It's been a while, hasn't it? :P lol

Hey guys,

Many of you may be wondering where I've been or why I haven't updated in a while, well here's my story.

Along with being incredibly gorgeous, New Zealand has the worst free wifi availability. I'm loving the sights and the experiences, don't get me wrong BUT it's incredibly frustrating when I can't find places that have cheap internet. And when I do find internet cafes, they aren't exactly the type of places where I can upload my pictures onto the computer...so ya, hence the lack of updates.

I've been dealing with alot too--I've dealt with fear, intimidation, joy, excitement and a bit of self-enlightenment. It's only been two weeks but my journey has been full of surprises, disappointments and alot of self growth. My perception of "city girl" has changed alot--I'm the type of girl who wants to live and work in a place where everything is centrally located so that I can walk or bus to anything and get wifi wherever...which is what made me really frustrated with New Zealand at first. Rotorua and Taupo are two very smallish towns where the downtown is really a street like Kingsway lol and on some days the shops close at 5pm. EVEN CAFES! very frustrating. BUT on the upside, everything--and i mean EVERYTHING--is centrally located such as the supermarkets (two or three on same block!), post office, library! So despite it being kind of suburban/rural, in a way its kind of urban too lol. & I was so excited to get to Wellington, the capital of NZ, because its a CITY and I thought i'd experience the same comforts and accesibility I enjoy in Vancouver--WRONG! lol its worse than the rural towns in that the streets are so unorganized and nothing is close by. It's kind of a mess really, there are a bunch of attractions but they're all sporadically placed in the town, plus there are bus services to each but those don't arrive at the time of the tours, etc so you end up wasting time. So, I'm learning to be patient and follow my heart--it's very confusing because I was hoping to spend my birthday in a metropolitan place where there would be lots to do, but most of the activities are over at like 5 and then all you can really do is eat afterwards and then call it a night...or venture into the scary part ->seriously, their "happening places" are located in a downtowny-eastside area...so ya, wellington is a bust and i can't wait to get back to a suburban/rural area where i can find everything within walking distance :) plus there's more nature/adventure type stuff to do there!

anyhoos, that's all for now, will update about more specific stuff later

love ya!