Ramblings from the departure lounge

So, the Uni year is over... Finally. Part 1 masters was hard. Satisfying, but hard. I feel I learnt a whole new meaning to the term stress and somehow managed to survive the year functioning on un-ideally high levels of stress. But hey! I made it. Now it's time for a break. 

So, to kick off my break I flew to nelson and met up with my friend sofie and her cow-spotted van. Sofie and I had worked together at a bar in Wellington and one day in a spate of spontaneity, we decided we would road trip down to Dunedin. So we did just that. We travelled down the kaikoura coast and saw seals.. Lots of seals. We also camped beside an Irish motel/pub. That was a first. We then went inland to hamner before heading south again to lake puakaki and camping there before finally heading south to Dunedin. 

On the topic of spontaneity, about 5 months ago my friend asked me if I wanted to come travel China with her over the summer. I said yes. So, I find myself sitting in the international terminal of Auckland airport. My flight leaves in 7hours, I get a whole 30minutes free wifi, there's subway, McDonald's and kfc, and my flight has moved up 3 spaces in the board since I got here... So who knows what exciting adventures I'll get up to in the next 7 hours!!

Anyway, as stated, I'm off to China for a month. Flying into Hong Kong, a week in Tibet followed by 3 weeks travelling around and exploring China, then ending it all off with the finals of the miss world beauty pageant in Sanya. So here starts a new adventure! I will try keep my blog updated to my best ability (I'm unsure what sites I'll be able to access etc.) and will see you all when I get back late December. 

Until then.. stay happy, have fun, keep loving and most of all; just keep doing what you're doing 

Aroha

J X