i need a holiday, a very long holiday...

and i dont expect i shall return: in fact, i mean not to.

quoted from which movie?


well, this is me saying good bye for perhaps a week. today has been spent with a handful of americans and kiwis preparing for the 4th of July party that's tonight at 6. tonight i'll go to the party, and then likely attend a girls night at the american homestead. should be fun :) either that or i'll come back and make the last minute preparations for my trip. then tomorrow morning, bright and early, i am off!! i'll be heading to thames and will stop for the night in Coromandel Town, then make my way to Whitianga for a second night, then to thames for the third night (this is a big loop), and on wednesday i will pick up my kiwi friend Ally and we will shoot down south to stay the night at her aunt's in Tauranga. thursday will find us exploring geothermal areas around Rotorua and also visiting Taupo (the adventure region- unfortunately, i dont have the funds with which to do sweet things like skydiving or outdoor sports).... and i'll be able to see Mt Doom from places in Taupo, i believe! that'll be cool. we'll stay the night in a pretty nice hotel/hostel in Taupo, then finally, on friday we'll head back up the west coast and hopefully catch a sunset over the ocean!! how does that sound?

well, i know that each hostel has internet access but i dont know if they have computers available, and i'm not bringing mine. so, perhaps we shall talk in a week's time or so...

today marks the middle of my stay.

it's all downhill from here!