Palms Nelson

... pool..What a steal.
here are the photos and some info... do you think we got a good deal ? Haggling a deal in Bali.. am I ready??? bring it on!! Norelle loves a bargain!


The hotels....:)

HOTEL ONE.
DEWANI VILLA RESORT....KEROBAKAN.
''Nestled in between rice fields and coconut trees, this hotel gives you a chance to experience country living Balinese style, yet is not far from the busy Kuta area''

We will be ...

... old house and grounds and the winemaker for company. Luckily a journalist had been through and there were a number of good wines open for tasting.

2008 Brightwater Vineyard Riesling – Sharp, ripe citrus nose. More crisp citrus on the palette. Nice and fresh.

2008 Sauvignon Blanc – Sees some seasoned oak. Grassy, gooseberry nose. Crisp, very dry with good weight, long with grassy notes following through ...

... much as we had liked, although we did manage to stay till closing time - the place was addictive!

That night, we met up with one of Stevie’s university friends, Marty, and went for a few drinks in the local Irish Pub. Ofcourse half the people there knew people we knew, in fact, we had even met one of them before! Small world, or should I say - a typically Irish situation. We also made friends with the huge Maori doorman - who was the biggest, friendliest giant I ...

Hello, patient friends and family! New Zealand has been no better for finding places to upload pictures. I have almost finished my Australia updates, but I'll post them when I find a computer that will let me post pictures, as they are LONG entries, and with no visual aids might be a bit testing! I'll just quickly update on what we're ...

... was superb!! I think I'll leave another 18months until my next sea-kayak. The next couple of days were very relaxed and involved sampling home-made chocolates (by a grandma no less!), pub-brewed local bogan beer and cider and some glorious wines, olive oil and fresh fruit ice-cream across to the Marlborough sound area. Much better. A LEbanese reverend also invited us to have dinner at his place which was random but unfortunately we stayed too ...

... creating fjord like landscape where it is much easier to get around by river taxis. Sounds a bit like venice! Staying in a very good backpacking lodge here in Nelson. Actually it is a well renovated Victorian villa. Barmy but fascinating people in the dorms. One girl had decided to run 30km in and out of the Abel Tasman National Park colliding with walkers on her way. This is a normal days excursion aparently and "running for fun" as opposed to US college competition. You get two ...

... tegen een enorme kei waarna ik met fiets en al over de kop op de track gesmakt werd. De fiets die gelukkig niks woog lag op m'n rug. De guide had die snel van me af gehaald en na inventarisatie van de schade bleek dat ik eigenlijk alleen een beurse knie had en een snee in m'n arm waar ik op landde. Even gezeten om de pijn wat te laten zakken en verder gegaan. Bleek dat ik m'n gewicht veel meer naar achteren moest verplaatsen zodat de fiets ...

... decided to see what the nightlife of Nelson was like, armed with some vouchers! It was pretty dead in a lot of the bars, but that didn't deter us. We had some lovely traditional New Zealand beers, played some pool, did a shot each and just generally had a good time. We also found one of those punching bags that measures the power of your punch. We decided to have a go, just for a laugh..................and I ...

... while I was cooking my dinner I got talking to the strange lady from earlier that day, the one who had directed me to the centre of New Zealand. She told me that she'd gone to the centre of New Zealand that afternoon ... And took care to tell me that it was 30 minutes from bottom to top rather then 30 mins from the hostel to the top ... I'm obviously quite unmemorable which probabaly would have meant that it possibly would have been safe to divulge my room number after all!

So it was to the south island then, got the ferry over to a place called Picton where we spent about 20mins driving around town tryin to get a photo with Picto and a sign of the town. Finally got one with him in front of the n! Hooked it on over to Nelson by the windy road, which McCoy wasn't too happy about cause she was gettin travel sickness. It was where we'd base ourselves for a couple of ...