Monday, March 29, 2010
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday - Drink,Drink,Drink
so i went out and about with kiwi dave. I have pretty much no memory so this is going to be short. i remember being in the suburbs bars and then macdonalds at 6 in the morning, back to bed then i woke up saturday. saturday night i was a good boy, i just went to bed and watched a movie. sunday, well sunday. Started at about half 6 on the roof outside the kitchen with a few peeps from the hostel and before you no were playing ive never and drinking games. next minute we're breaking onto the roof of the building next door and drinking til 2 in the morning before going to maccies and getting thrown out for being too loud. monday, pretty chilled day. ended up in the jacuzzi til 11 drinking with marc another scouser, leanne from cambridge, lewis from manchester, sharon from holland and the yank. all in all, pretty drink filled i think
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Friday 26th March - Back To Auckland
So i spent Thursday just chilling out most the time. I had lunch with the Austrian girls in the hostel and when 4 oclock came I went to meet Paul for a couple of pints. It was really nice to see him and again and catch up on what both of us had been upto the past few weeks. We're planning on travelling down on the Stray bus together in a couple of weeks time so that should be pretty cool.
The irish girls came past just before Paul left telling us they had to be rescued from the boat they were on as the mast collapsed! So they were starting drinking early aswell!
I had dinner with them next to the hostel about 7 and then headed into the bar for a few drinks that night. 1 olock came and we had to leave for our rooms to our dismay!
Today I spent the day on the beach reading a book and listening to my music waiting to hop on the stray bus back to auckland at 1 oclock. Our driver was Juggs but didnt tell us why which was wierd. We only visited 1 place on the way as the route was pretty much the same. It was a waterfall just outside Whangarei, this one was far more impressive than the one on the way up but was more widely known about. We rolled into Auckland about half 6 and I managed to check myself back into the room I had before I left so im pretty set again for the next couple of weeks before Paul comes back. Heading out tonight with Kiwi Dave and them about 10 so that should be good!
The irish girls came past just before Paul left telling us they had to be rescued from the boat they were on as the mast collapsed! So they were starting drinking early aswell!
I had dinner with them next to the hostel about 7 and then headed into the bar for a few drinks that night. 1 olock came and we had to leave for our rooms to our dismay!
Today I spent the day on the beach reading a book and listening to my music waiting to hop on the stray bus back to auckland at 1 oclock. Our driver was Juggs but didnt tell us why which was wierd. We only visited 1 place on the way as the route was pretty much the same. It was a waterfall just outside Whangarei, this one was far more impressive than the one on the way up but was more widely known about. We rolled into Auckland about half 6 and I managed to check myself back into the room I had before I left so im pretty set again for the next couple of weeks before Paul comes back. Heading out tonight with Kiwi Dave and them about 10 so that should be good!
Wednesday 24th March - Sandboarding
After a pickle in the morning about whether or not I was booked on the bus, they eventually caved in and let me go even though I was supposed to booked on anyway.
I'll let you no know, the driver was a cunt and im suprised he has his job as his customer service is wank. All the stray people fell alseep most of the time except when we went onto ninety mile beach to catch some photos. There isnt much to say about this day trip as none of us really enjoyed it that much. The 2 things I did enjoy was sandboarding off the huge dunes they had and then going to most northern tip of the country to see where the Tasman sea and Pacific Ocean meet creating some cool whirlpools. Didnt do much this night due to hangover and being shattered!
I'll let you no know, the driver was a cunt and im suprised he has his job as his customer service is wank. All the stray people fell alseep most of the time except when we went onto ninety mile beach to catch some photos. There isnt much to say about this day trip as none of us really enjoyed it that much. The 2 things I did enjoy was sandboarding off the huge dunes they had and then going to most northern tip of the country to see where the Tasman sea and Pacific Ocean meet creating some cool whirlpools. Didnt do much this night due to hangover and being shattered!
Tuesday 23rd March - Stray Bus
I had to get up at 7am to make sure I was on the bus for 7.45am, luckily I went to bed early so this wasnt too much of a problem. Our driver was Sue and like all Stray drivers had a nickname... Dent. We left Auckland for the Bay Of Islands to the north. We drove over the harbour bridge which was pretty cool. I fell asleep most of the way, waking up for our little half an hour stops to take pictures. Firstly at this little suburb outside Auckland beginning with 'O', aparantly house prices have gone up for $25,000 to $250,000 because of how popular its got. The beach was pretty cool to look at but far too cold to go on! Next stop was breakfast in Warkworth about 1 and a half hours outside Auckland. This was a tiny little town but had a gorgeous cafe to eat and drink in. We picked a good cafe as the barista's were amazing and not in the way they made coffee!
