OK. I'm back. After 3 weeks away Auckland is looking *very* populated and *warm*. As we came over the Bombay Hills on Sunday evening the radio spouted an over night low of 10 degrees. Everyone on the bus laughed. 10 degrees was a mid-day high, not an overnight low. Were they *MAD*? The time away....looking back.... was fun. Met some really cool people from all over the country, got to shoot guns and sleep under trees and learn to navigate with maps and compasses. In future blogs I might let you all in on some of the stories, but for now...this is it. Warmly yours.....