Sunday, January 13, 2008

Mt Cook to The Coast (by regina)

Everyone wants a shot of the campervan so here it is! So cute! I love it! It's worked so well and totally reminds me of the brown van Av had rigged up for camping trips when Daniel & I were little. When we finally picked it up in Christchurch it was like my whole body & heart sighed with relief and thought, ok, now the vacation begins. Out of the cities, out of the hotels and onto the back roads, into the hills, into the supermarkets and porta potties! Definitely much more my speed.In the little coastal town of Akaroa we found some cool old French cemetaries and snapped some images before breakfast! This lens fits jay so much better than me. This was one of my favorite spots on the trip. These are the Tasman Glaciers in the Aoraki Mt. Cook National Park. Stunning and totally awesome (as in grand, not rad). I loved hiking out here. Amazing strong breezes, a light misting, gorgeous rocks and breathtaking views on every side. And look at this big strong mountain man i came across along the way!! i lured him into my campervan with gummy worms and earl grey tea, promised to travel the world with him and keep everything sorted, convinced him to carry the camera equipment and make me peanut butter & honey sandwiches! if you ask him lots of questions you'll learn more than you thought existed about space, physics, science, history, mechanics and other complicated things. also he uses many big words.
and i take cool photos.

I am also allergic to the south island. "chemists" are not open on the weekend, only holistic herbal stores. so we bought the least expensive $40 "havfever" box because i could not stop sneezing and could barely see my eyes were so itchy. surprise: the herbs did not help. Jay was not surprised. He said, "OK, Regina, are you ready for it? Are you? Homeopathic remedies don't do shit. You need real drugs." So on Monday morning we got drugs and I've felt right as rain since. (But I'm sure all those herbs were helpful for my body in many ways. Just not $40 sure.)

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