Finding My Fix: Chronicles of a Travel Junkie

Men here don’t harrass me on the street the way they do in New York City. I can go down the street here and they usually don’t give me any grief at all. Last night was a funny one though.

Lex, another American from NY, and I were going to buy donuts after the rugby test. It was pretty late by then. A man came up to me, “Hi, you don’t know me but, it’s my bachelor party and we’re playing a game, I have to do these things. Can I kiss you?” His friend shows me the paper of all the things he has to do, and “Kiss 50 girls” happens to be one of the items. “Just on the cheek! Where are you from? Oh yeah, I’ve never been to New York. I’ve been to Los Angeles, and Portland. Do you have a boyfriend? (probably wanting to make sure he wouldn’t get beaten up) I won’t stick my tongue in your mouth or anything! Wait, you’re pretty, can I kiss you, please, I still have to kiss 16 more!” And while he was asking me, he was also asking other girls around, “Can I kiss you?” It was quite comical!

And some pictures I took after mum left, also the last ones I was able to get onto my disabled jumpdrive… I suppose sometime soon I should actually describe Wellington [read on]

So finally some pictures of the city I call home! These were all taken while mum was still here... At Te Papa (the museum about NZ) Te Marae at Te Papa Coffee vendor outside the International Student ... [Continue reading this entry]

I promise that next time I post pics, they will be of Wellington, the city I'm spending most of my time in, and maybe I'll even include some description of it. And soon I'll be able to post pics of ... [Continue reading this entry]

Now this is the New Zealand I was expecting to see... One of the major highways that cuts through this country Mud with sheep prints [Continue reading this entry]

Tongariro National Park with Mt. Ruapehu A view from the plateau Another view from the plateau You can kind of see the fields at the foot of the mountain below the clouds The road ... [Continue reading this entry]

Here are some more pics finally of Wai-o-Tapu I believe it's called. It's a geothermally active area with lots of pretty colors. Unfortunately it was raining, so the colors weren't quite as spectacular as they could have been, but hey, ... [Continue reading this entry]

My subconscious has the best sense of humor. (I was just so tempted to write "humour"). Last night I dreamt that I went to the post office because I was getting someone else's mail. So I handed the two packages ... [Continue reading this entry]

So my jumpdrive decided to die on me. It claims it's been write protected, although according to the software, the drive is not write protected. It lies! Anyway, the story got interesting when I overheard a New Zealand guy talking ... [Continue reading this entry]

On Friday we left in a rental car and headed up to New Plymouth, stopping at a beach outside Paraparaumu to have lunch. Friday night, Denmark (Camilla) convinced America (me) to declare war on Singapore (Jency) while Germany (Stephanie) stayed ... [Continue reading this entry]