There is a heavy frost this morning and everywhere is white. Saturday morning fry up in a cafe followed by a walk around the lake. I went back to the hostel for lunch and then drove to another part of town for another walk along the river. The river was very blue with a strange mist over it. I cooked myself dinner followed by a game of twister with 2 bearded Spanish guys. Then I went to Cinema Padisio to watch Aloha with Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone. They bak...

Today is road work Friday. I'm driving to Wanaka. I get stopped for bridge painting, bush trimming, digging holes for drainage and rock clearance from the road. Firstly a 20 minute wait while they painted a section of the bridge. Talking to the stop and go board man when he realised I was British proudly told me the bridge was made of British steel and put in place after the 2nd world war. The bridge hadn't been printed in 30 years. He also told me about some g...