There's one place that you're welcome to

[venta]

<shakes head>

What time is it ? Is it morning ?

Am now back from New Zealand. You didn't break the UK while I was away, did you ?

In summary, I saw:

• Penguins.


• Volcanoes.


• Really big hills.


• Felix get married. The lady in question is still lovely.


• Flying fish.


• Dophins.


• An avalanche.


• Glow worms (alledgedly).


• Masses of primordial forest.


• Fjords.

... and lots of other stuff. It's been a busy fortnight.

New Zealand really is a very long way away. It takes forever to get there. And back.

Comments

[venta.livejournal.com]

I landed in and flew out of Auckland, but otherwise was nowhere near it. I'd have given you a yell otherwise - during my stay I was no further north than Whakatane. Which is a shame, cos I'd hope to see the Bay of Islands, but it didn't work out with other people's plans.

I flew with Air New Zealand, who have video-on-demand for long flights these days. I never usually watch films on flights but, actually managed to get through three whole movies in my two flights because I could start and stop them as required...

[violetdisregard.livejournal.com]

Well you've seen more of the country than I have. I haven't actually ventured outside of the Auckland region. Despite that, I have still managed to see dolphins, penguins, stingrays, a ganet colony, volcano with it's very own lava fields, plenty of the fern thingies you mentioned, Tom Cruises' supposed mansion, Sky Tower and more hills than I'd prefer.

I really would like to venture down to the South Island. There is some pretty spectacular scenery, plus they have all the mountains down there the greedy bastards!