After some slight delays at the Buffalo Airport we've made it down to New Zealand with a little time travelling to boot.
We got in at 4:30 in the morning and found that we could not check into our room until 1:00 pm which led to us wandering the city and discovering that Auckland does not seem to be the place we want to live. It's rather expensive, not a lot of nightlife, and pretty much feels like Toronto with a little less culture.
Our next stop is going to be Wellington by either train (which is suppsed to be a very eautiful ride but $90 - 120) or renting a car with two girls from Oklahoma whom we met. Apparently our drivers licences from home will work. The cost of intercity travel is rather high with everything being +$100 but a backpacker has offered to sell us a car for $600 which raises some possibilites.
We have purchased a cell phone so employers can contact us and you all can too! The number is 0064-21-065-0532 feel free to call us cuz it's free for incoming calls and God knows we're cheap.
That's all for now but we will update everyone once we've spent a little bit of time in Wellington.
Catch you all on the flip side
Dan + Lauren
P.S. some pictures will be coming
2 comments:
Hi you two
We were happy to read your blog and get your phone number, too. The car idea is interesting, how much is insurance and is it easy to resell? Can you own one with an Ontario license? Do they drive on the left side of the road? Is gas expensive? Am I asking too many questions? Have you seen a kiwi?I hope you got my email with the numbers and stuff. If not, let me know.
Happy adventuring, we love you!
Janis, Rick, Lucas and Samantha
Sorry for not responding earlier...the internet is expensive!
We didn't end up buying the car. Instead we took a scenic train ride down to wellington...and now it turns out it would have been cheaper to fly...it was beautiful though...No kiwi birds have been seen yet, i think they're mostly in the south...lots of sheep though.
- Lauren and Dan
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