Day 99 February 16th 2007, I hear ya - Auckland, New Zealand

In South America we were pretty good at bookings things up in advance, thinking that NZ would be nice and quiet we turned up with just our first nights hotel booked up, Uh oh everything seems to be totally booked up cars, hotels and even camper vans. Not being able to get a room in the city we had to stay across the bay in Takapuna Beach. As I have said before every cloud has a silver lining, this place is great. Very quiet but everything is soooo easy. This may partly be due to the fact that for the first time in over 3 months we can effectively communicate with people in English.

A view of Takapuna on the far side of the harbor from the Sky Tower

After a day of admin, washing and trying to hire a car we headed off to dinner still very excited about being able to hold conversations with people. This meant that at dinner we could just sit and eavesdrop other peoples conversations for entertainment. Great for Shelley as she has now heard all my stories at least 3 times.

Highlights: All of a sudden understanding what people are saying to me