The day after I got to Wellington I was eager to find a place of my own. But before I did that I needed a phone, a bank account, and more internet time. There is wi-fi everywhere but you usually have to spend $3/hour anywhere you go. Only in Auckland did I find a place where you could buy a drink you get internet for an hour for free. I have yet to find another place like that here.
So by mid-day I had a new cellphone with Vodaphone, a bank account with Kiwi Bank, no lies, and an internet card for the next 24 hrs.
While grabbing my cellphone, the man that was selling me the phone told me about trademe.co.nz, which is like a better craig's list-like website better then the one I was using, which was gumtree.co.nz. Eager to find a warm place of my own I checked out trademe.co.nz and found a couple potential places I could see myself living in. With a map in my hand and three okays to check out some flats I mapped out my routes. I would see one place in one suburb outside of downtown Wellington named Karori, the second in Brooklyn, and the third in Mount Victoria. When I looked at the map I figured I could walk everywhere and save some money. So later that day I made an appointment to check out the place in Karori. Then the other two the next day.
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