These are my lovely Belgian friends Sandra & Jef. They are coming to the end of what has been a year long adventure around Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Today was their last day here in Auckland, where they have been staying in my apartment for the last couple of days.
Unfortunately, some asshat also decided that today was a great day to walk into my apartment (while they were there), duck into my room, and walk out with Sandra’s handbag and a small backpack. Unfortunately that backpack contained, among other less important things like a camera and cash, all their photos from their travels in the past 11 months. Needless to say, that are quite upset about this (and it hardly leaves a great impression of our beautiful country).
Our guess is whichever degenerate did this was probably just after cash, and so has likely dumped the bags somewhere in the vicinity. We have been scouting around for the last hour, but haven’t been able to find anything.
So, my extremely long shot is this: If you are in Auckland, and you happen to find a green and brown backpack, or some DVDs, in the vicinity of Akiraho St (they think it was a JanSport one) then PLEASE get in touch with me: duncan at version3.co.nz. Sandra & Jef would be really grateful.
If you don’t live in Auckland, help me out by sharing this with anyone who does. Particularly in Mt Eden.
Update: We have recovered the backpack, complete with photo DVDs, camera, and collected recipes from around the world. A huge thanks to everyone who helped out by sharing this story with their friends. Three cheers for the Internet! More in depth explanation coming soon…
