So, I have two days left in my island paradise and am feeling very nostalgic. Since my last post, things have been relatively quiet. I climbed some rocks, I went to a friend's Bach in Corromandel (cheers Bryce!), walked up a volcano... and I got older.
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| Rocks and beaches and friends |
Also I had an adventure involving a cowboy hat. Joseph hasn't contacted me but I assume he got the hat? Here's hoping.
The finally few weeks have been a bit more studious and less... fun. However, they were punctuated by a trip to the small tropical island of Niue (pronounced
new-way). Danielle and I spent three days there because we found tickets on the cheap. It's an amazing place in the fact that it's largely undisturbed by western culture. People - of which there are between 800 and 1000, depending on who you ask - mainly farm and fish there and seem pretty happy with that. We snorkelled and got some decent pics with Bryce's GoPro (thanks again), and wore ourselves out cycling all over the island as well as experiencing local culture. It was awesome to be so isolated. We spent the three days in relative luxury - I swapped the bivouac for a guest house this time, and didn't hitch a single ride. Only disappointment was that we didn't see any amorous whales...
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| A selection of Niue! |
So this is the end of my New Zealand adventure. I'm packing right now actually. I'm leaving with less stuff, less hair and lots of memories. I've hitchhiked a total of 14276 km since coming here - that's greater than the distance between Auckland and Oklahoma.
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Goodbye, Auckland
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