MicroTel Hamilton

... We'd been thinking it would be rain all day but the NZ weather hadn't failed to produce another sunny sky. We stopped at Piriaka Lookout to see the (what I think is) the same Wanganui River being all peaceful and lovely again. Incredible. Just down the road was the town of Piriaka, where the 'Stagga Inn' served a lovely cup of tea and a scone. <br><br>Just beyond Piriaka we swapped to Hwy 3, and only a little further again and just a few kilometres off this highway ...

... Me: "Huh, that wasn't very hard to win your affection. My awesome cellotape skillz, kacha." "Ah, not just cellotape. I'm easy in many ways.. yes...many ways..." (ah.. ha.) and a total *******. (I point to map, which is like an over head google earth shot of Raglan) "Is this bridge for cars?" "Well, to be a total fesicious *******, if this road here is for cars, do you think that bridge there is wide enough for cars?" "Well, Maybe! Look at how little that car is" "And ...

... apparently let some sleepy *****, which were very potent. arrived and me and wooly went for a swim anbd claire cooked some beautiful steaks and mash spuds. and pepper sauce, which was all delicious. then we had a quiet night, apparently, and managed to drink all the beer in the house! we were meant to go fishing on the next morning, so we text the guy and paul got up at 8 to see if the guy turned up, which, he did, but only to tell us that ...

... solar power, to minimizing water ussage, major recycling &amp; composting, to using earth friendly cleaning products, to building their new initiatives using recycled building products or earth-building products (i.e., cobb buildings, earth bricks, recycled/reclaimed wood etc.) For our 2 hr work days, we would clean cabooses/cottages and make beds and what not for customers that evening. Not too bad. As we ramped up with 4 hrs per day, we did tasks such as ...

Well since we left Wellington we have been busy little bees, travelling around the North Island trying to see everything. Our next stop after Wellington was a nice little coastal spot called Naiper. Spent the night there and then onwards again. The places we where anything remotely interesting happened was Roturua and Matamatta. Sein did Zorbing in Rotoura and said that it was deadly craic, which he looked like it actually was. I didnt bother doing it (no ...

... when I want to do it. That my life isn't a stereotypical neverending backpacker party. And that at twenty-four, I sometimes wish I weren't so responsible. So cautious. But a female traveling alone really can't afford to be anything but. Of course, with anonymity comes loneliness. There is a large difference between -alone- and -lonely-. I am often alone and I enjoy it. But there is nothing enjoyable about loneliness. I have learned one important thing in my time living here, it ...

... Waikato River ins Meer. Dieser Fluss ist der Laengste in Neuseeland mit 420 km. 25/04/2008 ANZAC-day = der neuseelaendische Feitertag zum Gedenken der Kriegsopfer, und der ist heute. Das lange Wochenende nuetzen die Neuseelaender um ihre Wohnwaegen auszufuehren. Es wimmelt nur zo von Campern. Wir sind heute in der Naehe von Miranda an der Kueste des "Firth of Thames". Von hier hat man einen tollen ...

... classic surf movie The Endless Summer are set. From Auckland I gave a ride to an American ex-Marine who had served in Iraq who turned out to be skilled in both massage and cooking, as I found out later. We arrived pretty early in the afternoon and spent the day relaxing into Raglan Time, a chilled out state where nothing but the surf was of very much importance. I booked my first surf lesson for the ...

... reply: Back on earth there's a woman who's wishing An ordinary man was sitting in the kitchen Drinking her coffee after loving her all night long. Back on earth there's a blond haired baby Who's old enough to tell me all the ways she's Needing a daddy and wondering when he's coming home. And I'm out in space here wondering if it's worth Everything I'm missing back on earth. But I played the ...