Finding My Fix: Chronicles of a Travel Junkie

I thought maybe I should mention that I will be going to Fiji for a week toward the end of August with four people I met about a week ago. The cost of the entire trip comes to about NZ$1000, which is about US$700. We’ll be staying on Beachcomber Island, a Fijian island that is only 2 hectares. It takes 10 minutes to walk around the island. Let’s just hope the Tsunamis hold out till after we leave. Tomorrow we go back to the travel agency to confirm our reservation, and as long as everything is ok, we have some serious sun to look forward to in about 6 weeks. I’m definately excited!

Today as I went to Cash Converters to buy a cell phone that I could use in NZ, I noticed everyone staring up toward the sky. Turns out there was a man up there threatening to jump.

“The police are trying to talk him down.”

“Oh yeah, someone did it last week. It must be the place to do it.”

“Probably the easiest building to get to the roof.”

“If he hasn’t done it already, he’s not gonna do it.”

“Yeah, I’m thinking of going out and giving him moral support. ‘Hey, what are you waiting for!'”

I figure I should list a few differences between New Zealand and the US, so the next unsuspecting travelers to these two far away islands will be able to suspect some things. [read on]

HAPPY FOURTH! First day of classes went well. I met one Kiwi in my Maori studies class, she seems like a cool person. My cognitive psychology professor is either American or Canadian and has the most obnoxiously inflected way of talking. ... [Continue reading this entry]

The All Blacks slaughtered the Lions, again. 48:18 I believe, effectively winning the series and giving all of New Zealand an excuse to drink, a lot. And maybe I should mention also that it gave the Brits an excuse to ... [Continue reading this entry]

This entry is basically only to say that after the nature reserve, we drove to Wellington. It's also to inform you that I'll write about our arrival in Wellington at a later date, because right now I need to go ... [Continue reading this entry]