Blogs from Wairarapa, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 3

First off. Thanks for all of you who wrote comments. I'm unfortunately an idiot and didn't know that the comment system forces me to actively accept them in order to show up. Now that I know, feel free to continue commenting and I'll be sure to accept them quickly. Gaddang spammers ruin the Internet for everyone. It occurs to me that we are terrible bloggers. Either that, or we've been really busy having a mostly good time. Or both. When we last left our heroes, they had just spent their first night in Napier and were preparing for a busy day of wine-filled peril. Did they survive? Did they manage not to embarrass themselves? Did they meet a stinky goat? Read on for all the answers, and more! Where were we? Ah yes, Napier. We ... read more

First off before i begin i have to admit that despite the claim, we were not actually in Wairarapa, in fact i have never even heard of the place. Its just that River Valley the place we actually stopped is so small that it didnt warrant a mention on this site or seemingly on any map. To make matters worse the whole reason that we were going to the place (white water rafting) was cancelled due to excessive rain fall. To make up for it though we went on the flying fox (as pictured) which is basically a massive zip wire which runs about 1.2km through a canyon on which you reach speeds of about 160 kph (120mph). It was ok - in fact it sounds a heck of a lot more scary than it actually ... read more