Tuesday, April 14, 2009

To the Land of Middle Earth and Xena!

My flight to Christchurch, NZ leaves in 4 hours. Holy crap! I can't believe I am going to New Zealand! My Australian journeys were kind of a random thing that happened because I couldn't find work here, but I have planned ahead for New Zealand so it will be all vacation, with no stress about work. Volcanoes, and hot springs and glaciers- I may never leave.

I didn't do much sight-seeing in Sydney because it was pouring rain with insane traffic when I got here. All the folks go away for Easter long weekend because it is the last one before winter sets in. Kind of like Labour Day in Canada. I past the sign on the freeway saying 75km to Sydney, and I was only going 40kph. Lets just say I wasn't in a sight-seeing mood when I finally got here. On the bright side, I stayed at my friend, Amanda's house so that was a lovely change from hostels. Camping would have been out of the question anyway, considering the downpour. She is letting me stash my car at her place until I get back, as well. It is amazing how many people I know that I have ended up seeing down here. I think there is a secret tunnel between Canada and Australia that I haven't been told about. It would explain how so many of both nationalities ends up on the each other's continent.

-A.

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