Ambassador Motor Inn Hamilton

... un cop acabada la pel.lícula. De fet, anaven construint i destruint a mesura que necessitaven les localitats. L'únic lloc que es cons**va petita part és hobbiton, la propietat privada. Actualment hi ha els forats de les cases dels hobbits i només es cons**ven les parets, quasibé tot fou destruït, s'ho endugu**en cap al sud a Wellington, on hi havia els estudis centrals. Els vidres, les portes, les façanes, etc. Ja no es veu. La localització del "Party Tree" **a p**fecte ...

... death penalty, suspended for two years. Such a sentence usually gets commuted to life imprisonment. The court found Gao guilty of making more than 70 tons of the "protein powder" with the help of his wife Xiao Yu, who got five years. Life sentences were handed down to Zhang Yanzhang, a middleman, and Xue Jianzhong, owner of an industrial chemical shop. Wang Yuliang, a former executive of Sanlu, once the country's leading baby milk food producer, and Zhang Yanjun, another ...

... the amazing aqua blue Lake Pukaki to see Mt Cook & Lake Tekapo for a view of the Church of the Good Shepherd, the bronze sheep dog and the milky blue colour of the glacier fed lakes. From there we have a very straight and flat run into Christchurch and will deliver you to the hostels of your choice between 4.30pm and 6pm. Im not taking laptop so there will have to be a major update when I get back with loads of photos!Hope you are all wellxxxxx

... with 100% humidity, heat rash and jetlag without having a complete mental breakdown (reference: ohh you BIG size!!). We know how to do our laundry ANYWHERE (except maybe the Ganges.. that's just gross) and usually end up hanging it above our bed and being asphyxiated by our underwear in the middle of the night. We can pretty much do anything. And we do. Do anything. ....well.....mostly anything. Moving right along to the point of this entry... HOW TO HAVE A LONG DISTANCE ...

My last day in New Zealand, and so I have to attempt to remember what I've done for the past 17 days before I sail off the edge of the earth tomorrow. What to say. It's an amazing amazing country and I've loved every moment. So yeah ok I was told it was winter and it wasn't the best time of year to be coming, and yes maybe there were times I was so cold I only realised at the end of the day while thawing out in the shower that I was chilled to ...

... Dinner was full of drama. Josh's wobbly tooth took a hit from a tough noodle and started bleeding. He was already tired and we worried about him having a coronary but ice cream calmed him down. Before bed he yanked it out by himself so now we have to ensure the Tooth Fairy can find us. Tomorrow is another big day of travel so the plan is to get away by 8am. Ha ha. We'll see - Don't like our chances.

... told me that yes, it would take me there. Jack's house was in Whale Bay, just down the road from the lodge I was staying at and was really easy to find. I followed the map that surf shop boy drew me and it led me to a two story house literally RIGHT on the beach. It wasn't anything too special, but was definitely most likely worth some $$ being that close to the water. There were no cars in the driveway and it looked like no one had been there for quite some time. And yes, I ...

... the abattoir man to come to you. We saw plenty of "homekill services" signs along the way and had wondered what they were on about. Anyway, apparently because the cow (or whatever animal it is) isn't carted off somewhere it is less stressed when it ends it's days and as a result the meat is much more tender. They certainly were very good steaks. Thanks again to Jenny and Mark for their great hospitality and Helen's worse hangover of the trip so far !!

... Once the semester starts you have to pay for power and you have to pay for phone and all that. The place I'll be staying for the semester, I understand, has power included and is fully catered (meal plan and dining hall - yay) and has at least one land line phone in each block of rooms. I don't know how bathrooms work; I imagine we share them, and I don't think we have kitchens since we have meal plans. You can get phone into some of the blocks if you want to get a plan yourself, but I ...

... camp site in Waingaro instead of staying in the car, and a nice campsite it was! Hot pools and a little bit nuts owner (Julien could have gotten a job there as a gardener, the owner offered him to start immediately!). Soking in the pools was nice and the next day we stretched our muscles at an indoor climbing wall in Hamilton - cheap here in NZ, we paid 19 dollars (10 euros, 7 pounds) for the whole day's use. Hamilton has nice ...