Well where the hell do i start. Life out here has not dealt me the hand i expected or thought i wanted, i've been hit by a massive cultural, social, and emotional shock but its really, trully awesome!
Three weeks and one day in and i'm still in Auckland, i never thought this would happen, i guess i figured i'd get here, find a van in a couple of days and then dissapear into the sunset with some guys i'd met. Life chucks you a curveball sometimes and it certainly did me. Don't get me wrong, i haven't just sat on my ass in Auckland oh no, i've been here for a bit, there for a bit, tripping round, taking opportunities as they present, and just rolling with them to see how it goes!
So what has happende since i last posted.
the big thing has been a hunt for a van. I've searched high and low, on the net, at car fairs, auctions, back packer hostels, newspapers, the whole nine yards. i found about 5 vans i wanted, all 5 slipped through my fingers for one reason or another untill yesterday when a right pearler came my way, and the deal was done! She's a Hyundai H100, 2001, diesel, manual (hard to come by out here) and she is going to rock! Other than the van hunt, i have been off on trips to the Western Beaches of Piha and a fantastic trip to the Central North Island to a lake house and a farm which was a magical journey, and very much needed. The guys i've been with have been stonking, such great people and so genuine. Infact the biggest thing that has gone on has been the people i have met.
Perculiarly i have run into a lad i went to school with, and an old family friend who met each in the UK other the week before they both arrived out here, and there is certainly some kind of reason why we have found each other out here. Luke was the year below me at school and Emma is the daughter of one of my Mothers very close friends. Through Emma i have been introduced to Tree, her aunt who lives out here in Auckland and has the most magical family, married to Ian and mother of Sam and Josh. Tree has got a spiritual gift and talking to her has really opened my eyes and my mind to a new perception and perspective on life. She has taken me under her wing and opened her home. I wish i could convey on here my feelings of worth, and love that i feel from the family here, it really has been so comforting to arrive the other side of the world and be so comfortable, make truly genuine friends so quickly and know that things have happened for a reason. I sit here now still shaking my head and smiling, unable to believe how things have turned out. This post is not about what i have seen or done, but what i have felt since arriving. It is almost indescribable in words, and i know that i have failed to do justice to what i feel right now, and how good it is to be here, not geographically in the world, but emotioanlly and spiritually in this place. I only hope it will continue to grow, and i learn not only a new and improved way to look at life, but the people i have met can share this journey with me...
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