Novotel Tainui Hamilton

... on flagged cave floors into various caverns and chambers filled with the usual limestone flows, stalactites and stalagmites - so far all very Derbyshire Peak District. Eventually though, we were led deeper into the gloom (and it was very gloomy indeed) and boarded a flat-bottomed boat. In absolute silence we drifted along an underground stream through caverns who's ceiling was covered in millions and millions of glowworms. It was like drifting under constellations of ...

... tomorrow?" "Sure" "Will you give me the basics of what to do?" "Well, basically you put one paddle in, then the other" "And what should I wear?" "Well normally one wears clothes. You can go naked, if that's what you're into. We'll all come out to watch you from the dock, sorry to say." "I mean, a swimsuit? Or normal clothes like these?" "Those'd be fine." and went on the next day (Where he ridiculed me for attempting to wear the same thing I had yesterday, So I went ...

... about 3 in the afternoon, so fell asleep at about 1, and got up the next day and started cleaning, claire had a nasty hangover, we drove home, which was a nice drive, and im glad i stayed awake this time, me and wooly had made bets on how many times claire would puke on the way home, paul 2, me four, but she only vom'd twice so i lost! got home and chilled out all eveing, getting a flight to the south island tomorrow, and start our road trip!!!

... were at our jobs. Generally, this is a good thing but when it really doesn't matter how efficiently you do the work (it was time based and not task based), we learned to gear down a notch, get our work done but not too quick as they genearlly would then have to find something else for us to do which would mean us standing around waiting for them to figure something out! With time, they were much better at keeping us busy. Our meals were great, although I think ...

... place in New Zealand where any of the original set is left from the movie because by order of Contract all other sets that were constructed for the movie had to be destroyed and removed after it so it was quite cool that we got to visit the Shire. The Shire was built over a period of 9 months on a 12,000 acre farm owned by a New Zealand couple (imagine the amount of dosh that they made). You wouldn't believe some of the stuff that they did while they ...

... possible to get an ancestry visa) or move to Montreal (I love Montreal) for a while and get better at my french. Now, however, I'm pretty sure that though I may leave for months and months at a time, I will (most likely) always go back to Toronto. It's the home I chose. The older you get the more effort, time and energy it takes to create meaningful relationships with people. It's exhausting and I'm very tired. It takes a lot out of a person to be constantly trying to ...

... wir uns heute schon wieder verabschieden, aber ich bin mir sicher, dass wir uns wiedersehen werden.... in Europa. Heute bleiben wir noch in Auckland denn das Wetter ist im Norden zur Zeit angelich noch schlechter als hier. Ja, so ist der Herbst.... Es regnet hier jetzt wirklich haeufiger. "April April, der macht was er will." auch in NZ :)) Das wars schon wieder fuer heute bis bald Anja & Christian

... that it was sunny as we started the ascent. I found the first bit really tricky (section called the Devil's staircase!) but with lots of stops to take in the view it wasn't too bad. Just as we reached the top, the clouds decided to descend on us and all we could see was grey! We decided to wait for a while to see if the weather improved and within 10 minutes the cloud had cleared and we had beautiful views of the blue and green lakes ...

... 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. Yeah I'm up in space here wondering if it's worth Everything I'm missing back on earth.