Long trip of 17 hours went by rather nicely after all and we both got a decent sleep too. One piece of luggage never arrived but they found it stuck in a chute somewhere eventually. Other than that JFK was efficient and the yellow cab driver helpful. We recovered pretty quickly and on the Saturday […]
I have a number of photos that I have used as desktops on various computers. Most of them hold some memory or have a background of some meaning for me. The quality of the photos however, is quite variable. In this occasional series I will describe some of those. We might sub-title this one “tranquility”.
Today I heard from Janne Ritskes that Tabitha Cambodia is closing down. Janne says the reasons are: “Covid has had a significant impact on Cambodia and on our projects as it has worldwide. The level of donations to Tabitha Cambodia have fallen significantly over the last two and a half years. Many staff have had […]
An overcast day with a little, thin drizzle. After a splendid breakfast at the Neighbourhood Cafe we set out for Lake Wairarapa. The granola was amazing. We followed the signs to Lake Ferry which turns out to be on Lake Onoke where it meets the Southern Ocean at Palliser Bay. We were watching a stick […]
Up at 5:45 for the Wellington ferry. Straight into the cabin and slept another 2 1/2 hours. Hania had a lunchtime appointment so I had a KFC probably the last for a decade. Honestly I couldn’t find anything else in downtown Upper Hutt. Over the Rimataka’s to Martinborough without incident unless you count the usual […]
End of the campervan trip and back to the little car. Then SH1 to Kaikoura. Not the most exciting trip but found time for cake. Kaikoura was hot and sunny and we sat in the sun drinking, not the best idea. Nice waterfront hotel. Booked into Picton Top Ten for tomorrow, then the ferry first […]
We left Geraldine in rain and continued north towards Christchurch. I wanted to see Lyttleton and it’s harbour so we drove through the tunnel and looked for a nice cafe. Sadly the town is not large vehicle friendly. However the harbour is impressive. We decided to go to the South side to a campsite and […]
Morning at Lake Opua, the geese flying again, magpies, seagulls, herons, ducks, a bittern (?) and others I wasn’t sure about. It is a great campsite for free camping. The fish were jumping too. On the way out we stopped at a cafe on the main road (Farm Barn maybe) which had an excellent location […]
Round Bush Camp was still mozzie central so after breakfast we went to Twizel, the Hydro Cafe and Twizel Bookshop, where else? Having finished 16 Trees of the Somme I’m now reading Bewilderment by Richard Powers. After that we headed over to Lake Benmore and had more or less given up when Hania found this […]