Before I begin, please forgive me. The title is misleading. The joyful cable cars are not actually in the Oriental Venice, but I have been sat here for way too long trying to think of a title for this blog post (I eventually decided against my dad’s suggestion of ‘Ngong Ping Pong Kong‘). The joyful […]
cows
SHEEPWORLD
Baaaaaaaa, Welcome to Christmas Part 2. And Sheepworld. Especially Sheepworld. Because I LOVED Sheepworld. (Edit: Or, actually JUST Sheepworld. It seemed to need its whole own entry. :P) Yesterday morning (the 28th) CC and I drove to Sheepworld, 20mins away from Wellsford. Sheepworld is… a world of sheep. And of many other farm animals, who […]
Whangarei, Matamata (Hobbiton) & Rotorua Part 1
Coucou mes chéris! The 19th was the day of Whangarei (pronounced “Fangarei” in a Finnishy accent) (it rhymes!) and Hayzybobzykins. Whangarei is the northernmost city in New Zealand, sort of half-way between Auckland and Russell, so it seemed like a nice half-way point to meet. CC and his housies said it’s not the best town […]
Big trees, public loos and kiwi chocolate
13. December (Friday the 13th!!) Today we left Kaitaia and made our way down the west coast of Northland (the northernmost region in NZ). Points of interest: the teeny weeny village of Kohukohu (I love Maori place-names!!). Our motel had no wifi since wifi is considered a luxury in this country. I was hoping to find a […]
To the Eery North FEAT. SAND DUNES
12. December 2013 Today we left Russell, unfortunately leaving Hayzybobzykins who would be starting her job there the next day. To clarify things I just drew myself a map of where we went, though it does not really show well online… SOZ. Google map it. (Up the east coast, up to the very tip, […]
Day 4: Happy birthday Hannah!!
G’dday and hello from the Dover-Calais-ferry, closely missing a massive humongous exciting cargo ship which looked like a mountain from afar, so in other words life is very exciting!!So, we are at Day 4, ie. yesterday. A nice “relaxing” day, meaning no travelling on trains and staying in the same area. So, we were in […]