Continue reading » -
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Week 4. One month in NZ
Today it's been one month since the arrival to NZ. During the month we done some mandartin picking, seen a lot of great scenery, picked s... Continue reading » -
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Week 5. Dragonwagon!
Got a new car. Year -89 Mitsubishi Delica automatic diesel van. Built a bed in the back with pieces of plywood, few boxes and w... Continue reading »
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Week 5. Pitstop in DargaMe
Left in the morning towards Tauranga. Had a one night pitstop in Dargaville and slept in Dragonwago... Continue reading »
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Week 5. Back to civilization!
Arrived to Tauranga with Ellu and Rodrigo. Shops, cheap internet, movie theaters, cafes, restaurants (in plural)! Life is good again. See if... Continue reading » -
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Week 6. Kiwi fruit picking
So picking kiwi fruits, what is it like. First of all, an answer to my mom, kiwi fruits grow on vines. I don't know how to describe the v... Continue reading » -
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Week 6. Hikes and hotpools in Mount Maunganui
Queens birthday, day off. Went to visit Mount Maunganui located 15 minutes drive from Tauranga. Hiked up to the summit with Courtney, who came... Continue reading » -
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Week 8. Computer, sick and the end of kiwifruits
Lots have happened in the last week and a half. First got bored with rainy days and dark evenings with nothing to do, so I bought a laptop c... Continue reading »
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Week 9. On the road, Taupo
So heading towards Queenstown. Originally we were going to Christchurch but in Auckland Victors friend was able to arrange our accommodation in... Continue reading » -
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Week 9. To south!
Leaving to Christchurch in 20 minutes. Going through Auckland, Taupo, and Wellington. Hopefully... Continue reading » -
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Week 9. On the road, Wellington
The trip from Taupo was excellent. On the right side of the road snow covered mountains, on the left, desert. The only thing was that I was dri... Continue reading » -
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Week 9. On the seas and on the road, Timaru
Day started with a ferry ride from Wellington to Picton. Cannot describe the scenery since we slept the whole three hour journey. The drive fro... Continue reading » -
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Week 9. Stranded
Day began nicely with a late start. Calculated that the time from Timaru lasts about four hours. First scare came when we decided that we have... Continue reading » -
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Week 9. Still snowbound
Yep. Day three in Ranfurly. The roads have been too bad for driving for the past two days. So still here in backpackers. Victor had enough and... Continue reading » -
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Week 10. Queenstown, finally
Arrived to Queenstown. Hitched a ride with Andy and Becks. Queenstown is quite nice. And cold. Only thing is that there seems to be an excess o... Continue reading » -
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Week 10. The end of Queenstown
Seen it, done it and did not like it very much. Queenstown I mean. First the disappointing situation with work and then the... Continue reading »
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Week 10. Christchurch
A pit stop in Christchurch. Didn’t’t really see much of the city but what I saw I liked. It is very British and peaceful. L... Continue reading »
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Week 11. Stripper and pruner
Day three of pruning and stripping. My first day was awful. I disliked the work immensely since even after getting (very ba... Continue reading »
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Week 12. The End of Grapes
So. Liked pruning and stripping enough to last for almost eight working days. Nice. As it turned out I wasn't that good in pruning. The money I... Continue reading » -
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Week 12. From Blenheim to Picton
Left Blenheim and the horrible grape vine pruning to Picton. The ferry will l... Continue reading » -
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Week 12. Happy reunions!
Bus arrived to Taupo at six and met Ellu finally. And also Heli, Ellus's s... Continue reading »
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Week 12. Stalact/mites and worms
First stop on our road trip with girls is Waitomo. Saw the Arataki caves with... Continue reading » -
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Week 12. Raglan
From Waitomo to Raglan. On the way visited the Mangapohue natural bridge and Maro... Continue reading »
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Week 12. Hamilton and Auckland
The girls went on a kayaking trip on the Raglan estuary as I decided to se it by... Continue reading »
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Week 12. Goodbye Heli, hello again Tauranga
The day was not good. First had to leave from the motel room (took all the comple... Continue reading »
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Week 13. The Pruner Strikes Again
Been pruning for one week now. Hands hurt, back hurts and tired. The day b... Continue reading »
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Week Something. Nothing new, except...
Nothing new under the Tauranga sun. Or the rain clouds. Whatever. Still pruning as usual. Haven't quit yet and looks like gonna stay here... Continue reading »
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Month 5. Finally some news
First sorry for no new posts for a while. But nothing worth mentioning has happened since the last post. Well, until now. I am now a free man.... Continue reading » -
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Road tripping, Rotorua
First of all, sorry for not posting more often. It just slips my mind whenever I'm at the internet cafe. By the time I'm writing this I have... Continue reading »
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Road trip 2, Tairua
The next road trip was to Tairua with ELina to see our good friend Donna and Jeff. Weather was excellent. Sunny and warm and the company was go... Continue reading » -
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The End of Dragonwagon
One day before my trip to Samoa. Plane leaves too early in the morning so booked a hostel for one night in Auckland. Elina was supposed to take... Continue reading » -
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Paradise
Arrived to Samoa finally. A week of total relaxation. Slept one night in Apia in a hotel and five nights in Tanu Beach Fales in Manase. The tri... Continue reading » -
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Four days to go...
Back in Tauranga. Living in one of the cabins in Tauranga Tourist Park. Jeni and Ross were kind enough to give us a cabin at the same price as... Continue reading »
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