Coldness and Champagne December 11th 2006 Well I didn't get a welcome home this time at passport control in Auckland, but was still lovely to be back! Was not so lovely to spend 6 hourrs at Auckland domestic airport, which was like an oversize shed. (Ok slight exaggeration!) But sat pretending to use one of those back massage chairs that you pay for and that got me through! My Uncle and Mum picked me up from Napier Airport where the bagga ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hawkes Bay » Napier The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more
"There is some perverse natural law which makes adversity lead to inspiration. I often wonder why I can't sit in a Paris cafe or a nice Caribbean hotel and feel the travel writing muse. Somehow the lack of running water, the fear of disease and the misery of a straw mat brings us closer to the brink and hence let us feel we are alive."
- Mary Morris "I should of stayed home: The Worst Trips of Great Writers"... full info