home

hey. so i've been home for almost three weeks now. this are pretty much the same. i got a job working at zingerman's, a deli that is a local legend. it's pretty good so far. i will be moving out to an apartment in september when khai gets here! and my birthday is on july 5th! other than that, not much news! it's good to be home though. good to see everyone again. and it's been really nice and warm here so that's good.

my computer is broken so i can't put up any new pics yet. hopefully it will be fixed and i get get some pics of home up.

al

Rarotonga!

I got back from rarotonga last night. it was so amazing. the weather was great, about 80-85 degrees everyday. the water was so warm and clear. i just posted the pics so check them out. i don't really have any good stories, i spent most of my time reading and sleeping. and eating lots of papayas and bananas.

see everyone on the 14th!

allison

new pics

just posted a few random pics. nothing too exciting. i will be putting up heaps of pics after i come back from rarotonga in two weeks. i go on june 3. so check back for those.

Auckland

i'm back in auckland finally. i got here about three days ago. it's much colder up here than it was last time i was here. but compared to michigan autumn it's nothing.

the trip up here was horrible. the ferry ride between the two island was so rough. the boat kept going up on huge waves then crashing down. dishes were breaking everywhere, people were throwing up everywhere. it was so bad. i took so much dramamine that just fell asleep. then i spent one night in palmerston north visiting Cameron in the army. that was really fun. we went out dancing and i got back to my hostel at 5 am. my bus left for auckland at 10 am. that sucked. the ride was 10 hrs. it rained the whole way and the bus was freezing. the roof was leaking too, all over my seat. not fun.
i finally arrived in auckland and khai picked me up from the sky tower. i've just been hanging out. my friend Mimi is staying in auckland for a bit so i'll see her a few times probably. this weekend and next weekend i have two 21st birthdays to go to on waiheke island. that will be fun.

other than that not doing much.

rarotonga on 3 june, auckland 10 june then home 14 june!

allison

Leaving Motueka

so i leave mot this friday, the 12th. i get on a bus to nelson, then i get another bus to picton. total time, about three hours. my friend mimi will be travelling with me though. so it will be ok.
then i get on the ferry to the north island, to wellington. i will spend one night there and get another bus to palmerston north, 2 hrs, to visit my friend Cameron in the army. will spend one night there and get ANOTHER bus to auckland. that one's about 10 hrs. fun.

i have no other news, i've been doing nothing here in mot. so hopefully after this weekend i will have better posts.

i only have one month left here. time has gone fast. i'm in auckland until 3 june, then i go to the cook islands until the 9th. then i leave auckland on the 14th! then i'll be home.

a

MORE pics

I just put up some pics i scanned into my computer. There are a few from the first few days I was in NZ and then some from Waiheke Island and xmas at Anahata. They're a little fuzzy because they're are real photos that I scanned.

al

Pics

A few more new pics are up. And all new ones are labelled.