WWOOFing
20.01.2010 - 24.01.2010
27 °C
In Paihia we were spending too much money on our little cabin, so we decided to do some WWOOFing. Which is, Willing Workers on Organic farms. You do work for families (gardening, building, feeding animals, etc), and they give you a place to stay and food.
We weren't having much luck finding a farm that would take all four of us, so I went my myself to a farm in Opononi. I was to do gardening work for them. When I got there, the family seemed nice. The wife worked in town, and Steve, the farmer stayed at home and took care of their cows and pigs.
I worked one day there, and Steve turned out to be a huge creep. I worked the full day, and then went to the beach my myself for three hours and had a wonderful yoga practice.
The next morning I told the wife I didn't feel comfortable around Steve, and she apologized, and I walked out the door.
I didn't really know where I was going. The boys had left Paihia but I didn't know where. So I looked at the map and decided to go to Keri Keri. It took about 2 hours to hitch there. I got in touch with the boys, who said I could come to the farm they are at (it's a family of Vegans), and I was very happy. I decided to leave the next morning.
I met a lot of people at the hostel that night, and ended up having a wonderful time. There are about 10 people from Korea staying here, 4 Germans, 4 from England...
We all sat around for hours talking and learning from each other. I had such a great time, I decided to stay another night. So today, instead of leaving, I went to a farmer's market with 3 German girls, and then we went to the beach with a huge group of people.
It was an amazing day. Also it was Arlie's birthday today, so I thought about her a lot. =)
And tomorrow I will be seeing the boys again!
I am still getting used to people driving on the left side of the road. I couldn't imagine driving here!
Also, instead of calling it "debit", it's called "eftpos"... which is quite silly.
Posted by Sara'sNZ 24.01.2010 00:18
How do you even say eftpos?
I forgot to tell you too, in Hawaii, instead of saying 'eh' at the end of every sentence, they say 'ya'...
So, it's really nice out, ya?
Farmer Steve is a really big creep, ya...
24.01.2010 by DanaN