Picton to Marahau

Saturday 5th April 2008 I was up pretty late after last night and so missed the home-made bread, which meant I had my usual fruit with yoghurt and muesli. Two of the guys from the hostel wanted a lift to Nelson and so I agreed to take them along with me. They had to help…

Hawera to Picton

Friday 4th April 2008 After a good nights sleep, apart from the excitement of getting up in the early hours and feeling my way in the dark to the loo in the next building, I managed to pack up and leave shortly after nine. The journey was pretty uneventful with similar bits of road works…

Drive From Auckland

I packed up my stuff and left the hostel shortly after 10am in the rain. I went down highway 1 and stopped at Nguruawahia to buy a proper road atlas, spring roll and use the high-tec public loo that played musak whilst I peed! I turned off onto highway 39 to avoid Hamilton and at…

Auckland Day 2

After copping out last night with the curry I made myself a breakfast of fruit with yoghurt – not much work, but more than buying it as I did all through Thailand. I got a load of washing done and got a hire car booked for collection this afternoon. I also spent a fair bit…

Auckland Day 1

We arrived into Sydney a little bit late and so I went straight to the departure gate for the Auckland flight. I only had to wait for about fifteen minutes before getting on the plane. I eventually got through immigration and customs since I had to declare that I had walking boots and had been…

Bangkok Day 3

After a lie-in till 8 this morning I went with Robert and Will to the Jim Thompson house and museum. The obligatory guided tour was actually good and pointed out the places we could come back and look around ourselves later. We did dopt the suggestion and looked around the grounds and smaller buildings and…

Bangkok Day 2

I was up pretty early again partly because I forgot to switch my alarm off from yesterday and partly because there are no curtains in the room. I had some tea and toast and sat on the internet for a while. All photos from China are now online, just the videos are left that are…

Bangkok Day 1

I was up before seven, got some free tea and toast from the hostel and then joined Robert (German) and Will (Taiwanese) to get out and see the main sights. We got the skytrain up to the river and then a river taxi to Tha Chang pier. We walked to the Grand Palace and Wat…

Kanchanaburi to Bangkok

I was up earlier today than yesterday, but still not that early! I was going to try somehwere different for breakfast, but there was nobody at the restaurant across the road and rainbow lodge further down the road was very expensive so I stuck with where I’m staying. After breakfast I packed up my bags,…

Kanchanaburi Day 2

With what was left of today I returned the bike and then went to an internet cafe to book hostels for Bangkok and Auckland, chase up a response for my dinner cruise in Auckland and upload a few more photos. After that I met Phil just leaving the raft and we went back to Apple…