A far-bigger-than-lifesize blow up fly that Nick rescued from his office, Louie (the mascot of NZ fly spray Mortein) resided on our balcony for about 6 months. He enjoyed commanding views over Auckland, but never flew away.
56. Independence in Whangamomona; plus snow on the volcano, mud baths, bungy-jumping & shark diving June 30th 2009 (N) Just as should happen in the UK, there is a public holiday in New Zealand to celebrate our Queen’s Birthday. To make the most of this extra day of freedom, we decided to travel the approx 300km down the western side of the North Island to New Plymouth, the nearest town to the volcano named Mount Taranaki. It was not just the volcano that interested us, but also the nearby microna ... read more
Paula - Here we are fulfilling a long-held dream of travelling the planet. Through our travelblog have fun joining us along the way!
Nick - these are a couple of quotations that I picked up along the way:
"In German, there is a word, Kunstlerschuld, which means "artist's guilt", the emotion a painter feels over his frivolity in a world in which people work in a rut that makes them gloomy. Perhaps there is also a sort of traveler's guilt, from being self-contained, s... full info
