Few weeks off...

I've had a bit of a media blackout over the past few weeks, the internet hasn't been as accessible as I thought it would be in New Zealand, or maybe I should rephrase that, I've not been so Internet accessible. My Travels have taken me from the landing sites of the first European settlers right over to the birthplace of the nation, in the Mauri tradition, the landing site of the great traveller Kupe. It has been a mad couple of weeks and to condense it all into an A4 page would be not only ridiculous but pointless..I think its time for another list and maybe a visual day to day account! Moreover I've only got twenty minute left in the library so better get cracking. As I mentioned before its easier to get hold of some handmade possum underwear than get decent Internet access in Northland, for example, this morning I walked into a nice (expensive) coffee shop, a reasonable place I assumed, to ask for internet access. When I mentioned the phrase WIFI the bloke looked at me like I'd just pissed on his kids or if he had the Piper Alpha oil platform rigged up as a museum display out the back!...moreover he charged to look at the newspapers. I made a beeline for the door and was informed free internet was available in all public libraries in NZ, I can honestly say its the first time in my life I've sat outside a Library on a sunday morning waiting for it to open. "morning" the lady said as she turned the key to open up, I'd been sat on the cold step 20mins and lept up..."your keen" she exclaimed,  I must have looked like some human JONNY 5, racing into the library to read everything on the shelves on a quiet grey Sunday morning, I knew better than to mention the dreaded wifi phrase.