Entries from May 2008 ↓

What do you do with your hands, when you’re sat at a table waiting for somebody to join you? No innuendo, please.

Dumb sign of the month, on a coffee machine: “black coffee, with milk”. I guess that’ll be a white coffee then, given that there are no other combinations available?

“Today is the tomorrow you were worried about yesterday”.

I don’t feel very well. I’m not sure what the cause might be:

- drinking spring water, on Mt Sebastapol
- beef hot pot, eaten yesterday + two pints of Speight’s
- cooked breakfast this morning
- not eating after breakfast, until 4pm
- the sandfly bite on my hand that is getting more and more red (might try the anti-biotics left over from Fiji)

Only ten days left in N.Z. How time goes really quickly…

Did some walking yesterday, mainly to get a better view of Mt. Cook. Also went on a tour of the Tasman Valley/glacier which was amazing - just seeing the glacier gouging the sides of mountains is great (see Flickr pics).

Back to the east coast today, not too sure where next - need to be back in Auckland on the 24th, for flight to Melbourne.

I’m now in Mount Cook (village). You can see Mt. Cook itself really well from the Hermitage Hotel - the Ed Hillary Cafe has a great view (I’ve just had a coffee there). Stunning scenery all around, and getting colder now the sun has dropped.

I’m coming back here in the Summer, sometime, to do some of the walks.

Monteith’s beer is quite dangerous. Just been to The Tap Room, that has most of their range on tap. It made me wonder if I should venture into Stacy’s M.P! I imagine it won’t be the same as a massage in Laos, Cambodia or even Thailand (where anything goes).

Finally took the plunge and bought an Asus Eee PC. It’s pretty nifty, though the keys are a little small and taking me a while to adjust my typing.

It’s the Linux one and I got a 2GB SD card with the purchase as well. Just been uploading some pics from camera to Flickr, so follow the Flickr link on the sidebar.

I think the next Muse album should be called ‘Um’. It will appeal to my word-play sense of fun.

I’m in Westport at the moment, which isn’t very exciting. Taking the TranzAlpine train from Greymouth to Christchurch today, which I’m looking forward to.

Took the ferry from Wellington to Picton yesterday - the crossing was really good, just a gentle swell speeding us along. Travelling down the Queen Charlotte Sound was like being back in Norway.

Going to explore the South Island for a few weeks before heading to Oz.

Currently in Wellington for three nights, in anticipation of going over to the South Island on Monday. Going to explore Wellington, though not for boots.