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October postcard update |
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October 1st) After 9¼ months I'm still here in New Zealand but not for much longer as next week I'm catching a Deutch cargo ship to Oz. I should have been mid-Tasman Sea by now but seems das boote has got a bit lost or something or taken a wrong turning somewhere mid-Pacific. My passage to Oz is being classified as 'super cargo' which I'm taking as a compliment even if it does translate as 'super-hassle-cargo' as soon as my jolly German seamen clap eyes on the multi-panniered bike-ballast I'll be heaving on board. Am writing this in sleeping bag confined to tent quarters thanks to a bout of most unreasonable unseasonable stormy weather that is currently battering my flimsy abode. Long may the sun shine in Oz as I need to warm up and dry out. |
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(1.10.04) Unlike what this postcard says I'm not in the Antarctic but in Bluff, in the very south of South Island, which is about as close to the land of icy Emperors as I'm going to get — at least for a while. Banking on my being scooped up as a shipment of 'super cargo' by a freighter this weekend, my next postcard should be emanating from Oz. But til then miles cycled so far in New Zealand: 4151; No. of Punctures: 0; Tyres used: Continental Top Touring (have just put on new pair Conti Travel Contacts); No. of baths had in past year: ½ Thing I miss most about home: Baths! Best things about New Zealand: multiple rainbows; very un-cloud-like clouds; colour and clarity of light; large amount of large areas with no-one; tui, bell-birds and fantails; matey-ness of people - specially the Maori and the postwomen on bikes; Haast Pass, Lindi's Pass, Arthur's Pass, road over Crown Range (highest one in NZ), road to Mt. Cook, East Cape, Kauri Forest, Catlins, Wanaka, South Island West Coast in Sun. Worst thing about NZ: the drivers!! Josie |
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