Snaps from the SBSB
Friday, January 16, 2004
Hi All,
Much happier now. I discovered that I had, by mistake, backed up half of the lost images so in the end I only lost 3.5 days worth. Hey it was only sea and sand. The camera is working fine now but I'm not on a machine that can cope with them. In fact, I think you'll have to wait for a while as Naomi and I have decided to stop. Not blogging but moving. We are having a holiday. We have been on the move for 9 weeks and today we arrived in Raglan, a surf town on the east coast of the North Island. We have booked 5 nights in a little cottage and here we will stop until we return to Auckland and then to Buenos Aires and finally Gatwick. Plans to come back earlier for Nell's christening have fallen through. (Sorry Quint) and so we will hopefully be back on Sunday 25th of January.
We plan to do nothing here for a while tho there is a kite surfing school which I'm thinking about calling, Nomes might come too! So don't stop reading as there may be injuries or stories of kites up trees.
Before we arrived here today we climbed Mount Raupahu (well nearly) and I told the woman at the clothes shop (when we came back down) how her volcano was now even more famous cos it was on the internet in Doctor Who, in the first epsiode of Scream of The Shalka. She seemed bemused frankly.
Finally sorry for the lack of comments. I dont know whats happened. Can anyone drop me an email if they know what's wrong (Tom Dolan I'm thinking oif you if you haven't got enough on your mind)
-update- Tom, you can can go back to worry about Vicky and your new arrival, I found the answer here and the comments should be back soon. Good luck guys. (the Dolans not the guys working on the database transfer of the comments, tho I wish them luck too)
Anyway tara for now.
Much happier now. I discovered that I had, by mistake, backed up half of the lost images so in the end I only lost 3.5 days worth. Hey it was only sea and sand. The camera is working fine now but I'm not on a machine that can cope with them. In fact, I think you'll have to wait for a while as Naomi and I have decided to stop. Not blogging but moving. We are having a holiday. We have been on the move for 9 weeks and today we arrived in Raglan, a surf town on the east coast of the North Island. We have booked 5 nights in a little cottage and here we will stop until we return to Auckland and then to Buenos Aires and finally Gatwick. Plans to come back earlier for Nell's christening have fallen through. (Sorry Quint) and so we will hopefully be back on Sunday 25th of January.
We plan to do nothing here for a while tho there is a kite surfing school which I'm thinking about calling, Nomes might come too! So don't stop reading as there may be injuries or stories of kites up trees.
Before we arrived here today we climbed Mount Raupahu (well nearly) and I told the woman at the clothes shop (when we came back down) how her volcano was now even more famous cos it was on the internet in Doctor Who, in the first epsiode of Scream of The Shalka. She seemed bemused frankly.
Finally sorry for the lack of comments. I dont know whats happened. Can anyone drop me an email if they know what's wrong (Tom Dolan I'm thinking oif you if you haven't got enough on your mind)
-update- Tom, you can can go back to worry about Vicky and your new arrival, I found the answer here and the comments should be back soon. Good luck guys. (the Dolans not the guys working on the database transfer of the comments, tho I wish them luck too)
Anyway tara for now.
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Hi All,
Was pretty happy but now I'm not.
Just popped into a web cafe to tell you of all our adventures. Used their card reader to see the pics and it wiped the lot. Nothing left. Luckily I made a CD about a week and a half ago but all the pics from the Abel Tasman, the Glaciers and Milford Sound have gone. I am a little sad. The card also appears to be knackered so I cant take any more. I think a trip to a camera store is required. There is a slim chance that I may be able to get them back.
Oh well I shall paint the scene with words.
We went n to the Park three days ago. Sandy beaches, palm lined shores, clear blue waters.
We treked for the morning to a place called anchorage where set up camp. Chilled on teh beach and got a bit burnt. The next day we walked 20K along the shorte trak to the Lodge we were staying at. A 5 star gaff our little treat. For lunch Naomi and I I had quiche which had maggots in it. I was very nice and they were very nice and we got free beer and coffee. The meal in the evening was superb and we got fanatstic service unsurprisingly.
We saw the obligatory dolphins in the bay earlier which was great. Today we got the Aqua Taxi back and I spent 1.5 hours learning to kite surf. I haven't quite got it yet but was really great fun. Nomes and I then drove up to Nelson where we are now. The loss of our pics is sinking in more and I think I want to leave and get a beer. Tara.
