NZ CONTINUED....

27.10.08...DAY 90...
9.30AM...OH WELL HERE WE GO...NOT A LOT TO DO TODAY.
9.50AM...TWO CUPS OF TEA.
10.05AM...SHOWER.
10.40AM...EGG/MUSHROOM/TOMATO ON TOAST...ANOTHER CUPPA.
11.50AM...PACKING MAIN BLUE HOLDALL WITH EVERYTHING WE WILL NOT REQIURE TILL WE REACH ENGLAND...BASICALLY ITS FULL OF BITS/THINGS/MOMENTOS WE HAVE ACQUIRED ALONG THE WAY...WE ARE TRYING TO BE NEAT...MAKING THE MOST OF THE SPACE AVAILABLE.
12.30PM...WE HAVEN'T GOT AS MUCH AS WE THOUGHT...IT LOOKED A LOT...BUT ITS FITTED NEAT.
12.50PM...ANOTHER CUPPA.
1.30PM...SUN IS OUT...READING PAPERBACK...BEER.
3.30PM...CAULI/SPUD ON BOIL...LAMB UNDER GRILL.
4.15PM...DELICIOUS MEAL.
5.00PM...WATCHING TRASH KIWI TV.
6.00PM...ITS TIME FOR SOME ALCOHOL DRINK...BUT FOR SOME REASON I AM NOT IN THE MOOD.
7.00PM...THE NZ ELECTIONS ARE IN 9 DAYS TIME...SO THERE IS A 'SPECIAL?; PROG ON...ITS HARD TO TAKE NZ POLITICS SERIOUSLY...COME TO THINK OF IT...ITS HARD TO FATHOM POLITICS IN ANY COUNTRY!


28.10.08...DAY 91...
8.10AM...SECOND TO LAST DAY...AFTER 14 MONTHS ITS INCREDIBLE THAT WE ARE SO CLOSE TO RETURNING TO OUR HOMELAND.
8.25AM...TWO CUPS OF TEA.
8.45AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.15AM...SCRAMBLED EGG ON TOAST...ANOTHER CUPPA.
10.05AM...EVERYTHING IN CAR.
10.15AM...OFF WE SET.
10.45AM...SECOND HAND BOOK SHOP IN WELLSFORD...NU BUYS TWO BARRY CRUMP BOOKS...HE'S FAMOUS OUT HERE?
11.40AM...OUTSKIRTS OF AUCKLAND...TRAFFIC GOING SLOW.
12.35PM...FINALLY FOUND OUR PRE-BOOKED LODGE FOR THE NIGHT...ITS ONLY 5K TO THE AIRPORT FROM HERE...CHAP ON RECEPTION TELLS US THE STREETS ARE NOT THE BEST PLACE TO BE AFTER SUNSET...OH!...AUCKLAND AS A BAD REPUTATION...MUGGINGS/KNIFING/SHOOTINGS...SOMEBODY ACTUAL GOT SHOT IN DANGAVILLE LAST NITE...WE WERE THERE 3 NIGHTS AGO...IT LOOKED ALRIGHT TO US.
1.30PM...CHEESE/LETTUCE SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
2.40PM...SOME FORIEGNER AS PUT A VIDEO ON IN THE LOUNGE...NO CONSIDERATION FOR US...I'M LOOKING AT THE SCREEN AIMLESSLY!
4.25PM...I'M HUNGRY...WE ARE HUNGRY...SHOULD WE BE?...MIGHT RISK AN INDIAN.
5.15PM...INDIAN RESTAURANT...ITS THE KAMIKAZI IN US!
5.45PM...MOUTH ON FIRE!
6.20PM...AS MUCH AS IT WAS HOT SPICY...IT WAS AN ENJOYABLE TASTE/FLAVOUR.
6.50PM...BACK AT OUR LODGINGS.
7.30PM...CORONATION STREET...BEER.


I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I DON'T REGRET A SINGLE DAY OF THIS MAMMOTH TRIP/FANTASTIC VOYAGE NU AND I HAVE UNDERTAKEN...WE'VE MOANED...WE'VE GROANED...WE'VE DRANK...WE'VE LAUGHED...WE'VE CRIED...WE'VE DEFINATELY GOT FATTER!...WE BOTH FEEL SO LUCKY TO HAVE SUCCEEDED/CONQUERED A DREAM...AND I ASK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU TO GET OUT THERE AND ENJOY THE WORLD...YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT!...WE HAVE ZIG-ZAGGED ACROSS A QUARTER?/THIRD? OF THE PLANET...WE MET SOME WONDERFUL FOLK...SEEN MANY SPECIAL PLACES...ITS HARD TO TELL YOU IT ALL...YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT YOURSELF...THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND/LEARN SO MUCH...ALTHOUGH TO ANYBODY READING THIS BLOG...I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS SOMEWHAT?BORING...BUT WHEN NU AND I GO TO ANY PAGE/DAY ITS LIKE A TV SCREEN IN FRONT OF US...AND WE REMEMBER SO MUCH...AND ITS OH SO UNBORING!...I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT HELPED US ON OUR WAY...BUT MOST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO THANK NUALA[MY WIFE]...THANKS NU...LOVE YOU FOREVER!


GOOD LUCK,
TAKE CARE,
SAFE VOYAGE.

BYE FOR NOWZ.