[ThomasC]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

I lived in Auckland. Oh Palmy, haha. Not the most exciting of places

But yes, so many stunning areas. Did you make it to places like the Fjordland, Stuart Island, Dunedin, coromandel, bay of islands and hawkes bay?

Yeah it wasn't, but I enjoyed the routine of having a base.

Yes I did Milford sound, bit of an anti climax tbh, stunning but I'd got really high hopes.

No I didn't do Stuart Island, but I did go right down south to Invercargill....spent some time in Dunedin, was very student orientated, couple of great museums, wildlife place, steepest street in the world which was pretty cool... Yes did coromandel,,,,stunning landscapes on the drives, yes Bay Of Islands.

I found it did get quite samey and I didn't find NZ hugely sociable. I stayed in hostels, some of them I pretty much had to myself,,, maybe it was the season....

I loved Queenstown, such a cute vibe and not too big..... Did a few big hikes..... Did Arthur's Pass, ...slept in my car few times...I slept in it for two nights at mount cook in the campground, lol, I was freezing!! .... But yeah I went to loads of places in NZ, ones I can't even remember... I really miss their dairy!!! Tip top ice cream, omg, they do ice cream so much better than us, so much more variety...and I miss Whittaker's peanut butter filled chocolate. Lol

As a whole I preferred Asia though, Thailand and Bali. Singapore was insanely expensive, I went to Raffles (about £40 for a Singapore sling), Santosa island was amazing.... Went Kuala Lumpur, that was really cool (stayed in a hostel that was in a multistorey car park)

Yeah I stayed in Auckland for couple of weeks, ugh, just another city tbh!! I stayed on this gay street, I can't think what it was called at the nomads hostel, K road? And I got a tattoo from sunset tattoo there.

What made you come back to the UK?

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by ThomasC

Yeah it wasn't, but I enjoyed the routine of having a base.

Yes I did Milford sound, bit of an anti climax tbh, stunning but I'd got really high hopes.

No I didn't do Stuart Island, but I did go right down south to Invercargill....spent some time in Dunedin, was very student orientated, couple of great museums, wildlife place, steepest street in the world which was pretty cool... Yes did coromandel,,,,stunning landscapes on the drives, yes Bay Of Islands.

I found it did get quite samey and I didn't find NZ hugely sociable. I stayed in hostels, some of them I pretty much had to myself,,, maybe it was the season....

I loved Queenstown, such a cute vibe and not too big..... Did a few big hikes..... Did Arthur's Pass, ...slept in my car few times...I slept in it for two nights at mount cook in the campground, lol, I was freezing!! .... But yeah I went to loads of places in NZ, ones I can't even remember... I really miss their dairy!!! Tip top ice cream, omg, they do ice cream so much better than us, so much more variety...and I miss Whittaker's peanut butter filled chocolate. Lol

As a whole I preferred Asia though, Thailand and Bali. Singapore was insanely expensive, I went to Raffles (about £40 for a Singapore sling), Santosa island was amazing.... Went Kuala Lumpur, that was really cool (stayed in a hostel that was in a multistorey car park)

What made you come back to the UK?

The impending prison sentence

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by ThomasC

Yeah it wasn't, but I enjoyed the routine of having a base.

Yes I did Milford sound, bit of an anti climax tbh, stunning but I'd got really high hopes.

No I didn't do Stuart Island, but I did go right down south to Invercargill....spent some time in Dunedin, was very student orientated, couple of great museums, wildlife place, steepest street in the world which was pretty cool... Yes did coromandel,,,,stunning landscapes on the drives, yes Bay Of Islands.

I found it did get quite samey and I didn't find NZ hugely sociable. I stayed in hostels, some of them I pretty much had to myself,,, maybe it was the season....

I loved Queenstown, such a cute vibe and not too big..... Did a few big hikes..... Did Arthur's Pass, ...slept in my car few times...I slept in it for two nights at mount cook in the campground, lol, I was freezing!! .... But yeah I went to loads of places in NZ, ones I can't even remember... I really miss their dairy!!! Tip top ice cream, omg, they do ice cream so much better than us, so much more variety...and I miss Whittaker's peanut butter filled chocolate. Lol

As a whole I preferred Asia though, Thailand and Bali. Singapore was insanely expensive, I went to Raffles (about £40 for a Singapore sling), Santosa island was amazing.... Went Kuala Lumpur, that was really cool (stayed in a hostel that was in a multistorey car park)

Yeah I stayed in Auckland for couple of weeks, ugh, just another city tbh!! I stayed on this gay street, I can't think what it was called at the nomads hostel, K road? And I got a tattoo from sunset tattoo there.

What made you come back to the UK?

You would have been there post Covid. Tourism took a massive tumble so was prob a lot quieter than usual which is a shame, but it’s so expensive to travel there now most people are picking Europe/Canada instead. Glad you had a nice time though.

And hahahaha good old k road

And yeah Asia is grand. I want to go back there again and explore parts I haven’t. Philippines and Bhutan are high on my list.

And covid brought me home lol. The government ceased all work visas just as was reapplying as mine was near the end and literally made all immigrants leave

[ThomasC]

Oh god, I need to go gym but I CBA. I have put it off for a week.

[ThomasC]

TIBB sent me to jail years a go when I lost the plot.

But they came to their senses in the end.

[Beso]

When you spent 2 nights in your car at cook mountain, did you have your glasses on when you planned the trip?

I envy you, that trip sounds like once in a lifetime stuff, my serious question is, do you think its changed you?

[Oliver_W]

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