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Solo trip to New Zealand

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Hello from New Zealand, I'm writing this one in English so that my friends in “Kiwiland”, NZ (New Zealand), can also read these posts. Last fall, I decided to go for a solo trip somewhere far away and ended up in New Zealand because my mom's host sister lives here. I have been in the US for a couple of months kinda "alone", but I had a host family, so this is the first time being "alone alone" on a trip. This is a so-called "working holiday", so I'm backpacking and working at the same time Next I'm going to tell you a bit about what has already happened. So my trip started from Helsinki where I flew to Dallas (11 hours flight), and from Texas I continued to Auckland (14 hours flight, ughh). My first day, Saturday, was amazing because I met this girl Abby who I became friends with. We were at the same hostel and decided to go for a Mexican dinner together. The next day (Sunday) we went to explore nearby Mission Beach. I really enjoyed our ti