We hoped back on the bus and off the main road up to the North and onto gravel tracks through the hills. We stopped at a Kauri tree which was 14m in circumference and thousands of years old which was cool.
Next stop was a small waterfall with nautral spring water pools at the bottom of it.
At the bottom of the waterfall was a small rainbow aswell which was awesome. I can imagine that only the locals could know about this waterfall as the track to it wasnt very used and the entrance wasnt very visible. We hoped back on the bus to go Ruakaka beach. We were supossed to go to a marine reserve but due to a small cyclone off the coast of Fiji the visibiltiy would have been poor. Sue had said that this was her favourite beach but never brings Stray here, so again, another beach most tourists don't know about.
The sand was golden and so soft and the water was so clear aswell. I booted a rugby ball into the water and swam after it only to realise that you can still stand up in
it about 50m into the sea!
Next stop was Whangerei but there wasnt much to do here but grab some food from the cafe. On the way to paihia we got a flat tyre which meant we were stuck in the middle of nowhere for 2 hours twiddling our thumbs but it was a good way to get to know everyone on the bus. There was another brit lad called Chris, 2 Austrian girls I had met already in Fusion Ellie and Cira, 3 Irish girls, a dutch girl and 2 german girls.
We got back under way eventually stopping at Waitangi where the treaty of Waitangi was signed and New Zealand was born. We trundled into Paihia, checked in and got some kip before the nights activities. The Hostel is surrounded by sub-tropical trees with other buildings just popping up between them. We had a pub quiz that evening and we split into 2 teams...
'Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap' and 'Chris's Cocksuckers' good classic pub quiz names. We all ended up getting abit too drunk that night and getting back to our rooms about half 4 even though we knew we were up at 7am for our bus.
We hoped back on the bus and off the main road up to the North and onto gravel tracks through the hills. We stopped at a Kauri tree which was 14m in circumference and thousands of years old which was cool.
Next stop was a small waterfall with nautral spring water pools at the bottom of it.
At the bottom of the waterfall was a small rainbow aswell which was awesome. I can imagine that only the locals could know about this waterfall as the track to it wasnt very used and the entrance wasnt very visible. We hoped back on the bus to go Ruakaka beach. We were supossed to go to a marine reserve but due to a small cyclone off the coast of Fiji the visibiltiy would have been poor. Sue had said that this was her favourite beach but never brings Stray here, so again, another beach most tourists don't know about.
The sand was golden and so soft and the water was so clear aswell. I booted a rugby ball into the water and swam after it only to realise that you can still stand up in
it about 50m into the sea!
Next stop was Whangerei but there wasnt much to do here but grab some food from the cafe. On the way to paihia we got a flat tyre which meant we were stuck in the middle of nowhere for 2 hours twiddling our thumbs but it was a good way to get to know everyone on the bus. There was another brit lad called Chris, 2 Austrian girls I had met already in Fusion Ellie and Cira, 3 Irish girls, a dutch girl and 2 german girls.
We got back under way eventually stopping at Waitangi where the treaty of Waitangi was signed and New Zealand was born. We trundled into Paihia, checked in and got some kip before the nights activities. The Hostel is surrounded by sub-tropical trees with other buildings just popping up between them. We had a pub quiz that evening and we split into 2 teams...
'Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap' and 'Chris's Cocksuckers' good classic pub quiz names. We all ended up getting abit too drunk that night and getting back to our rooms about half 4 even though we knew we were up at 7am for our bus.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Gun Shell - Saturday 20th March
because of a stinking hangover I spent the day watching movies on my laptop before heading the supermarket with Carly to grab some ingredients for dinner. Im not going to lie to you, i guessed and used my instincts when cooking and luckily it was a success!
I entered the pool comp in the evening just so I had something to do. I bumped into one of the geordie lads that came the rugby (Christiaan) and his mates. We all got knocked out the first round aswell. I was planning on going back to the room before I had a jaegarbomb put down in front of me. Uh Oh. We all went to the 1st floor toilets to drink a few boxes of tequila sunrise then headed out. My memory gets very vague but I recall meeting up with some of the kiwis from the course (Anna, Matt, Dave and Alice) and a few of their friends. We went to a few bars then I smuggled them into the hostel to watch Borat. I dont remember anything but woke up with lipstick all over me saying "thug life" "i love dave" "gun" on one bicep and "shell" on the other. I recall Chrissy coming in crying her eyes out and spent hours comforting her before waking up at 9am by the cleaner poking me.
