Thats the crater there...
A rainbow I saw while waiting for my bus...
View from atop Mt.Eden
View from atop mt. eden
Again
And againSo I went to Auckland museum yesterday. Very cool place, lots of good exhibits, especially the maori galleries, they had a full reconstruction of a maori hall there and the war exhibits. . .
You see I know deep down that these things are cool. That they are in fact interesting but I find it very hard to maintain any interest in them for more than lets say a half hour...
So despite the place being very cool I left fairly promptly. Oh they also had Maori dudes with spears wandering about the place. Dad would have loved, much better attention span then mine.
After this I got lost and eventually wandered my way back to the train station(after mistakingly winding up on the highway once). I took the train out to Mt. Eden. Mt. Eden is Auckland's tallest volcano. It was a bit of trek up to the top but well worth the view of the city and also of the massive crater at the center of the mountain. The crater is sacred so you're not allowed inside. This of course meant that there was loads people inside. I decided to respect tradition and all that. So after taking a few pictures I made my way back down the mountain, only to find I'd come down the wrong side. Being too lazy to go all the way back up(its tough going really steep). I said ah it'll be just as easy to go around....
No.
I walked for about half an hour, passing one bus stop on the way(I figured I was close enough to the train anyway so I might as well keep on going). So I came to a place called Mt Eden village. I thought great. The train station was called mt eden so it must be near here. ('case you haven't realised everything near mt.eden is called mt.eden).
So I stopped into a shop and asked which way was the station. I was slightly worried when they looked at me in a confused way and said the nearest station was Mt. Eden which was a half hour walk away. I was very tired so I asked was there a better way back into town they indicated the bus stop I had passed earlier. Not too bad I figured so I went to a near by cafe and had some soup. Just for a bit of break before heading back to the bus stop. Spending all my money bar two dollars. I thought that should be more than seeing as the bus back from Mission Bay was only 1.60 and that was miles further away. So I eventually make it back to the bus stop, (my feet are seriously protesting at this point. No bus for 20 minutes. It starts to rain very heavily.
So I wait patiently in the rain for the bus which arrives 10 minutes. I get on and ask for 1 to Britomart(which is the city centre area). 3.20 he says. I can't really believe it so I repeat myself, and so does he. He then puts two fingers up and mutters " Two *incomprhensible*" So I apologise and say I don't have enough, I get off again and he leaves. So I resolved to hike all the way back up the mountain and the down the other side to where the train station was located. It was tough going but I managed it. Worst part is, I found an extra two dollars in my back pocket as soon as the bus left.
Went for a pint then last night, I felt I deserved after my days trekking. At the pub the only person who talked to me was a drug dealer named Brian so I left again.
Just waiting around now to check in to my hostel and meet the people I'll be working with...
You see I know deep down that these things are cool. That they are in fact interesting but I find it very hard to maintain any interest in them for more than lets say a half hour...
So despite the place being very cool I left fairly promptly. Oh they also had Maori dudes with spears wandering about the place. Dad would have loved, much better attention span then mine.
After this I got lost and eventually wandered my way back to the train station(after mistakingly winding up on the highway once). I took the train out to Mt. Eden. Mt. Eden is Auckland's tallest volcano. It was a bit of trek up to the top but well worth the view of the city and also of the massive crater at the center of the mountain. The crater is sacred so you're not allowed inside. This of course meant that there was loads people inside. I decided to respect tradition and all that. So after taking a few pictures I made my way back down the mountain, only to find I'd come down the wrong side. Being too lazy to go all the way back up(its tough going really steep). I said ah it'll be just as easy to go around....
No.
I walked for about half an hour, passing one bus stop on the way(I figured I was close enough to the train anyway so I might as well keep on going). So I came to a place called Mt Eden village. I thought great. The train station was called mt eden so it must be near here. ('case you haven't realised everything near mt.eden is called mt.eden).
So I stopped into a shop and asked which way was the station. I was slightly worried when they looked at me in a confused way and said the nearest station was Mt. Eden which was a half hour walk away. I was very tired so I asked was there a better way back into town they indicated the bus stop I had passed earlier. Not too bad I figured so I went to a near by cafe and had some soup. Just for a bit of break before heading back to the bus stop. Spending all my money bar two dollars. I thought that should be more than seeing as the bus back from Mission Bay was only 1.60 and that was miles further away. So I eventually make it back to the bus stop, (my feet are seriously protesting at this point. No bus for 20 minutes. It starts to rain very heavily.
So I wait patiently in the rain for the bus which arrives 10 minutes. I get on and ask for 1 to Britomart(which is the city centre area). 3.20 he says. I can't really believe it so I repeat myself, and so does he. He then puts two fingers up and mutters " Two *incomprhensible*" So I apologise and say I don't have enough, I get off again and he leaves. So I resolved to hike all the way back up the mountain and the down the other side to where the train station was located. It was tough going but I managed it. Worst part is, I found an extra two dollars in my back pocket as soon as the bus left.
Went for a pint then last night, I felt I deserved after my days trekking. At the pub the only person who talked to me was a drug dealer named Brian so I left again.
Just waiting around now to check in to my hostel and meet the people I'll be working with...
