auckland the mount and rotarua!

i got into Auckland May 22nd and went straight over to bex and erics new pad. its a lovely lil home right near both the schools they are teaching at. we were able to hang out and cook dnners (just as we had done 4 years back in belgium!) my friend chris and i were able to catch up as well....chris was my FIRST travel buddy. we met up in Bayles Beach and traveled to the east cape and back...anywho he moved back to NZ from London...see guys, im not the only one who cant resist the temptaions of NZ :)

after catching up i stopped through mount maunganui on my way to visit rhona in rotarua. i caught up with my friend mike and woke up at the crak of dawn for a fishing adventure! yes, i did catch some fish, but sadly both under size :( so back in the water they went.

in rotarua rhona and i had some great long dinners out, took a couple of nice walks. Its great meeting up with rhona...like we never left. the first 5 hours is just us rambling and filling eachother in on every lil detail of our lives since we last we together....and from then on out..well lots of laughter!

okay pic captions.... eric bex chris and i in devonport...
...half moon bay (on my way to waiheke island for a quick visit)
...mike and me after fishing....
robin (rhona's mate) rhona and i
...early maori cave paintings of wakas (war canoes)