Angriness

So this post will be much shorter due to technical f-ing difficulties.
In Wanaka I met up with an Israeli girl and some Irish guys, and we went to Puzzle World which was pretty cool. That afternoon I was picked up by this really nice Korean guy who had a campervan, and because we had the same itineraries, we decided to travel together for a couple of days. One eventful point was when he got his campervan stuck in teh sand, and had to pay a towtruck driver 80 bucks for 5 minutes of work. We met up with some other Koreans later on, and travelled together with them for a couple of days, all the way up to Greymouth. I mostly ate Korean food the entire time, and they wouldnt let me pay for anything, so I did quite well out of the entire deal.
Hitching out of Greymouth took a while, but all in all, Feb 8th was quite uneventful. I got abotu 5 lifts in total that day, and managed to make it all the way back to Judith's. I stayed there for two nights, and just basically got things in order.
On the 10th, I hitched up to Picton in pretty good time, and got there three hours before my ferry was due to depart. I was worried about getting picked up outside Judith's as teh cars are going at elast 100 km/hr, but was actually picked up by the first car. Then a crazy excited lady picked me up, and we went to a couple vinyards and tasted some wine before getting to Picton. I met a cool Dutch guy on the ferry (whos name I never ended up getting) and then was picked up by Leonie at teh ferry terminal in Wellington. She's the girl I went hiking with when I was in Punakaiki. We drove around the city a bit that night, and Wellingotn is a beautiful city to see at night.
The next day I caught the train out of Wellington, to one of teh suburbs where it would be easier to hitch out of. I was quickly picked up, and most of the day was uneventful. My last ride of the day though, which got me into Taupo, was this American couple who were going sight-seeing, so I got to take a few pictures with them. He was a civil engineer in Baghdad but didn't really seem to want to talk about it, as I can full imagine why. The backpackers in Taupo was pretty much a dump, so I did my best to spend as much time away from it as I could.
On the 12th, I hitched up to Alyth's with relative ease. I was first picked up by a nice oil rig production manager guy who got in a yelling match with some ladies because he parked too close to the turn-in to a parking lot. It was really quite funny. Then I got picked up by this nice kid in Rotorua who had nothing better to do, so decided to drive me to Tauranga. He didn't seem to care much for money (probably because his dad was a millionaire) and bought me lunch as well. So yah that was pretty cool! When I got to Katikati, a guy in a beamer SUV picked me up, and he turned out to be some big sales guy from south africa and offered me a job in Melbourne if I wanted one, as a door-to-door salesman! We ended up hanging out together, due to a brutal accident that closed the only road up to Waihi, and then he really started attempting to recruit me. If I get short of cash in Oz, maybe I'll give it a shot! I got into Waihi around 3, and then wandered around town until Alyth got off work. We had a quite evening back at Alyth and Bob's with a much better dinner then I could ever imagine of making.
On Tuesday I bid goodbye to Alyth just outside of Thames, and got picked up right away by an interesting close-minded environmentalist. She thought everyone should drive less, yet due to her personal circumstances she shouldn't have to. She also was of the opinion that because she planted trees she was better than everyone else. Oh and she think someone should kill George Bush but she is against violence. An interesting lady... She dropped me off at teh same gas station where I had been dropped off at way back on November 7th, so I felt obliged to take a picture. I asked around, and pretty quickly got a guy who was driving up to Auckland. He was a really cool guy and then dropped me off right outside the Unviersity in Auckland. I chilled in Acukland all yesterday, and then checked into this backpackers which turned out to be a total hole. My Dorm-mates hot-boxed the room, and the place didn't have any toilet paper or cutlery or dishes in general. Like none, nadda, zero. Then I found out they pushed my flight back four hours, so I had to cancel my reservation at teh hostel in Fiji I was going to stay in tonight, as it would be pointless to now I get to hang at teh airport for 5 hours!
And now my time is running out, but I am pretty much up to date now. Sorry for the lack of detail, but I just didn't feel like typing everything all out again. I'll be sure to update with more detail in Fiji though!