defeated
my stray bus was supposed to pick me up from my hostel in taupo at one o'clock today. after an hour and a half of sitting outside in the drizzle while checking that the bus was at the other backpackers in taupo, an unhappy phone call to the office confirmed that the bus had decided not to bother collecting me. so, i got shunted onto an intercity bus to auckland. which broke down by the motorway. again. for two hours. in the rain. when i finally arrived at nearly ten at night, it transpired that in the switch between the buses they had lost my plastic bags with all my food, my towel, my swimmers, and the two disposable cameras i'd bought for the next two weeks.this could be it for new zealand blog entries, because i don't really want to remember how utterly miserable i am here. i have never, ever, been this down when i'm travelling, and i really don't know how to deal with it. i hate this place and it hates me, but it has totally won the war: i'm done, i've got nothing else to give. now i just have to sit back and see what kind of penitence aoteora puts me through in this next five days. i am counting down the seconds till the eighth, because at the moment i have zero ideas.
posted by bicrom @ 9:51 am
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