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Today was my first day as a final year medical student. Somehow it didnt feel like the first day back after the summer holidays....it still feels like the summer holidays. or maybe the winter holidays here! Still another lovely day today with not a cloud to be seen, frost biting the air although apparently its 17 degrees today. Still not got use...

Up in New Plymouth for work last Monday and Tuesday, pleasant but pretty run of the mill in terms of the town centre where I was working, but great surroundings dominated by Mt Taranaki/Egmont, a dormant volcano. At this time of the year there is no snow visible but it is still an impressive sight, looking like a classic volcano - the type Dylan...

The sight was a beauty.... snow tipped mountain....not sure the name though....

Crystal went to Mount Taranaki near New Plymouth over the past weekend. Here are some pics. Plus this is a test to see how this website works.

Another day of traveling and another beer sampled. This time its Speights Beer. This has actually re-affirmed my faith in New Zealand beers after what happened in Wellington (I'll not dwell on that). Speights is a nice red beer in the 70 shilling style. Not too great, not too fussy, just nice. The kinda beer you don't mind having if there is not...

February 18 - New Plymouth With tickets to a Super 14 game, we left Taupo with Gerald's fish on ice around 1:30. Less than four hours later, we arrived in New Plymouth. The views at the end of this drive were well worth this little side-trip. To our right, the Tasman Sea sparkled in the sun with its black volcanic beaches. Neat! Neither one of u...

After we finished at Waitomo we had a day to kill before the Whakapapa ski field opened so we decided to go crazy and drive the long way round, via the West Coast and New Plymouth. So at about 4pm we set off, and this time I actually drove some of the way. It took about 3hrs to get to New Plymouth. When we got there we went into the city centre ...