to Wellington

The sunny day was spent riding to the southernmost point on the North island...the cool city of Wellington. Along the way are cool views and small rural towns reminiscent of the southern part of the States. You look out one side of the bus and you see beautiful plains and countryside. On the other side youre facing the wall of a mountain that begins some crazy vally right thru the earthquake fault line. This was the quote Korean view as summarized by Jaisun a.k.a Jason, another traveler I befriended on the Magic bus. He hailed from Seoul and apparently the mountains in Korea arent as amazing. I discovered from talking to all the Koreans who frequent Australia and NZ that they all love Celine Dion, her voice is like an opera, steak, its rare to find out there, and jumping out of planes. Jason was gung ho about skydiving. And hes never had tic tacs or tasted water with gas...a.k.a seltzer water. Imagine what the people of North Korea see and dont see.

Im sure they might not get to see Wellington, thats for sure. But if theres someone out there from North Korea reading this...this is what the city looks like:

And the city center is this way --------------->

There one shall find the beehive. That also doubles as city hall.

And a trip to Wellington would be naught if you didnt take the famous tram to the top of the city, next to the Botanical Gardens.Fellow Magic Bus travelers and me overlooking this neat little city. Korean, Argentinians and Americans all meshing together. What a wonderful world. And yea, speaking of this wonderful world...whaling should be outlawed. It is a big issue in New Zealand. I think while I was there the issue with Japanese whalers surfaced in the news.

Here´s some more interesting news. My skinny ass actually cooking something in the hostel kitchen. The YHA Wellington was actually one of the nicest hostels I had been to and with two kitchens it was obvious the party was in the pantry.