Its my place: Meet Yoyo in the Auck city

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Meet Yoyo in the Auck city

Ok, surf and snow is the backpackers hostel i stayed in Auckland, Sun got this hostel from internet and a lot of people recommand this backpackers to stay.

This backpacker hostel in the city centre, Sky Tower just 2 minute walking distance from this backpacker, very convenience but if you need a quite place to rest, this is not the right place.

But i recommand this backpackers too, 10 bed dorms (female) cost 26NZD per night, if you're holding the holidya working visa and plan to go to other places after Auckland, the staffs here can help you alot, they're backpackers too from Taiwan, Japan and Korea, can speak any languages and give you the very clear guide what to do and where to applied stuff.

Post shop, bank, attractions, bus stop, supermarket just around the corner, the hostel is the cleanest hostel i ever stay before, kitchen is nice, the room is clean and cozy, not too expensive and convenience.

We stayed in Auckland in the first 3 days, the second day we arrived in Auckland, we first to open an bank account and tax account. Just for your information, you've to got a IRD number (tax account) to find a job, because you've to pay the tax. With IRD number, your employer will only deduce 12.5% of your salary to the tax, if you are without IRD number, or yet, its 40%!!

So 2nd day we settle the bank, IRD number and got a local cell phone number, the 3rd day we started to hunt a car, because we're goin to leave Auckland to a small town call Te Puke, to get a kiwi packer jobs.

We got very limited time to got a car in Auckland, but the source is huge, a lot of backpacker's final stop in Auckland because they're goin to depart from Auckland airport, so they have to sell their car in Auckland and this is actually benefit some backpacker like us.

So we got someone who want to sell their car in Auckland, texted them out and test the car, make decision and pay them, then go to post shop to change the car ownership, all done in 2 hours.

Cant believe it? Believe it guys. Buy and sell a car in New Zealand is as easy as eat vege :D.

So the nissan bluebird is with us, and i named him Yoyo.

We got it from 2 backpackers from Israel, they've been travel for 3 months and goin to travel to Australia, they love the car certainly and wants us to treasure the car.