Road to New-Zealand
Door: Leon Stoker
21 April 2015 | Nieuw Zeeland, Queenstown
Day 1:
I started my journey from schiphol airport in Amsterdam. After I said goodbye to my girlfriend and parents I took my first flight to Singapore. When I arrived in Singapore after a 12 hour flight, I had to wait for 14 hours until my next flight were to arrive. I decided to go into town and saw the Singapore parliament, the inner city and the Singapore botanic gardens. On my way to the city I met a Chinese student and we got talking. We went to one of the best diners in Singapore and ate some very good food. When I came back I waited a couple more hours and took my next flight to Sydney in Australia. This was another stop and I had to wait for about 4 hours for my next flight to queenstown New-Zealand. Meanwhile, it was already 28 hours later. I arrived in Queenstown, New-Zealand about 4 hours later, so in total my flight took about 32 hours. I met the principal of the school where I'm doing my internship at the airport. He's called Jim and we ate dinner together. After dinner we drove through the mountains for about two hours. We arrived at the house I'm staying where I met my host family. They're Dutch and called the Van der Poels. They have a huge farm consisting of 460 cows and an amount of acres to large for me to remember now. At schoop today the kids all wanted to do stuff together with me like caving, hunting, skydiving, bungeejumping and all sorts of sports, the most known sports here are rugby, touch and hockey. Tommorow, the kids all have to ask me questions that can't be answered yes or no. I'm looking forward to it even though my body clock is still messed up and I kept falling asleep today at school.
I started my journey from schiphol airport in Amsterdam. After I said goodbye to my girlfriend and parents I took my first flight to Singapore. When I arrived in Singapore after a 12 hour flight, I had to wait for 14 hours until my next flight were to arrive. I decided to go into town and saw the Singapore parliament, the inner city and the Singapore botanic gardens. On my way to the city I met a Chinese student and we got talking. We went to one of the best diners in Singapore and ate some very good food. When I came back I waited a couple more hours and took my next flight to Sydney in Australia. This was another stop and I had to wait for about 4 hours for my next flight to queenstown New-Zealand. Meanwhile, it was already 28 hours later. I arrived in Queenstown, New-Zealand about 4 hours later, so in total my flight took about 32 hours. I met the principal of the school where I'm doing my internship at the airport. He's called Jim and we ate dinner together. After dinner we drove through the mountains for about two hours. We arrived at the house I'm staying where I met my host family. They're Dutch and called the Van der Poels. They have a huge farm consisting of 460 cows and an amount of acres to large for me to remember now. At schoop today the kids all wanted to do stuff together with me like caving, hunting, skydiving, bungeejumping and all sorts of sports, the most known sports here are rugby, touch and hockey. Tommorow, the kids all have to ask me questions that can't be answered yes or no. I'm looking forward to it even though my body clock is still messed up and I kept falling asleep today at school.
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21 April 2015 - 14:59
Hanneke:
Tja, slapen......het zal idd wel helemaal in de war liggen, met 10 uur tijdsverschil heb je wel een jetlag.
Ik ben wel benieuwd bij welke basisschoolgroep je nu het meeste bent, hoe oud zijn de kids? -
21 April 2015 - 16:03
Mario:
Hey foreigner,
Je neemt het me niet kwalijk, als ik gewoon in het Nederlands reageer? Terwijl jij nu ligt te slapen en over je jetlag heen komt, zit ik in het zonnetje op het balkon je verslag te lezen. Leuk die nieuwe indrukken en je entree op de school. Houd die kids wel onder de duim hè? Hopelijk zijn het aardige boeren waar je mag inwonen. Misschien kun je wat mee helpen als tegenprestatie, want er zal genoeg bedrijvigheid zijn.
Mick komt straks eten en samen gaan we Bayern-Porto kijken. Hij slaapt hier vannacht, want mama moet werken. Vanochtend ben ik bij opa geweest in Utrecht. Het gaat ietsje beter met hem, maar het houdt niet over. Oma heeft i.i.g. wel meer rust.
Slaap lekker door en heb een goeie dag morgen!
Liefs, dikke kussen ook van Mick
papa x -
22 April 2015 - 15:33
Anke :
Have a good time. Ik volg je blog. x -
23 April 2015 - 14:44
Joost:
Heel leuk om je wereldreis zo te kunnen volgen!
"...On my way to the city I met a Chinese student and we got talking. We went to one of the best diners in Singapore and ate some very good food..."
Pics or it didn't happen!
We want pics anyway... -
23 April 2015 - 16:35
Rob:
Ha Leon,
Leuk om te lezen hoe het jou vergaat.
Goed om te lezen dat je van de reis zelf ook iets weet te maken.
Er zijn veel mensen voor wie de vakantie pas begint als ze aankomen
op de plek van bestemming. Jammer is dat.
Zoals ik je vertelde staan Australie en New Sealand in mijn "hier wil
ik graag nog eens heen top-10".
Ik ben daarom benieuwd naar jouw verhalen & belevenissen, wie weet...
Heel veel plezier daar, maak er wat moois van...maar maak ons ook
helemaal gek met leuke foto's, ben het helemaal met Joost eens.
Groet Rob
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30 April 2015 - 18:58
Mieke(zus Anke):
Hai Leon,
Wat geweldig om een beetje met je mee te reizen.Je schrijft t allemaal heel beeldend op.
Ik blijf je volgen.Schrik maar niet,ik bedoel je blog.
Groet,Mieke
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