• in the beginning there was...
  • preamble & bye to Savary
  • off I go
  • day 1 in Auckland
  • bye Auckland - hi Paihia & Russell
  • beautiful Russel, Bay of Islands
  • people, scenery, and me
  • time for a haircut
  • in the Coromandel now
  • Coromandel Town day #2
  • 309 Road - Castle Rock, Waiau Falls
  • the Kauri Forest, down to Whitianga
  • a day of beaches, rain and endangered species
  • a green summer in the countryside
  • Omanu Beach - Bay of Plenty
  • Mount Maunganui - climb another mountain
  • a picnic and a tramp
  • Katikati - murals and kids
  • Ohope Beach
  • Classic car ride and a volcano
  • another mountain tramp
  • towards Gisborne City
  • grounded freighter in Gisborne
  • kids' self-portraits, and Maiori culture
  • Napier #1
  • Napier #2
  • Rotarua
  • Rotarua #2
  • home

  • credits, etceteras, thank yous, & disclaimer
  • here's a map
  • send me an email here
    • Thank you for:
    • perfect beaches
    • no bugs
    • barefeet
    • B&B's
    • no tipping - even when I tried you all refused
    • clean buses
    • clean country
    • home culture - New Zealanders don't realize how beautiful their homes are
    • sheep and cows and shells
    • warm ocean
    • all the breakfast conversatons (as in bed and breakfast)
    • tramps
    • the kiwi accent
    • my fujifilm digital camera + thinkpad of course

    These people graciously invited me into their lives:

    • Clara, and her friends in Auckland
    • Mary and Kent in Russell at Inn the Pink- you were my first B&B ever in my life
    • the little chinese lady who cut my hair
    • Estelle and Ross in Coromandel town at the Green House
    • Gwyneth at Whitiangi - my first ever real "bach"
    • Wendy and Nigel at coroglen
    • Judy and Dave at Omanu beach - i loved the boot camp
    • Pat and Brian at Ohope beach - a rebirth
    • Barbara and Alec at gisborne
    • Nancy and Noel in napier
    • Maureen at Eaton Hall, in Rotorua
    • Fabrice for taking care of my condo
    • for my friends and family for checking in on me
    • Patrina, in Ophope, for giving me the beautiful double dolphin bone necklace. I love it
    • Savary Island. My home-away-from-home-that-became-a-home.

    etcetera:

    • "nice and easy", "no worries" are two sayings which i have heard so much lately that i will probably be saying them too. They are usually preceded with a long "ahh" and "nice" is pronounced "noice", and they are said with an inflection.
    • AO TEA ROA is the name that the first people named New Zealand and it means "land of the long white cloud"
    • the land had many many flightless birds called "moa" and in the early past of the first century the hunters burned down much of the huge old forests to hunt and kill these birds. (like in the year 1000-1200) All the sheep andcows really appreciate the grazing lands that this made
    • the old forests were made of Kauri, Pohutakawa, Rimu and others

    Disclaimer:

    Peruse this site at your own risk. It might offend you if you are a writer, proof reader, perfectionist, engineer or ex-teacher.

    I will not take responsibility for typos, bad spelling, incorrect grammer or mistakes- geesh it was a vacation after all - give me a break.