By Elliot

Another day at the hostel in Kaitaia. Another day of doing nothing, waiting to leave.

There’s a hill that looks like the Microsoft XP background that we can see from the window above our bed, just over a fence. It’s also visible from the town shopping street. I’ve been looking at that hill everyday, with its smooth grassy green making me question reality more and more.

What else is there to do, other than stare at the Microsoft hill? Yesterday we did laundry.

There’s always laundry to be done, and I often find myself wearing clothes I’d worn the previous day.

I have one shirt, one pair of pants, two pairs of socks and three pairs of underwear.

I also have a fleece, a puffy jacket, a rain jacket and a merino thermal top and bottom to round out my wardrobe.

Basically, all my clothes could always benefit from a wash, weather permitting (and with the current rain, it’s not permitting). At least most of my clothes are wool, so they don’t smell too bad.

You might not see a post for a few days. Not sure if we will have internet. But we will try to post if we do.