I heart Wellington

I have just returned from the best road trip ever. Friday afternoon Duncan, Andrew and myself embarked on what was to be an nine hour long car journey to Wellington. Armed with treats, drinks, a mixture of Duncan's Drum & Bass, Andrew's Hip Hop & Tui's Miscellaneous Tunes, we were set. Forgetting only one detail, a map, which caused us to go on a slight detour through Whanganui, delaying our otherwise reasonably express trip with us arriving at Ani's place at just after 1am.

Saturday we brunched at Fidels and paired off to wander the city before meeting up again at James & Sonya's apartment to plan the evening ahead. Foods, beverages & dvds were purchased for the night and comedown to follow on Sunday.

Marcus Intalex & Doc Scott put on an awesome show for us at Sandwiches. Being on another planet (see evidence here) may have something to do with my enthusiasm towards the evening but you know what, I don't care because I had an absolutely awesome night which carried on till 7am the next morning. Being greeted by the sunlight as you leave the club is always a sure sign of a night well spent. We coaxed a taxi driver into squeezing 5 of us into a car only to discover we were to go through a police check point. Duncan was made to exit the car prior to the checkpoint and walk past it while we went through it and then looped back around the block to pick him up. The taxi driver then proceeded to try and give us a discount for the "hassle" even though we had nearly cost him his licence and a hefty fine!

Sunday was spent sleeping, eating KFC and icecream, watching movies by the fire and being generally lazy. The perfect way to spend a cold winters day after a big night out.

Monday was time to say farewell to Wellington. A hearty breakfast was had to keep us fuelled for the long trip home before waving our goodbyes to our host Ani and the rest of the city. Nine hours later, feeling weary, we safely returned to Auckland after a fair few stops at toilets and other amenities along the way. Andrew's car was still safely parked at Sylvia Park albeit with 2 parking warnings on his windscreens, thankfully clamp free though.

Although I didn't actually see much of the city itself, mainly just the inside of Ani's house and the inside of Sandwiches, I did however have an awesome time, the great company kept being the main contributor to the fun times had.

Another trip to get me even more excited about my fast approaching departure date. Not as fast as Andrew's departure date though. THREE WEEKS! Sniff..