Thames

29th March Aukland
Yesterday was spent wandering in a daze, sleeping during the day and being awake during the night and of course trying to figure things out like the busses, where are the supermarkets etc. After five months of eating out cooking will be another thing to get used to.
Today I had a bit of a walk around.
The university is quite nice with a nice park next to it for lounging around in with the students.
Booked a bus for tommorrow, you have to book everthing in advance here.

30th March Thames
There are two busses a day to thames, the morning one was way too early to I got the afternoon one.
Thames is a little and historical town, which in New Zealand means it has many buildings from the 1800s. They used to have lots of mines. Even though it is small the buildings are quite spaced out. Many people rent cars to travel around here which if split between two people would work out less than the bus. If you are here a bit longer the best option would be to buy a car, or camper van. These can be a modified van, this could help you avoid dorms which aren't that great value, usually overcrowded and with a 10am check out time you feel on the wrong side of the suppy and demand theory.

31st March Thames
At 10am I tried to pay for another night to find that there was no more space, my bed having been booked by someone else so I had to move hostel to the other side of town.
I went for a lovely walk for the day on a trail that goes into the forested hill that rise up from the coast.
In the evening I even managed to find some nightlife.