Aagh, I just realised that all my previous “day numbers” were out by 1, because I did day 10 twice. I’ll go and renumber them all if I remember.

After sleeping all through my Qantas flight I arrived in Auckland feeling not too bad considering that I’d just had a 12 hour flight. As the only person in New Zealand who knew I was coming, Mum was waiting for me at the airport and we took some photos. I’m not going to link directly to all the photos that I took while I was in New Zealand here on this blog but you can see them all in THIS FACEBOOK ALBUM.

In New Zealand I did what I always do when I go, I spent all my time visiting friends and family. This time I only had two and a half weeks so the visiting had to be very brief. I always wish it could be longer when I visit but it never is – the first time I visited New Zealand after moving to the UK I was there for 6 weeks and that was only just long enough. Although at least this time when the time was up, I didn’t have to go back to work, I get to continue my travels.

Actually, towards the end of my time in New Zealand, my old work (UBS) emailed and asked if I wanted to go back there for a while as a contractor to finish a couple of things off, and you know what I’ll probably do it because they pay contractors more money and it means that I don’t have to find a job immediately after getting back. Plus, I think quitting a job and them asking to take you back looks really good on your CV!

Anyway, I don’t plan to write a lot here because the photos I took really tell enough of the story and show where I went and who I visited. I hope you’ll forgive me! They say pictures say a thousand words, don’t they.