Quick Update

We really want to sleep. So just quick update:

We got a place to live and work near Marlborough. Its in the far north of the North Island and is placed between river, lakes and the ocean. The Farmer there is called John, 42, single and as 6 dogs - sounds like a lot of fun

Tomorrow in the early morning we will drive to Wellington by bus (12 Hours), sleep and cross the ocean between the both major island (25km) on the next day to get to Marlborough.

Marlborough Lake


David

Auckland, further impressions

So yea, another day has passed and I am already sure about the fact that I really want to move on. The city is still amazing and I think there is no such thing as ENOUGH TIME to discover this place.
Today I chilled downtown, and went to some place called Auckland Harbor which was mind blowing.
Shitloads of ships from all over the world but one thing in common: They were HUGE! Like literally everything was way bigger then any other ships I've ever saw.

I still haven't touched the sea myself, only by the glaze of my eyes, but I guess this must be right, I got enough time to enjoy the blue salty liquid. :D Anyways about the people here: there is a lot of things which comes to my mind when I am walking the weird streets of Auckland (love the fact that in the first time I saw and walked a 4 way crossing for passengers (like in the movies yey)) for example there is an insane amount of Asians, who don't really care about you being here. They don't really look at you, and if you try to get some eye contact, its really rare if they even take some time to catch your eyes. Weird.

An other experience is that is really hard to tell who is a tourist and who is not, everybody is in these slippers, chilling pants, and they all look the same basically. There is no New Zealand-type of people for my knowledge yet. Which is alright I guess because I got a bad feeling about that.
What is that supposed to mean? Well, there are SOME people who just give NO fuck about anything. I already saw some on the airplane, and sometimes I run into some on the streets, they bump into you, they don't even stop to say sorry, they look so ginger that is unbelievable. But lets drop this topic till I know more about these guys. :D

Everybody is friendly. Which is so ridiculous for the first time, but at the second time you realize that this is how it supposed to be. Of course, if they want, they can be offical and formal, but most of the times they are cool.

I can't wait to start the Woofer thing, sounds extremely perfect for us.

I THINK I GOT SOME STUFF TO DO NOW SO PEACE OUT YO

marko

Helou :) mejts!

We are now here since 2 days and after getting some stuff done like bank account and tax number we are looking for jobs. Since Marko and Fanni were born in the most awesome country (this is a joke) they cant get a working-holiday-visa.. So we found something wich is called WWOOF - Willing workers on organic farms. You basically work on farms, clean houses, cook, clean more, work more and for like 5 hours per day you get a flat and 3 meals each day. Sounds perfect for us since you don't get checked for visa so its even possible for Marko and Fanni. After you worked in the morning you have the rest of the day for hiking, exploring or chilling at the beach. A usual "WWOOF Offer", which you can find in a book called WWOOFER BOOK, looks like this -

Fantastic location right at the beach overlooking the Tasman Sea and just a short stroll to the famous Pancake Rocks. Explore the beautiful walks into the Paparoa National Park, go canoeing, fishing, caveing and surfing. Our work includes maintaining the guest accommodation houses and some gardening. If you enjoy meeting people from all over the world and cultures, then give us a call or send us an email. We also prefer a minimum stay of two weeks; but the longer the better.

Of course we sent them an email :)




There are about 5500 WWOOF Offers here in NZ in all different places. We would really like to head to the South Island of NZ since there is the landscape we kinda desire and already know from Lord of the Rings :)





Or we stay in Auckland and its near locations - North Island







Its also amazing how you meet people here. Every random guy talks and acts like you would be his brother. We are sleeping in dorms beds at the moment with 1 stranger since its a room for 4. The first one ( Ellen who we met 2 days before at the airport ) left already to head to a different city. Now there is some sweden guy, aged 21, blonde and amazing who will stay in NZ for 9 month or till June like me. So we change telephone numbers and maybe we will have the same way at any times - Who Knows?





just chillax





David

First Pictures of Auckland

We've taken some pictures of Auckland so add David Thoma or Markó Molnár at Facebook.com to check them out!


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NZ - First Impressions

So we finally arrived in the lovely city of Auckland yesterday. Surprisingly they didn't even checked the proof money, and we didn't had any trouble convincing the guys at the airport that we are only here to spend our money and spend time as tourist. So basically we shouldn't have worried that much before.

The whole city, even the airport is just brilliant, full of information and help for backpackers, so its perfect for us. We met a guy called Ellen on the airport who helped us to find some place to rest. The bus from the airport was really expensive but so the hospital price would be if we would walk the way to the center. :D Anyways Ellen and us booked a room in some backpacker flat, which costs 20$ for each of us. Not too expensive but still not what we are looking for. Its clean, but nothing special really, a shower at the end of the corridor, and awesome people from all around the world everywhere. After we moved in I went to explore the city a bit, and as I said, and I will say I think a lot in the next a couple THIS PLACE IF FUCKING SANE, and to be honest its far the best city I've ever been to. The first impression you get is: is the builder of the city retarded or just a kid? Everything looks like some kid draw a picture of the ideal city and then BAMMM they built it. There is no building which looks the same as another in the city. Everything is unique. The mixture of European, American, Indian, and South Asian culture is just amazing. The city if full of Asians which was surprising at the first time. (The reason is that China is the n1 importer for NZ) So I went to the seaside (docks) and the sight was stunning. Like I said, everything here is amazing. The public transport is free, everyone is friendly, like some bro from da hood.

Anyways, we gathered together to get something to eat bought a steak for 12$ which was the best meat I've ever ate. Amazing. The next day we made a new bank account for the money and for more safety (cba walking around with hundreds of dollars in my pocket). And ye we are going to get some cell phone number and well, we will see whats next. We are looking for jobs, in papers, library and basically everywhere we go. Due to the fact that everyone is really friendly, I don't we'll have any trouble finding one.

Alright thats all for today, keep it real

marko

edit by david .
You forgot to say that this city is awesome. and that the people who work in banks are black people in white/asian suits, who talk in bronx language and who joke about selling women to get some money ))