tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54946812011-04-22T14:22:07.862+12:00moreinvisobelbook 2 of isobels journeyisobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494681.post-1064279793152642382003-09-23T13:16:00.000+12:002003-09-23T13:18:09.110+12:00Well all good things must come to and end but every ending marks a new beginning. My new beginning is in Australia, you can follow me if you like or give up on me all together if you're sick of my mis-spelt ramblings. From now on I can be found at www.ozobel.blogspot.com
save it to your favourites, tell all your friends and there'll always be a little link at the side of the page for the South isobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494681.post-1064098979334693052003-09-21T11:02:00.000+12:002003-09-21T11:02:59.450+12:00After a wonderfull chilaxing week in the bay of Islands my time in New Zealand finally came to an end. I really didn't want to leave, it has been so much fun in New Zealand, the country that has everything. You can surf and ski in the same day, and every blink is a picture postcard image but the best thing about New Zealand are the people who are all so friendly and genuine. So I had one last isobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494681.post-1063584607884744622003-09-15T12:10:00.000+12:002003-09-15T12:10:07.990+12:00Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand
The Journey north continued from Micks place in Otaki to Teranaki with Micks friends Claire and Rob. They told me all the stories about my brothers visit to New Zealand a couple of years back where he became a legend in local sculpture lore by getting his picture in the paper and selling a christening font at the sculpture symposium (my brother is an isobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494681.post-1062729818093731732003-09-05T14:43:00.000+12:002003-09-05T15:19:43.196+12:00Wellington, North Island, New Zealand. Cow shit, Pet Lambs, neglected blogs and more earthquakes
I think I can safely say that this has been the longest time I've left my blog without a word. It's simply because I've been so busy with the cows calving and milking and all the usual madness of springtime life on a farm that I never made it into town. I stayed on the farm in Waitaha Valley for 3 isobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494681.post-1060661168175918362003-08-12T16:06:00.000+12:002005-06-08T22:01:16.203+12:00Waitaha Valley, South Island, New ZealandAfter Wanaka I continued on to Franz Joseph with Darren and Chris to do the glacier hike. We did the full day hike and it was amazing, I really didn't have any idea what a glacier would look like and it wasn't what I expected at all. The only thing that put a downer on the day was the fact that my camera went missing at the beginning of the hike, so no isobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494681.post-1060055625790445042003-08-05T15:53:00.000+12:002003-08-05T15:55:36.133+12:00Wanaka, South Island, New Zealand
Well I finally left Queenstown yesterday and it was beginning to feel like I had settled into Queenstowns Extreme lifestyle. The Canyon swing was amazing, I have never been so scared in my life, yes that includes jumping out of a plane at 12,000ft. We stood on a platform over the 150m canyon in a harness which was attatched to the middle of the canyon. There isobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494681.post-1059534166574336962003-07-30T15:02:00.000+12:002003-07-30T15:02:46.540+12:00Just reading over my last post I realised that I forgot to mention one of the funniest hitching incedents. We were in the car with Dax and Paulie (the surfers) and Muireann decided to take over driving to give the lads a break. As we drove into a small town we got pulled over by the NZ police and Muireann was given a speeding fine of $120 for doing 67k in a 50k zone, so now we're fugatives, sheisobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494681.post-1059193945823833252003-07-26T16:32:00.000+12:002003-07-30T15:05:02.546+12:00Well it's been a while since I've had a chance to update this so there's a whole load to catch up on, I think I left it somewhere in Wellington. Wellington is a cool city, I'd have loved to stayed there longer, was considering taking over Georges job in the indian restaurant serving up Lamb badam pasanda and moving into the worldwide hostel permanently. Unfortunately (although my blog may give isobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494681.post-1058493832560329242003-07-18T14:03:00.000+12:002003-07-18T14:03:52.533+12:00Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
