“Farewell forever Base?”
Well, today was a pretty chill day, and it was wonderful. We moved from Base to YHA, a different hostel, it’s right on the water and really quite nice. Very clean, a bit old, but still very well kept. I’ll be honest thought, as I sit here in lounge room full of people all in complete silence, I find myself missing the pumping bass and general fun and easy to meet people atmosphere of Base. Anyways, the day:
After switching hostels, we hiked up to where to gondola is (1 hour, all uphill) and wow is it every an active place up there. We watched helicopters come and go, hang gliders take off, loads of people racing on the luge, bikers using the crazy intense mountain bike trails and there is even a small bungy jump there! After hanging out and getting our tan on, we took the gondola down to the bottom.
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The rest of the day was chilling in the park, walking the town, and then in the evening, we checked out the play we had seen being practiced days earlier. It was..well, like much dramatic productions are…artsy? I’m not sure how best to describe it, but we went and were cultured?
Other than that it’s been packing for our flight tomorrow (easier said than done) and chilling in the hostel. That’s it that’s all, thanks for reading!
Saturday, Jan 26, 2012
“We’re in the air again!”
I’m sensing a pattern her, but today was again a really chill day. We walked around, ate, walked, etc until 3:00 when we bussed to the airport, hung out, and then flew back to the wonderful city of Auckland.
A highlight was the sweet 50’s diner we had lunch at, very much a “Twisters” feel and I loved it! They did a great job with the theme!
Upon arriving in Auckland, we got a ride to our new hostel and it got interesting again. It’s just a hard one to to even explain. But here goes. It’s really just a converted house into hostel and it reminds me of an Agatha Christie novel due to the amazing mismatch of travelers brought together for the night. I told Travis there was going to be a murder to solve in the morning. It’s really like a house, we chill in the large common living room and kitchen. We have a pool and a hot tub. It’s really…relaxed and…homey. Anyways, its’ sweet, but really different than the others ones we’ve been to. There’s a large Asian family, A Dutch couple, a American professor, and 2 German guys, and maybe more people I haven’t met. Meet the Robinsons anyone? Anyways, we’re 10 min from the airport and 30 min from Auckland which makes it pretty hard to get around, but we’ll figure it out!
Random Fact: There’s a strawberry farm down the road that sells fresh pancakes, waffles, and ice cream every morning!
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