Redwood Lodge Motel Levin

... zone as the speedometer touched 90 (though she thought he was joking and carried on until she sensed his seriousness).

We eventually reached Featherston (safe and sound to our relief) and headed to the pub for a few drinks and a bite to eat. Lauren opted for a much needed large glass of wine and after a cheeky smile and wink at the barman she got it on the house! He then offered for us to camp in the car park however we ...

... very yum except that they were a little late off the vines so a little spoilt. Then we proceeded to crush the grapes. This was a complicated process whereby we put them in bags, slipped on a pair of gumboots (rainboots to you non-Kiwis !) and stomped on them in a large barrel (see Facebook photos). Malcolm added yeast and then they'd sit for half a year or so to ferment. With another batch we got to bottle and label them! Kinda neat seeing them through the whole process!

... team is playing in the Super 14 rugby on Friday in the semis - so we've to dress up in our country or local teams colours. See the pictorial evidence of my take on Irish patriotism for more. We get sloshed and gossip and play killer - the pool game - which is **** as the *****es are there and, quite frankly, we don't like them. Great day - great times - New Zealand is starting to pull ahead in the New Zealand v Oz stakes. On my iPod Free fallin' - Tom Petty

... nutrition and how it can heal the body. She has given us lots of information about things that we never would have known if we hadn't come to stay here We have learned SO much. What she says really makes sense. She's not trying to sell us anything and isn't strict about anything, we are free to do whatever we like. So needless to say, we have been eating very healthy here. Lots and lots of soups and stews. They aren't ...

Dylan has been going to Keas for a while now, its the pre-cubs group in New Zealand. Last week he was invested and got to say his oath in front of all the other kids, though he did say to me he was going to be 'ingested'.

... motion sick patch?  I have been using them on this trip as needed and this morning I had taken it off.  They are meant to be worn three days straight but I have only been wearing mine a few hours at a time and last night I had slept in it.  I had the box in my purse so I started to read the side effects.  I was experiencing ALL of the side effects except hallucinations.  Probably the best one to not experience of all of them, but it ...

... everywhere - next stop was Gisborne - we found it a fairly non-descript town. However we did find a nice motel and an excellent restuarant - what more could we wish for?! Next day on to Napier and Hastings - spent a lovely afternoon in the former. Napier was devasted by an earthquake in 1931 but was totally rebuilt in 30s art-deco styleso we visited the museaum and got the detail of all that. Hastings is a lovely wee town very clean and quite the opposite ...

... dem Wasserfall, der an die 20 Meter hoch ist. Das Wetter heute ist ganz ok, kein Regen und nur einige Wolken am Himmel. Wir verlassen dann den Tongariro Nationalpark und fahren zum Rangitikei River, hier wurden einige Szenen vom Anduin River gedreht. Ein wirklich tolles Gebiet, der Fluss fliesst durch eine beeindruckende Schlucht. Wir fahren dann weiter Richtung Sueden und verbringen die Nacht in Levin.

Friday 13th February - Day 31 - At Sea We now have the prospect of another four days at sea to look forward to, overnight we had sailed in a northerly direction towards the northern tip of New Zealand in fairly calm waters. At approximately 9am the Captain gave out an announcement to say that as we had made such good progress overnight with our crossing to Tasmania he had decided to change course slightly and do some scenic cruising in the waters around the northern tip of ...

... wie ich das managen sollte, ich ging schon davon aus, dass ich es nie im Leben auf meinen Bus schaffen wu**de. Da kam mir all**dings Guillaume (mein Zimm**genosse) zu Hilfe und rief mir ein Taxi. So schaffte ich es also Spitz auf Knopf auf meinen Bus!! Ab** das ist noch nicht alles. Nach ein** halben Stunde Fahrt hielt d** Bus ploetzlich mitten auf dem Motorway an, irgendwas am Motor war kaputt, die Weit**fahrt war **st mal nicht moeglich. Wir warteten also ca. 1,5 sehr ...