25th - 29th July - New Zealand
We arrived at Erika, Clayton and Robyn´s new pad on Monday night and were greated with a yummy sups of good old Kiwi Fush and Chups. It was really lovely to catch up on all the news, hear the exciting plans for their lush new home and get some top tips for our forthcoming trip to Peru.
Tuesday was spent pottering around Tauranga and The Mount - before a good curry and the 150th Jam Night at The Mount Mellick. It was great having been there before as it felt really homely being back and seeing lots of their mates again.
Wednesday was our hard core adventure day! Deep sea fishing out near Mayor Island. The boat left at 7am but an early start meant we had amazing views of the Mount as the sun rose and a pod of dolphins pottered by as we boarded the boat! Totally lush!
Unfortunately it didn´t take long for the smile on my face to change to a rather uncomfortable grimace. Clayton joined me in the wobbly tum club but I was the only one to try tempting the fish with three great chunders over the side. Of course I maintained a thoroughly ladylike disposition throughout, chatting with the old boys and sharing their crystalised ginger - it was just the chunks in my hair and the vocals that gave me away! Nice.
Still, it was a really brilliant day! We all managed to catch a few goodies to take home for the pan and Bags the puss - although we decided to leave Erika´s gooey Slippery Eel behind!
That night we were back at The Mellick for the quiz - our world travelling has obviously paid off as we did much better than our past efforts. It´s just a bit concerning that we were rubbish at the geography section yet top notch for the food and drink round! Funny that!?
Thursday was spent chilling, doing odd jobs and a lovely walk around the beach. Annie cooked up our catch of the day for the evening. And yummy it was too!! Definitely tastes better when you´ve caught it yourselves!!
Friday came around too soon. We had such a lovely time with the NZ crew again and it was very hard to leave. After a lush stroll round The Mount with Erika (and an unexpected seal!), our shuttle for the airport was waiting and we had to head on towards the next stage of our round the world jaunt.
South America - the homeward stretch! Which is exciting too!!
Tuesday was spent pottering around Tauranga and The Mount - before a good curry and the 150th Jam Night at The Mount Mellick. It was great having been there before as it felt really homely being back and seeing lots of their mates again.
Wednesday was our hard core adventure day! Deep sea fishing out near Mayor Island. The boat left at 7am but an early start meant we had amazing views of the Mount as the sun rose and a pod of dolphins pottered by as we boarded the boat! Totally lush!
Unfortunately it didn´t take long for the smile on my face to change to a rather uncomfortable grimace. Clayton joined me in the wobbly tum club but I was the only one to try tempting the fish with three great chunders over the side. Of course I maintained a thoroughly ladylike disposition throughout, chatting with the old boys and sharing their crystalised ginger - it was just the chunks in my hair and the vocals that gave me away! Nice.
Still, it was a really brilliant day! We all managed to catch a few goodies to take home for the pan and Bags the puss - although we decided to leave Erika´s gooey Slippery Eel behind!
That night we were back at The Mellick for the quiz - our world travelling has obviously paid off as we did much better than our past efforts. It´s just a bit concerning that we were rubbish at the geography section yet top notch for the food and drink round! Funny that!?
Thursday was spent chilling, doing odd jobs and a lovely walk around the beach. Annie cooked up our catch of the day for the evening. And yummy it was too!! Definitely tastes better when you´ve caught it yourselves!!
Friday came around too soon. We had such a lovely time with the NZ crew again and it was very hard to leave. After a lush stroll round The Mount with Erika (and an unexpected seal!), our shuttle for the airport was waiting and we had to head on towards the next stage of our round the world jaunt.
South America - the homeward stretch! Which is exciting too!!
posted by Polly and James at Tuesday, August 02, 2005
1 Comments:
Legendary stuff guys - all sounds very "lush"!!!
Are you going to Rio? Mail me before you do,
Take care
Matt
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