Anglesea Motel Hamilton

... Liberty) stands proudly overlooking Yerevan, she is called Mother Armenia -we were very moved by this as she stands in such a protective stance of her Country. Spot the neat way of having coffee. I will try and load each night, and we have both been overwhelmed by the response to our Blog, I worked today, and many told me it was the first thing they did when they logged on -became a work ritual. LOL Marion and Liz

... 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 area doesn't allow "free camping," we rented a spot in a trailer park down by the river. I got a kick out of telling anybody we met that we were living in a van down by the river, but I'm not sure how many people actually got the joke. The travel friendship between Mikeo and I was again tested in our oh-so cozy accommodations. Okay, it wasn't really tested. We constantly joked about it. But we did have ...

... WITH ME: - Don't blame me for leaving. (IE: Well, YOU left the country, not me.) Speaking personally, I did not leave the country (or the city, for the Calgarians) to 'stick it' to anyone. I did not run away. Shockingly enough, I am insanely curious about this world we live in and I am committed to seeing it before I die. It is so full of wonder and amazement that I can't imagine wanting to stay in one place my entire life and never seeing things like an active volcano ...

... a week as there was loads to do east and west, and a bunch of the various trips and other money-extracting activities start there. I scraped Marleen off the street and we attempted a few things from riding to boat trips, thwarted by **** weather. We managed to watch sex and the city tho, clever us. Oh yes and also the skydiving, as per pictures. What can I say, I had to do it - this trip is all about stuff I haven't done before. Yes it ...

... with cows and some horses. The sky seems so much closer here and the clouds seem to always be performing. It's especially magical at sunrise or sunset since you can see for miles and the tiny farmhouses just become little dark shadows against the backdrop of the fiery sky. I live on Barrington Drive with Andrea and Ashley. We also live with Marty, Moki (cats), Timmy (dog), Milo, Mawly, Penelope and "the other rabbit" (all rabbits). No, it's not a farm but somedays ...

... We went out on kayaks in the afternoon up and down the river estuary. Unfortunately the evening was a bit of a disaster: I burnt my thumbs getting a pan out of the oven and stuck them in the freezer to cool down. This is exactly what NOT to do, I now know. I actually fainted and woke up slumped on the kitchen floor up against a cupboard, with a girl slapping me around the face and putting my legs up in the air. However, I thought I was having a ...

... easy. I quickly learned to recognise when a wave was going to break and when to get the hell out of the way because it was about to mush me! The instructors were pretty hands on at first, pulling and pushing us into waves, telling us when to paddle and yelling out what we were doing wrong. After a while we all started to get the hang of it a bit more and I even managed to stand up! Only for a few seconds, but it was amazing. As I came ...

... to music. It has been a wonderful break and will continue to be until I get tired of taking a break and find I'm ready to start studying again. Well, if that ever happens. J Hopefully I'll be able to keep this blog up and get the other one updated too. I am definitely going to concentrate on pictures for the other one for a while but if I get them all sorted and posted I'll take my camera around the university and take some pics to post with this one. It's times like these when I do ...

... 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 ...