Well, we survived yesterday. The rain eventually ceased, around 5 in the evening so we were able to dry out our tent and possessions and get to sleep without the fear of potential drowning.
Of course, such surcease could not last and it was flippin' well raining again when we woke up this morning. Grr. Also, for some unknown reason, the birds decided that our sixth morning in the tent was the morning for splattering the tent in guano. Yay.
Anyways, we awaited the rain to stop, in hope of a dry run to the kitchen for breakfast and miraculously, it did! So we gobbled our cereal bars and emailed a few more random contractors. Then we decided to take a walk to the PickNZ office in Hastings City and see if us showing ourselves to be real and not virtual abnmormalities might secure us a job.
Well. We trumped, for miles upon miles, upon the hard concrete pavements of the urban sprawl. We went through an industiral estate, down a main road and round about a flowery residential area. We finally located the office (usefully hidden from hopeful jobseekers behind a fence and car park) and sat down to wait our turn. There were six teenagers, who did not appear to speak English, being put on file by the very loud, very harrassed-looking women on the desk. Finally, she looked up and around the office, noticed that about five more people ahd come in and announced 'If any of you are here looking for vacancies, there are none.'
Doh. We trudged all that way for nada.
We went round the circuit route and back in the main city where we salvaged our lost operation with subway for our late lunch (the whole debacle took three hours!!!) and I purchased a magazine and a book (honestly the heaviest book I have ever hefted. So did not think that one through before buying). Hopefully, these can keep me occupied long enough to let Alex work on his portfolio pieces successfully on the laptop. So, we forge ahead, using the spare time wisely...
Of course, we got back to the campsite and it appears the weather had decided to take a turn away from wet and more towards freezing. We made dinner and huddled with everyone else in the lounge, watching Glee, the awesome musical drama they have here and then AotearoHA!, a comedy sketch show. Somewhere, in the middle of all this hilarity, the heavens opened and the rain came down. Again.
We made a run for the tent, which does not appear to be leaking (!) and now we have to settle down for the night, with bucketloads of water bouncing off the top of our tent. I guess at least it will clean off the bird droppings.
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To follow the adventures of Alex and Emily as they journey through the Southern Hemisphere, as well as to save money on phone bills and prove we have not been eaten by sharks.
The Trip So Far
So far, we have trawled accross North Island, relaxing in hot pools on the beach in Kawhia, smelling the Sulphur in Rotorua, Caving in Waitomo, waiting out the rain in Taupo and snowboarding the day away on Mt. Ruapehu.
We crossed to the South Island and went round the West Coast, stopping in Nelson for quadbiking, Westport for seals, Greymouth for the best fish and chips ever. Fox glacier for an icy hike, Mt Cook, Queenstown, cruising round Milford Sounds, getting academic in Christchurch and onwards to kayak Abel Tasman.
Back in North Island and through Napier, sunning ourselves on the beach in the Coromandel, zipping on to Northland, seeing the Hundertwasser toilets and relaxing by the sea in Paihia, finishing back in Auckland.
Now we have no car, and very little money. We are living in a tent in Hastings and there are no jobs to be had. It is thunderstorming. Times were bad.
However, we made it back to Auckland, feasted for the entire Christmas period and then moved onto Melbourne, Australia for New Years Eve! We trained it up to Sydney for the obligatory tourist visit and then went further up the coast to Brisbane. We stayed with Emily's Uncle and Aunt and went all urban, then moved on to Melany to stay with Alex's Aunt and Uncle in the mountains. Now its time to leave and return to Pomgolia, with its freezing temperatures and grey skies. Doh.
We crossed to the South Island and went round the West Coast, stopping in Nelson for quadbiking, Westport for seals, Greymouth for the best fish and chips ever. Fox glacier for an icy hike, Mt Cook, Queenstown, cruising round Milford Sounds, getting academic in Christchurch and onwards to kayak Abel Tasman.
Back in North Island and through Napier, sunning ourselves on the beach in the Coromandel, zipping on to Northland, seeing the Hundertwasser toilets and relaxing by the sea in Paihia, finishing back in Auckland.
Now we have no car, and very little money. We are living in a tent in Hastings and there are no jobs to be had. It is thunderstorming. Times were bad.
However, we made it back to Auckland, feasted for the entire Christmas period and then moved onto Melbourne, Australia for New Years Eve! We trained it up to Sydney for the obligatory tourist visit and then went further up the coast to Brisbane. We stayed with Emily's Uncle and Aunt and went all urban, then moved on to Melany to stay with Alex's Aunt and Uncle in the mountains. Now its time to leave and return to Pomgolia, with its freezing temperatures and grey skies. Doh.
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