Crank It Up! [pl---eng]

I tak oto wyladowalismy pracujac na recepcji w hostelu Crank Backpackers (www.crankbackpackers.co.nz) w miasteczku Rotorua, turystycznym centrum polnocnej wyspy Nowej Zelandii. Po tygoniu treningu, rozgrzewki i recepcyjnej ciszy zrobilo sie dosc tlocznie. Przez caly wrzesien i pazdziernik bylismy zawaleni tlumami turystow, ktorzy do Nowej Zelandii przybyli na mistrzostwa swiata Rugby. Od pazdziernika zaczelismy sie rozgladac za dodatkowa praca coby do stycznia odlozyc wystarczajaca kase na kilka wesolych tygodni w Ameryce Poludniowej (plus tragicznie drogie nadoceaniczne przeloty). Ja trafilem do supermarektu na nocne zmiany, Charlyn dostala prace w kawiarence. Przez listopad i grudzien pracowalismy ostro, po 40, 50+ godzin tygodniowo ale z usmiechem na twarzy, z masa swietnych ludzi dookola nas. Plus w ramach pracy na recepcji mielismy dostep do wszystkich atrakcji turystycznych regionu za darmo (skoki na bunjee, raftingi, kulturalne przedstawienia, geotermalne parki, spa geotermalne baseny itp) wiec co tydzien dzialo sie cos extra. Poza tym w hostelu mielismy jedna z najwyzszych scianek wspinaczkowych w Nowej Zelandii (yeah!). 4 intensywne miesiace w Rotorua minely w tempie ekspresowym ale nikt sie temu nie dziwi, czas szybko leci gdy sie dobrze bawisz.


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And so we ended up working at the reception of Crank Backpackers (www.crankbackpackers.co.nz) in Rotorua which has a reputation of tourism capital of the North Island. After a week of training and warming up we had a happy time dealing with huge crowds of tourist who came to New Zealand for the Rugby World cup. Since October we started to search for additional jobs to speed up a process of money saving for next part of our trip. I ended up working night shifts at the local supermarket (the Warehouse) and Charlyn got a part time job at the cute restaurant. November and December was filled with 40 to 50 hours workweeks but somehow we could still enjoy ourselves and have a great time with some great people around us. Also as part of working for the hostel we had an access to loads of fun activities like rafting, bungee, culture performances, geothermal parks, spas etc … all of that free of charge as it was part of our training. So almost every week we had some extra thing to look forward to. To me having one of the highest indoor climbing walls in the building was another reason to be happy! Overall 4 months went faster than we expected (actually too fast) and when the time came to leave we wished we could stay one or 2 months longer.



Thank you CRANK, thanks Tim and Nic for taking us onboard :)



Lasse , Josh, Chris, Jimmy, Dorian, Nynke, Shu, Niklass, Matt, Simon, Liz, Reena, Chai Vun, George, Jana, Sebastian, Alex and Alex, Nina, Warehouse Team especially Ray, Erueti and Callan , Javi, Jo, Tyson and couple thousand cool backpackers that spent a while with us at Crank >>> pleasure to meet ya all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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