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Auckland Part Deux

I wish I could post PICTURES!!!! Oh it's so pretty here. I've taken like.... 650 in the last 4 days. Unlike some people (like Trevor), I believe in QUANTITY rather than QUALITY :D!

Karana and I did the Auckland thing on... oh I don't remember what day it was, but I LOOOOOOVVVVVEEEEEEE ITTTTTTTT. Mark my words people: One day I will call Auckland home.

Then we took a giant green bus to Paihaia (The Bay of Islands) for 2 1/2 days of chillout. Oh man. It was wonderful. For the first while I was like, "dammit Sara you need to be doing thing and go go go go go!" But you know what? This is my VA-CA-TION and if I want to take a ferry boat over to Russell Island and sit for an hour just looking at the water, then that's what I'm going to do.

Went on a day trip to Cape Reigna, the toppest toppy tip of New Zealand, and drove on Highway 1A (A beach. I'm not kidding you. We drove on 63 miles of sand in a special bus). People went sand boarding down a sand dune (I couldn't cuz of Mr. Tattoo and his scabby attraction to things that will get stuck in him; i.e., sand). And then there was more sitting. And more looking. And some sleeping. And then more sitting! Pahaia is the chillestest place and I loved it.

And now we're back in Auckland and I'm trying to plan the last bit of my trip.

Things we know:
Tommorrow Karana and I fly to Nadi, Fiji.
Fiji will be wonderful.
November 16 is my Dad's birthday!!!!!!!!! I will think of him from the beach.
November 17 I fly to Auckland and then to Brisbane.
December 12 I fly from Sydney to Honolulu.

As you can see there is a bit of a gap. By the time I get done with the travel agent it should look something like this:
Nov 12-17 - Fiji
Nov 18-21 - Brisbane
Nov 21-25 - OzExperience bus from Brisbane to Cairns
Nov 25 - Cairns to Whitsundays
Nov 26-Dec 4 - Whitsundays to Sydney to Melbourne, stopping at all sorts of razzle dazzle locations
Dec 4-5 - Melbourne
Dec 5-8 - Hayley's house (don't exactly know where she lives but it's "somewhere down the coast")
Dec 9-10 - Wollongong
Dec 11-12 - Sydney
Dec 12-11 (Time change) - Sydney to Honolulu to wherever Karana Lives
Dec 12-16 - Harassing Karana's family
Dec 16 - Honolulu to Maui
Dec 16 - SHRIEK!!!!!!!!!!! MACDONALD FAMILY REUNION IN MAUI!!!!! *imagine Chariots of Fire playing in the background as we all run at each other in slow motion*
Dec 16-31 - Maui with the fam
Dec 31 - Maui to Vancouver (arrive 1:30 am on the 31st)
Dec 31 (2:30 am) - Tim Horton's coffee
And maybe if I'm lucky I will be awake to ring in the new year before passing the heck out.

Will amend this once things have been finalized!

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posted by Sara @ 9:46 AM