New Plymouth did turn out to be a good place to end the Buzza adventure, it didn't start out too well as we chose a mullet infested red neck place to have our first beer, we moved on swiftly. We met a girl called Jane who took us to "the powder room" a new bar which was rockin', it looked like one of those trendy wanker pubs they have in Dublin but the isobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494681.post-1058323148997259462003-07-16T14:39:00.000+12:002003-07-16T14:39:08.953+12:00I don't have much time to write 'cause between the Buzza adventures there's no time for internet. We went from Rotorua to Taupo where we had the clearest most beautiful day of the year to do our skydive! Yes you read it right, a skydive, 12000 feet, 45 second freefall after jumping from a rickety plane over lake Taupo. It was the most amazing feeling ever, I was so scared but I couldn't wait isobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494681.post-1057974788091406842003-07-12T13:53:00.000+12:002003-07-12T13:54:44.406+12:00Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
We've been having a ball in New Zealand the last few days, it's a really beautiful and friendly country. We went white water rafting yesterday and it was so amazing, I would recomend it to anyone. I was terrified before especially when I saw the photos on the wall depicting everyone tumble out of the boat as it turned upsidedown on the way down the 7m isobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494681.post-1057821662121585942003-07-10T19:21:00.000+12:002003-07-10T19:21:02.146+12:00The adventure in the buzza continues in flying form. We didn't manage to get out of Whitianga as soon as we though, combined effects of the night before and inconvenient tides at hot water beach. There was plenty there to keep us around for another day anyway, loads of walks and a trip to cathedral cove (longish walk but worth the effort) and bone carving for the morning. We tested the springsisobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494681.post-1057628547727516122003-07-08T13:42:00.000+12:002003-07-10T19:14:03.990+12:00Whitianga, North Island, New Zealand
The girls both arrived to Auckland (yes I was spelling it wrong all along) safe and sound. We had one night out in Aukland on Saturday and met Conor H. (old SF refugee) in a bar on Vulcan lane. We (the girls and I) hired a camper van, affectionately known as BUZZA for our tour around the north Island and started off with dinner at Troys place to feed us up isobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494681.post-1057189965047885652003-07-03T11:52:00.000+12:002003-07-08T13:33:41.783+12:00Well it's been a couple of days since I've had a chance to update my blog but at least I'll have loads of things to say then. I went up north for a couple of days to have a look around and I was really lucky to get some really sunny days (still cold though). New Zealand is fairly well organised for backpackers, there's loads of companies that sort everything out for you so that you don't even isobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494681.post-1056656694488364672003-06-27T07:44:00.000+12:002003-06-27T07:44:54.440+12:00Well I've spent the last couple of days with my new New Zealand family out on the Vinyard in Kumeu. It's been hard to drag myself away from Eileen, Bill, troy and the dogs and cat. Yesterday was the most beautiful sunny day but still frosty cold so I took photos and went for a bike ride and walked with Flash the dog.
I like New Zealand, the people are so freindly and hospitable and there isobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494681.post-1056491836716304332003-06-25T09:57:00.000+12:002003-06-25T09:57:16.543+12:00Dog walking, bike riding, wine drinking and rain showers, I could be in Williamstown!isobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494681.post-1056324143826472322003-06-23T11:22:00.000+12:002003-06-23T11:22:23.836+12:00After a couple of days of jetlag daze in the rain and sunshine of Aukland I'm finally beginning to feel a bit human again. Aukland seems like a nice place and I'm sure would be alot nicer without the drizzle, it's another one of those places where travellers are only stopping off for a day or two after the arrival of their flight or just before it's departure. This phenomenon has meant a stringisobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494681.post-1056159912975035382003-06-21T13:45:00.000+12:002003-06-21T13:54:00.163+12:00I have added more photos
Bariloche to Santiago
Ihla Grande Buenas Aires
Rio to Ihla Grande
there is also a link from www.invisobelphotos.blogspot.com
isobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494681.post-1056054035813827102003-06-20T08:20:00.000+12:002003-06-20T08:39:35.286+12:00Aukland, New Zealand
Welcome to the second leg of my travels which starts today in Aukland New Zealand. I arrived a couple of hours ago and I was wide awake even though it was only 4.30 in the morning but for me it's still the middle of yesterday. Time has become a huge confusion for me as I've lost the 19th of June never to be returned. If you want to keep up to date with me you should add thisisobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832296296021079720noreply@blogger.com