Auto Lodge Motel Hamilton

... geben...was auch immer das bedeuten mag. Ich besuche einen recht imposanten Wasserfall in der Naehe, der 55 meter tief ueber eine Klippe stuerzt. Ansonsten Surferspotting oder einfach nur am absoluten Traumstrand sitzten den Blick von Rechts nach Links entlang des kilometerlangen Strandes wandern lassen und die Weiterreise nach Chile organisieren...

... 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 ...

... working! And in the true spirit of not wasting such a bonus of a day, I was taken out by my hosts at Waikato to Otorhanga to see the renowned Otorhanga Kiwi House. The kiwi is found only in New Zealand and is a unique flightless bird belonging to the ratite order of birds (but you probably knew that already, didn't you?!?). They've got a rather special walk, a bit like a hip-hop, so if only they'd got the right music they could ...

... 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.

... to see Angora rabbits being sheared - possibly the most hillariously horrifying thing i've ever seen in my life - cute fluffy bunny has legs looped through rope and is then ratcheted out like its on a rack and then spun round on a spit as it is shawn....its hair was lovely and soft though!! Then it was time to move on as we realised we had quite a lot to do in a little over a week! So we decided to head for Auckland to hire a car.....

After two weeks back in Auckland doing an incredibly dull job I was more than ready to head off on holiday for a week - this time to learn to surf. I've wanted to learn to surf for a really long time, and there are few better places than Raglan. On the west coast of the north island, a couple of hours from Auckland, Raglan apparently has the longest left hand break in the world. It's also where a few scenes of ...

The drive from Waitomo to Hamilton only took about an hour so once we'd checked into the hostel there was plenty of time to look around the city centre. There wasn't much to do so we spent most of our time shopping. The only thing of interest we found was the place where the Rocky Horror Show idea was conceived in Richard O'Brien's barbershop. The spot was ...

So our plan now is to tour the North Island until mid February when we'll get back to Auckland for Matt's and Tina's wedding party. After February it will be South Island's turn! We'll try to work a little but concentrate mostly on holidaying. It should be hard to work again after several months off.



Our first destination on the car trip around North Island is Hamilton, 1.5 hours drive down from Auckland. We opted for ...