The Travelling Sanjayas

09 September 2010

Putting a new spin on "hump day"....

The PNE (Pacific National Exhibition)....woop woop

The PNE is kinda like the Christchurch Show but WAAAAAAAY cooler!...pretty much like 150 times cooler!

Neo managed to talk me into going on the screw driver roller coaster...I was totally terrified...Neo claims I was crying....but the wind was just in my eyes...OK!!!!!

Here's some snaps:

I little chill out spot to take some time out from the crowds...

A very very old school roller coaster....No this is not the one I went on....heeeelllll noooo you would not get me on this wooden thing with a cart rolling around it!

There were some pretty sweet sand castles...here's a couple of my faves!

05 September 2010

What a weird feeling....

I'm sure it's waaay weirder for all you guys in Christchurch but here's THE earthquake from our perspective.....

So we've just moved into our new apartment and are SOOO happy....life couldn't be better and then I'm on Facebook reading all this crazy stuff like "is your family ok?", "that was scary" etc. and I'm like WTF, what's going on? so I check the trusty stuff.co.nz and read about this huge ass earthquake in Chch...I'm like....freaking out at this stage. You feel so helpless being over the other side of the world! It was insane seeing pictures of Chch with knocked down buildings and I'm a little sad that Chch won't be quite the same when we return from overseas. I was happy to talk to my family and friends and here that you're all safe...for those of you I haven't spoken to; hope you haven't had too much damage and you're all safe.

It's all over the news over here FYI.

Love you all

Ness and Neo

19 August 2010

Getting settled in Vancouver

So we've spent the last few weeks back in Vancouver finding jobs, and a semi permanent place to live. All has been panning out pretty well for us.

We're currently living in a basement suite in Lynn Valley which is in North Vancouver - it's really pretty here but a little far out from where we're working so we have just found a KICK ASS apartment in Yaletown which is down town so fully central. We move in 1st September and we're both totally amped. It's on the 13th floor and has a WICKED view of the city, the building has an amazing gym, swimming pool and sauna and the best bit is....wait for it....(Nomey you're gonna love it)....a laundry room JUST like the one on Big Bang Theory, so can't wait to do some laundry...be warned I will be posting pics of the laundry room!

So on the job front....I am working at a restaurant called Milestones, it's on Robson St which is the main street in downtown Vancouver...it's where all the action is and I'm also working at Lush which I LOVE!!!!! everybody knows how much I love Lush products so this is an awesome job for me...it doesn't even feel like I'm working when I'm there!...part of the training is testing out the products...NICE!!!!!

Neo is working at the Gap clothing store also on Robson street, hence why we need to be down town.

Bonus just came through from work = awesome!

We're looking at getting a car so we can start road tripping it up!

Life is good!

29 July 2010

Kitsilano Beach aka Kits

Kits Beach is a pretty fun place to hang out. Lots of cool little cafes and restaurants and a nice big grass area to just chill in the sun. The swimming pool is pretty sweet to....the longest in Canada or something. I didn't really rate the actual beach itself for swimming, I guess we're a bit spoilt in NZ. Vancouver has more beautiful lakes and rivers to boast about!