Bits and Bits

Last night after midnight, I woke up hearing my lower bunk mate come to bed so I took the chance to tell her that  I hoped I wouldn't disturb her in the morning since I was getting up early. Bunk mate said she was getting up early, too. When asked what time, she responded, "9 AM"  I said that I was getting up at 6:15. Lower bunk and another upper bunk exploded with laughter saying, "That's not morning! That's the middle of the night!" Ah... youth!

Said good-bye to my fellow travelers with Friendship Force after the flight to Auckland. I'll miss them. So many of them were so much like me - actions, spoken thoughts, ideas. It was a little scary and... a little upsetting when I realized that what I didn't like about some of them is exactly what I don't like about myself. : /

Reminder to myself now that I'm back traveling on my own: ASK QUESTIONS, ASK QUESTIONS, ASK QUESTIONS! Even the most obvious situations may have a  different answer than the one I automatically think is is. Got my room at the hostel last night, went upstairs to find a guy walking out of the room! Yikes - she put me in a mixed room! Room changed!

Photos: 1.one of the Magic Buses I'm traveling on. It's a hop-on, hop-off type, so riders can stay as many days as they like at each stop. 2. hungry lambs!

On the Magic Bus today, we stopped at Hobbiton, one of the places Lord of the Rings was filmed. Got to feed some one and two week old lambs - fun!