Oh yeah one more thing. We left Moose in the car to guard it. The sun melted his glue and his antlers fell off. He isn't happy either.
Was pretty happy but now I'm not.
Just popped into a web cafe to tell you of all our adventures. Used their card reader to see the pics and it wiped the lot. Nothing left. Luckily I made a CD about a week and a half ago but all the pics from the Abel Tasman, the Glaciers and Milford Sound have gone. I am a little sad. The card also appears to be knackered so I cant take any more. I think a trip to a camera store is required. There is a slim chance that I may be able to get them back.
Oh well I shall paint the scene with words.
We went n to the Park three days ago. Sandy beaches, palm lined shores, clear blue waters.
We treked for the morning to a place called anchorage where set up camp. Chilled on teh beach and got a bit burnt. The next day we walked 20K along the shorte trak to the Lodge we were staying at. A 5 star gaff our little treat. For lunch Naomi and I I had quiche which had maggots in it. I was very nice and they were very nice and we got free beer and coffee. The meal in the evening was superb and we got fanatstic service unsurprisingly.
We saw the obligatory dolphins in the bay earlier which was great. Today we got the Aqua Taxi back and I spent 1.5 hours learning to kite surf. I haven't quite got it yet but was really great fun. Nomes and I then drove up to Nelson where we are now. The loss of our pics is sinking in more and I think I want to leave and get a beer. Tara.
Oh yeah one more thing. We left Moose in the car to guard it. The sun melted his glue and his antlers fell off. He isn't happy either.
Sunday, January 11, 2004
Well that wasn't so bad. We though we'd have an eight hour drive today but turned out to be five and a half. We are now just on the edge of the Abel Tasmin National park in the north of the South Island. The trip was enhanced as we stopped at a second hand shop and bought "The Pet Shop Boys - Introspective" in honour of Adrian and Sarah's great news of their engagement. "You are always on my mind, you are always on my mind."
2 days ago we arrived at the Fox Glacier on the west coast, after driving through some amazing mountain scenery with a waterfall every two feet. The reason for the abundance of falls was the torrential rain. This had also washed away all the tracks up to the Fox Glacier and meant we couldn't see it. After all that rain it must be in mint condition.
We carried on to the YHA at the Franz Joseph Glacier juut 25 km further on and stayed there the night. Up early to sunshine and a days trek on the glacier. It was great, unlike the trek in Argentina, we got into the crevasses on the ice falls. There was quite a bit of hanging around as the guides had to cut new paths through the ice as the old ones had been washed through. Definitely worth waiting tho....
So the galcier....
and the trek.....
Back in time for a sauna and then we met Kim for dinner. Her friend dind't win Shattered then.
We are camping outside the Abel Tasmin tonight, then walking in tomorrow for one night camping and one night in a lodge.
On a medical note, Nomes has hurt her knee a bit and I grazed my knuckle on the ice, luckily the elbow is beararing up. Moose has toothache and I'm not liking the sound of the rental car's insides.
I reckon we'll be right tho.
2 days ago we arrived at the Fox Glacier on the west coast, after driving through some amazing mountain scenery with a waterfall every two feet. The reason for the abundance of falls was the torrential rain. This had also washed away all the tracks up to the Fox Glacier and meant we couldn't see it. After all that rain it must be in mint condition.
We carried on to the YHA at the Franz Joseph Glacier juut 25 km further on and stayed there the night. Up early to sunshine and a days trek on the glacier. It was great, unlike the trek in Argentina, we got into the crevasses on the ice falls. There was quite a bit of hanging around as the guides had to cut new paths through the ice as the old ones had been washed through. Definitely worth waiting tho....
So the galcier....
and the trek.....
Back in time for a sauna and then we met Kim for dinner. Her friend dind't win Shattered then.
We are camping outside the Abel Tasmin tonight, then walking in tomorrow for one night camping and one night in a lodge.
On a medical note, Nomes has hurt her knee a bit and I grazed my knuckle on the ice, luckily the elbow is beararing up. Moose has toothache and I'm not liking the sound of the rental car's insides.
I reckon we'll be right tho.
