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My traveling life has begun!

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Well my trip has officially begun! I am now sitting in a Starbucks half way across the world drinking a creme frapp and a muffin. Yes, I know, so lame. My first breakfast in New Zealand is at Starbucks. I actually came here cause I I was told that the wifi access was free but it is Starbucks so I should have known better. Nothing owned by a big corporation, even in other countries, gives you something for free. sigh….oh well. So I really can’t believe that I am actually here starting my trip. I have been planning this for such a long time and for it now to finally be here is a bit surreal. It hits me every couple of hours that I am not coming home for a year. Wow, freaks me out when I actually think about it for any period of time. It is a good freak out though! What an adventure I have set myself up for! 🙂 The flight here was uneventful and LONG!!!! I was soooo tired on the plane from San Fran to Auckland and I desperately wanted to sleep and my body was just not cooperating. The seats are bigger than normal US flights but for a 13 hour plane ride they are still really small.  I wanted so badly to strech my legs out and I couldn’t. I finally did fall asleep for a little bit so at least I am not totally dead to the world right now. So far Auckland is an interesting city. I have only really seen it from the bus ride over to the hostel and my short walk from the hostel to Starbucks. I looks like any typical small city. It has these little alleyways with these hidden malls and stores that reminds me alot of Chinatown and Bangkok.I am going to explore more today. My room at the hostel is not going to be ready until 1pm (it is now 6am btw) so I have some major time to kill. Oh yeah, let me report on the hostel. So far, not a big fan. Of course I have only seen the check-in area (nothing to write home about), one community bath/shower and the 1st floor main hang out room. My lovely shower was freezing cold and the toilet was clogged which was pretty awesome! Love freezing cold showers in the morning. 🙂 The common room was pretty dirty and the room where I am storing my backpack for the time being smells like piss. Not sure why, don’t really want to know why but it smells nasty. Now with all that being said, it still has not dampened my spirits! I am so psyched to be here that I can’t keep the shit eating grin off my face! I am sure by the end of tonight I will have met some people at the hostel so I am looking foward to that. Well that is all for now. I am going to pack this up and hit the road. Think I will head down to the waterfront and see what is kickin down there. Oh yeah, one more thing, we went through the outskirts of Auckland coming from the airport and people think that Long Islander’s have their houses built close together?!?! Man, Auckland takes the cake. I mean you can literally pass your neighbor a cup of sugar just by handing it to them through the window!   Later for now. I will update more a bit later. Hugs and I miss you all!   

Three weeks and I am outta here!

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Ok, I am leaving in 3 weeks….3 WEEKS!!!! Can we say that I am slightly freaking out about this. The closer it gets the more fears, irrational and rational, keep bubbling to the surface. The most common one is the rational fear that I am going to run out of money followed closely by the irrational fear that I won’t make any friends (I know, VERY stupid, I can make friends with a potted plant if I tried hard enough!) and lastly that I will hate long term travel and miss my friends and family so much that I just want to come home. Now, realistically I know the last two won’t happen but I am nervous about the money thing. I have a feeling that I will have to try to get some work as I am traveling to try to offset some of the costs. But there is one plus to the whole money thing and that is that it will force me to go on the no money, no food diet which will help me lose weight! 🙂 Don’t ever let anyone tell you that I am not an optimist. 🙂

 Anyway, as I prepare to embark on the this journey I am often hit by overwhelming waves of sadness due to the fact that I am going to be away from my amazing friends and family for so long. As my departure date looms ever closer it really makes me appreciate what I have in my life and it makes me miss it (yes even before I have even left the country!) I have been running around like crazy trying to spend quality time with all the people that are important to me and I have come to the realization that I am blessed with alot of really amazing people in my life. So to all my friends and family, I love you guys and you seriously mean the world to me! I can’t tell you how much it means to me that you have ALL supported me in this decision. From the encouringing words, the concern for my safety to the people who even mapped out my itinerary and checked hostel prices to make sure I would have enough money (you know who you are!) everyone has been amazing.  Ok, enough of the sappy stuff….for now!

 Anyway, wish me luck. I will update more as I travel. Actually my next update will probably be when I am on the plane for 24 hours heading to New Zealand. Damn, that is a long ass flight.

Till then….HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!  

Oh yeah…I have Skype. If anyone has Skype and wants to stay in touch send me your username. Mine is kittarina1

Itinerary

Friday, August 29th, 2008
A bunch of people have asked me my itinerary so I figured I would post it. January 6th - leave JFK to go to New Zealand (1 mth) Feb 4th - Fiji (2 weeks) Feb 19th - Australia (2 mths) April 22nd - Indonesia ... [Continue reading this entry]

Vaccinations – OWWWIIIIEEEEE!!!

Friday, August 29th, 2008
Well got my first round of vaccinations yesterday and although the shots didn't hurt (except for 1 of them) the pain afterwards really sucks! Both arms feel like they have been punched for hours straight. It hurts to lift them ... [Continue reading this entry]

Well it is booked!

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
I am now 4,444.82 poorer! And I am wearing a big grin as I am writing this. I am really doing this. Holy shit, I am really doing this! It was so easy to say to people that I am ... [Continue reading this entry]

Let’s start at the very beginning….

Monday, July 21st, 2008
Ok, so the planning for my trip has begun. I figured one good way to start is by creating a travel blog where I can track my progress during the planning stages and where people can read about my adventures ... [Continue reading this entry]