Did you know for instance that as the earth's crust is so thin (or 'thn' as the locals say it) that you cannot bury the dead due to the heat. Roast granny, anyone? People have big holes in their gardens with boiling water and steam pouring out. Beats a Charlie Dimmock water feature any day.
We took a trip out to a buried Maori village yesterday with a fantastic Maori called Huru (Roll the 'R' to pronounce correctly) who informed Trish and I as we drove up a narrow twisty mountain road that his grandfather was a cannibal. Oh s$#t! Actually he was a very nice and knowledgable man and the village in question was buried by a massive volcano in the 1880s along with 8 other villages, killing 120 people including Huru's family members. He tried to teach us some Maori but we never really got beyond 'kia ora' which, before you say it, is not a fruit drink but means hallo and goodbye, but not at the same time. Think Hawaiian 'aloha'.
If the Grovehust Jetty gang are reading this then hello and Phil, the Maori for Phil is, er, Phil. We did try to get a rough translation of 'The man with no arse' but it does not work.
The flight to and from Rotorua ws a bit of an adventure. Being a very small 'plane (shed with wings) it was thrown about a bit so Trish kept her eyes shut both times.
Pennie, yes we can check our private e.mail so fire one off and we shall do our best so long as you are not trading Sir Bill in for Daniel Day Lewis (who Trish informs me is a film star...) Not sure how the e.mail thing will work in Fiji so we will check tomorrow for your request. Please say hallo to your Paul when you next comunicate and tell him to get to New Zealand. it is a wonderful place. Last night we sat on the hotel top floor and slurped a malt whiskey and thought of Sir Bill doing the same at Douglas Towers.
In a couple of hours we are taking a ferry across Auckland Harbour to Rangitoto Island (or Ratatouille Island as Trish calls it) where we will taken on a 4WD trip across lava (cooled) followed by a walk to Rangitoto volcano's summit.
Mr Steele , please pass get wells onto... your Daddy, Mr Harwood's Daddy, Lairdy and Dawn's Mumsy. Boy are we glad to be so healthy compared to that bunch!
Good luck to favourite mother-in-law, Philomena and the Massa with their house move, Mary and Deckers with the drinking (more fridge magnets posted today) and Helen with the blonde thing...
Happy birthday Slimeball! Enjoy the day and we owe you a Guinness.
More later...
Paul Trish and Kermit
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1 comment:
hello globe trotters ,
yes we are following you on your journey and are loving the wit.
'the man with no arse' thing strange term of phrase for mr hills but im sure there must be a maori term to describe him to a TEE. (isnt there ?)
We are having our own little holiday at the moment as we are on a 2 week shut , enough talk of work hope you continue to enjoy your trip and would like to see some pics on your return ,
stay safe and may the frog be with you. Matt..
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