A kiwi told me to try Whittaker's chocolate which is made in NZ. I found it to be a bit too solid and hard for me. You can't beat a bit of Cadbury's fruit & nut or Green & Blacks?

I spent most of the morning in the hairdresser's and felt like a new woman afterwards! It's always difficult going to a completely new hairdresser, but I think she did a good job. I had a quick lunch and went for a long walk, firstly to a lookout point, then past Napier port and then to the beach. It's quite a big port here, it must be all the wine being exported around the world. It was interesting to stand and watch for a while all the containers being stacke...

Today I was back on the bus to Napier. A friend had said not to bother visiting Napier unless I liked Art Deco buildings. The town had been struck by a bad earthquake in the early 1930's and been rebuilt in an Art Deco style. It was somewhere to break my coach journey so I wasn't sitting on a bus for too long. I was wondering around looking for somewhere to eat, a lady in the information site had given me an idea of a couple of restaurants to try. But I didn't r...