Not a great deal  to report on new zealand,  as  im only here for 6  days,i arrived at  5.30  in the  morning,  and chipped  into downtown aucland with the intention of  getting  sraight out  of town,  by 8.30am  i  was on a  bus  heading north for the  bay of islands, i  arrived  at  12.30,  looked around,  thought , no  i'll move on,  and phoned this farm an hour further up the coast, thats the good thing about travelling alone,  you  arrive, you dont like it ,  you  go, easy,  so by  1 o clock i was on  a  bus  heading to the  far north, chloe farm, 

The North, chloe  farm

Chloe farm  is a really friendly,clean, beutiful farmhouse  run by a family, stefano  is  a legend,  and made me welcome  straight  away  by  inviting me to the beach with his family, great beach with perfect little waves for bodyboading, a pleasant afternoon was spent  ( except for the sandflies , bloodsucking bastards), on  our return i met the other people, a really friendly  german couple and another  german girl, we  went to the worlds strangest cinema, i  drove stafanos wife and her dad in  this big old commador, the cinema was in an old school  hall in the  middle of nowhere  with 2 rows of seats, as we  sat with cups of  tea  with china cups  and saucers the owner came and casually gave us a  run down on the movie and opening tmes over easter ect  a real film buff and a plesant time was had by all, the next day the 4  of  us  walked  to some rockpools  that we had to swim  to  through  ice cold  rivers, a real  nature buzz, on the way back we  took  a  short  cut (sic)through this virgin part of forest, it  was like something out  of a vietnam move, trying to find our way out along  a stream and clambering under big rocks and electric  fences,  the next day we resolved  to go  sailing but the weather was terrible, so we went kayaking in  the magroves late afternoon, hoping the next day  would  let  us go sailing but alas it  did not, so i came back to  aukland to sort out my  first aid kit in preparation for china and that is about it for new zealand! tommorow i have a flight to cairns at 6am