Ive spent the whole of Sunday dying in my bed but im off to watch the Liverpool Manchester United game at half 2 in the morning!
I entered the pool comp in the evening just so I had something to do. I bumped into one of the geordie lads that came the rugby (Christiaan) and his mates. We all got knocked out the first round aswell. I was planning on going back to the room before I had a jaegarbomb put down in front of me. Uh Oh. We all went to the 1st floor toilets to drink a few boxes of tequila sunrise then headed out. My memory gets very vague but I recall meeting up with some of the kiwis from the course (Anna, Matt, Dave and Alice) and a few of their friends. We went to a few bars then I smuggled them into the hostel to watch Borat. I dont remember anything but woke up with lipstick all over me saying "thug life" "i love dave" "gun" on one bicep and "shell" on the other. I recall Chrissy coming in crying her eyes out and spent hours comforting her before waking up at 9am by the cleaner poking me.
Ive spent the whole of Sunday dying in my bed but im off to watch the Liverpool Manchester United game at half 2 in the morning!
Friday, March 19, 2010
Paddy's Day and everything up to Friday 19th
So yet again I've left it a few days before re-doing my blog and I've forgotted loads of stuff... again!
Paddy's day was pretty mild if i remember rightly. I didn't do anything during the day due to mega hangover so I just let the time fly by until about half 3 when I cooked lunch for me and Carly then went to the bar course. I think a few of them had been on it already and were swaying a little! I had made plans to meet up with some of the people that went out on the day trip (Scott from Scotland and Morv from scotland, Monique from somewhere in the south, the 2 yanks Jason and Scott, Kate from somewhere in the south aswell) We went to the 2 irish bars across the road from cassette and somewhere in the night Monique, Kate and the 2 yanks bailed!
Me and the 2 scots decided we would be really irish and go to Nachos the mexican bar/restaurant! got some nachos and went home about 2/2.30
I woke up and made myself breakfast. Then revised like mad as Thursday was exam day! I had made plans to meet up with Hanna and Florri the 2 girls from Devon as they were leaving for Singapore in the morning. I'm not going to lie to you, I struggled on the exam. I think I've passed but I am a 75% man and the pass mark is 75%. I forgot how to make a Manhattan, Dry Martini and Sex on the Beach amongst some others but these 3 decided to make their way onto the exam. The Manhattan appeared on my practical and the theory!
After the exam most of us went to the student union bar for a few drinks and some pool. It was really fun to have some drinks with them and talk about being in New Zealand and some of them had been to the UK aswell. I got a few names for facebook and some numbers so I should be sorted for contacts!
I went back to fusion to see if Hanna and Florri were there but I think I just missed them! I bumped into Chrissie though and we had a few drinks before deciding to retire to the TV room to watch Borat and drink through a 3 litre box of tequila sunrise! Safe to say we got smashed and a drunken kiss was exchanged leaving Friday an awkward day!
Friday... Rugby Day!!!
Woke up with an enormous headache and lay in bed for hours feeling sorry for myself. I got up about half 2 and ran down the supermarket to get some food for dinner and change onto Vodafone so I couldn't get shit off the kiwis for being on the crap network!
I cooked lunch/dinner for me and Carly again then at 5 oclock got my game face on and headed down to the Fat Camel for the rugby trip. The 3 Austrian girls that came out the other night were down there and so was the London couple Lee and Sarah that are now in my dorm.
I went a little overboard with the face paint I think and got my whole face in blue and white with "GO BLUES!" on my front and then 11 Rokocoko on my back. Yup.
We left for the game on the Stray bus and played some bus rugby (2 people have to try and get from the back of the bus to the front, climbing over the seats on their side. The people in the seats have to try and stop them!)
The game itself was amazing! The atmosphere was abit subdued but it had bursts where the atmosphere was electric! the game finished 39-34 to the Blues. We had some fun in the crowd with mexican waves and a racist drunk kiwi infront of us who was fucking hilarious! When we got back I went to fusion for a couple of drinks then retired to bed absolutely shattered!
