Bienvenue a Auckland!

OK, i know that was French, and I'm in NZ but forgive me - I'm excited!
Well well, where to begin? Oh yeah, i know. The flight to Hong Kong was pretty much as any flight is - boring and uncomfortable. I have found out during the course of my travels that i cannot sleep on planes.
We managed to get out of HK airport for just under an hour, and had a wander around the centre of town. As we left the airport link train station to the city we stepped outside into HK for the first time. I mentioned to Ben that i thought we'd gone through one of those heaters they sometimes have over dorrways; in actual fact this was just the climate itself. The humidity was ridiculous. The city was a bustling hub of activity, as we expected. We amused ourselves by being immature and taking photos of rudely named shops - as a hint i'll simply say that we think the chinese word for jewellry is 'fook'.
The young HK residents seem to aspire greatly to being western these days; the girls in particular walked around sporting t-shirts emblazoned with slogans of all kinds. It put in me in mind of Gwen Stefani's record 'Harajuku Girls', even though these are in fact Japanese.

The flight from HK to Auckland was a killer. The most uncomfortable situation i've ever been in, apart from when i made a joke about somebody's mum and it turn out she was dead. But let's not go into that. Incidentally, Ben is the true master of putting his foot in it.
By the time we got to Auckland i had had about 2 hours sleep since friday - it was monday when we arrived. Needless to say i was absolutely in pieces yesterday. We checked into Auckland Central Backpackers, had a brief wander around and i attempted to eat some food. I didn't get far. Although not actually physically ill i was mightily close. So tired i felt sick - i've never been at that stage before! Went to bed last night at 7pm, woke up today at 8.30am. Feel miles better.
Writing this from an internet cafe in Auckland run by Koreans, and many of the pages on this computer have the language set accordingly - it's a miracle i'm able to write this at all. Off to A1 Sushi in half an hour, then we might check out the museum. This evening we're having dinner at the top of the Sky Tower and then possibly going to Minus 5 tonight - a bar made entirely of ice.

I'll stop there because i may be boring you, although i could write more. More updates to follow; watch this space.

Bienvenue a Auckland!

OK, i know that was French, and I'm in NZ but forgive me - I'm excited!
Well well, where to begin? Oh yeah, i know. The flight to Hong Kong was pretty much as any flight is - boring and uncomfortable. I have found out during the course of my travels that i cannot sleep on planes.
We managed to get out of HK airport for just under an hour, and had a wander around the centre of town. As we left the airport link train station to the city we stepped outside into HK for the first time. I mentioned to Ben that i thought we'd gone through one of those heaters they sometimes have over dorrways; in actual fact this was just the climate itself. The humidity was ridiculous. The city was a bustling hub of activity, as we expected. We amused ourselves by being immature and taking photos of rudely named shops - as a hint i'll simply say that we think the chinese word for jewellry is 'fook'.
The young HK residents seem to aspire greatly to being western these days; the girls in particular walked around sporting t-shirts emblazoned with slogans of all kinds. It put in me in mind of Gwen Stefani's record 'Harajuku Girls', even though these are in fact Japanese.

The flight from HK to Auckland was a killer. The most uncomfortable situation i've ever been in, apart from when i made a joke about somebody's mum and it turn out she was dead. But let's not go into that. Incidentally, Ben is the true master of putting his foot in it.
By the time we got to Auckland i had had about 2 hours sleep since friday - it was monday when we arrived. Needless to say i was absolutely in pieces yesterday. We checked into Auckland Central Backpackers, had a brief wander around and i attempted to eat some food. I didn't get far. Although not actually physically ill i was mightily close. So tired i felt sick - i've never been at that stage before! Went to bed last night at 7pm, woke up today at 8.30am. Feel miles better.
Writing this from an internet cafe in Auckland run by Koreans, and many of the pages on this computer have the language set accordingly - it's a miracle i'm able to write this at all. Off to A1 Sushi in half an hour, then we might check out the museum. This evening we're having dinner at the top of the Sky Tower and then possibly going to Minus 5 tonight - a bar made entirely of ice.

I'll stop there because i may be boring you, although i could write more. More updates to follow; watch this space.