ONE DAY IN NEW ZEALAND Mike Allen, U.S. My first day in New Zealand comes to an end. Hotel "Nomad Bekpekers" on Saturday night turns into the epicenter of a huge party, but the party itself does not start before midnight. I arrived at 6:30 am local time. By the time I went through all the procedures upon arrival, it was already 7:30. Among other procedures, was a 20-minute disinfection my shoes - not because they smell, but because the day before I was in nursery koalas "Lone Pine", and perhaps brought on their soles of some biologically active "hello" from evil kangaroo. Tree in Oakland Park By the time I entered his room, which turned out to be much more "comfortable" than my magnificent palace in Brisbane, it was already 8:30. The rain was falling, but the cold was not. I drank a beer, looked at the empty bar as "Aull Blacks" ("All in Black", the name of the New Zealand rugby team, ca. Perevi.) For the ninth consecutive away with the Australians, and went to explore the area. It was already 10:30 pm. I returned at midnight, just as Bukhanov music and the first screams of drunken tourists just beginning to permeate the night. Despite the fact that my room was on the fifth floor, the music and screams were heard well enough to prevent my sleep, but not good enough for me to fully wake up. Chaos at the peak of the subconscious nightmares. Music is no longer rattle somewhere around 5 am and between 6 and 8 hours it was the blessed time of relative calm, which is only broken by the roar of engines on the road sweeping machines. "Sky Tower" Odernuv blind at dawn on Sunday, I was expecting to see clouds. Imagine my surprise when presented itself to me a cloudless sky, wormed between the silhouettes of skyscrapers. Last night the streets glistened from the rain, people wrapped in cloaks and scarves, many running in the rain and splashed through the puddles, most of them were tourists from Asia. Today the streets are teeming with visitors, mostly again from Asia, all dressed in coats and scarves, and the sky is, in fact, not entirely cloudless. It gradually filled up the rapid, low-flying clouds alone, of which the rain poured down suddenly, then it immediately disappears as quickly as it began. I decided to go out and find out where you can enjoy a cup of coffee. Walk into a free trip on the bus, which was on a circumferential route. The trip, in turn, moved into a walk in the park with a magnificent view of the Sky Tower, a modern tower, which is issued to the general background of the city of Oakland as well as the Space Needle in Seattle (184-meter high tower, the most recognizable landmark north-west Pacific coast of the United States, ca. Perevi.). Walking after coffee with milk gradually transformed into a visit to the Information Centre which is located in the tower "Sky Tower". There I signed up for a 7-day tour of the South Island, which will take almost all the time of my visit to New Zealand. The tour, by the way, starts tomorrow. As usual! I went to drink coffee, and returned with a much lighter wallet and the near future, marked as a Google release card. Alternatives to glass floor, the choice and variety. One could spend all day hanging out from one person to another, talking about my prospects for a tourist trip. Instead I will, as always, chose the first thing that caught my eye. I always trusted that a mysterious force, which this writer certainly has. It takes me exactly where it is necessary, and it is in appropriate for this moment. Everything that happens must happen. A mysterious force involve me in my life with transcendental chants that serve them background sound. I call this mysterious, karma, fantastic power of the Great laziness! My mystical power beat over the edge, and I chose a route on the following week. I thought I made the right choice. I will see most of the most important sights in the South Island, North Island will have a little me to wait. A woman who looks like a representative of the Thai people (her name Ghong), which organized the trip, was always ready to help. True, I later learned that Ghong did not work very carefully and was not very competent. She accidentally ordered tickets for me on a plane to Christchurch (a city on the South Island of New Zealand, ca. Perevi.) Mixed up the departure date, which cost me another $ 50! We have a very long time discussing the details, but in the end, everything fell into place. The tour begins tomorrow with a trip to Christchurch. In the morning I had to deal with tickets for the flight, American Airlines, to change the date of departure from Los Angeles to Boston. Although, apparently, the time difference between New Zealand and America to spoil me all the plans - in Los Angeles will still be on Sunday, when Oakland will be a Monday morning. This kind of temporary dislocation always happen when you live for 16 hours in the future. Do not know yet how I'll deal with this problem. As the saying goes, I'll go over the bridge, where before it would get. (When the time came, "the bridge" was not there. Apparently, someone stole it. Tried to call "American Airlines" is like trying to meet with Barack Obama - is very problematic. And even if I succeed, I fully confident that, eventually, all will end is not quite right!). View from the Sky Tower "Once I settled all issues related to the tour, I think until I write, as he passed. Perhaps I will describe it later in more detail - I went to the Tower, Sky Tower, to enjoy the stunning views of Auckland's imagination. Finally, I realized that represents this city! Another beautiful port city, like Sydney, or Boston! I drank coffee with some questionable sandwich, made a lot of different photos, and then experienced several panic attacks, standing on a glass floor, on a dizzying distance from the ground. The sign was written that the glass is as reliable as all the other floors of the tower. Maybe so. My stomach thought otherwise. Despite the fact that I previously had to stand on glass floors, each time my feet are oddly behaved, and I had to overcome internal resistance before it could take several steps to the center is clearly a fragile glass design. After that I took from Ghong their tickets and returned to the shining city on the rain. Deadline for material:
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