Paddy's day was pretty mild if i remember rightly. I didn't do anything during the day due to mega hangover so I just let the time fly by until about half 3 when I cooked lunch for me and Carly then went to the bar course. I think a few of them had been on it already and were swaying a little! I had made plans to meet up with some of the people that went out on the day trip (Scott from Scotland and Morv from scotland, Monique from somewhere in the south, the 2 yanks Jason and Scott, Kate from somewhere in the south aswell) We went to the 2 irish bars across the road from cassette and somewhere in the night Monique, Kate and the 2 yanks bailed!
Me and the 2 scots decided we would be really irish and go to Nachos the mexican bar/restaurant! got some nachos and went home about 2/2.30
I woke up and made myself breakfast. Then revised like mad as Thursday was exam day! I had made plans to meet up with Hanna and Florri the 2 girls from Devon as they were leaving for Singapore in the morning. I'm not going to lie to you, I struggled on the exam. I think I've passed but I am a 75% man and the pass mark is 75%. I forgot how to make a Manhattan, Dry Martini and Sex on the Beach amongst some others but these 3 decided to make their way onto the exam. The Manhattan appeared on my practical and the theory!
After the exam most of us went to the student union bar for a few drinks and some pool. It was really fun to have some drinks with them and talk about being in New Zealand and some of them had been to the UK aswell. I got a few names for facebook and some numbers so I should be sorted for contacts!
I went back to fusion to see if Hanna and Florri were there but I think I just missed them! I bumped into Chrissie though and we had a few drinks before deciding to retire to the TV room to watch Borat and drink through a 3 litre box of tequila sunrise! Safe to say we got smashed and a drunken kiss was exchanged leaving Friday an awkward day!
Friday... Rugby Day!!!
Woke up with an enormous headache and lay in bed for hours feeling sorry for myself. I got up about half 2 and ran down the supermarket to get some food for dinner and change onto Vodafone so I couldn't get shit off the kiwis for being on the crap network!
I cooked lunch/dinner for me and Carly again then at 5 oclock got my game face on and headed down to the Fat Camel for the rugby trip. The 3 Austrian girls that came out the other night were down there and so was the London couple Lee and Sarah that are now in my dorm.
I went a little overboard with the face paint I think and got my whole face in blue and white with "GO BLUES!" on my front and then 11 Rokocoko on my back. Yup.
We left for the game on the Stray bus and played some bus rugby (2 people have to try and get from the back of the bus to the front, climbing over the seats on their side. The people in the seats have to try and stop them!)
The game itself was amazing! The atmosphere was abit subdued but it had bursts where the atmosphere was electric! the game finished 39-34 to the Blues. We had some fun in the crowd with mexican waves and a racist drunk kiwi infront of us who was fucking hilarious! When we got back I went to fusion for a couple of drinks then retired to bed absolutely shattered!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday 14th,15th,16th March
I'm not going to lie to you, I can't remember alot about Sunday or Monday really except that we went out for Danny's birthday on the sunday. Him and James took some party pills and had a really bad come down on the Monday. Monday, I spent the day with Carly doing some shopping and in the jacuzzi chilling. Monday night we out at Nachos, who make the worst margeritas in the world. Yesterday I went on the day trip to Waiheke Island and it just turned into a drinking session all day! I went so I could get some closure on Sammi by making new memories on that Island so when I look back I won't just remember the time me and her had on the Island. I definately did make some new memories! although they are abit all too hazy in my head.
When we got back from the Island we gave ourselves an hour to get ready before meeting in Fusion bar to get on it again as it was one of the lads birthdays (Dane's) The night we had was so much fun! We got a really good mix of people out (3 Welshys, 1 guy from Bristol, 3 Scots, 2 Austrians, 2 Yanks, 2 London geezers and 1 London girl). At one point we had to leave Cassette as we were getting hunted down by some Maori's... We definately messed with the wrong guy! I can safely say that I'm going to have a headache for some time today but I'm still getting on it for Paddy's day later!
When we got back from the Island we gave ourselves an hour to get ready before meeting in Fusion bar to get on it again as it was one of the lads birthdays (Dane's) The night we had was so much fun! We got a really good mix of people out (3 Welshys, 1 guy from Bristol, 3 Scots, 2 Austrians, 2 Yanks, 2 London geezers and 1 London girl). At one point we had to leave Cassette as we were getting hunted down by some Maori's... We definately messed with the wrong guy! I can safely say that I'm going to have a headache for some time today but I'm still getting on it for Paddy's day later!
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