Letters From New Zealand

4/12 - 5/12/99 Auckland Mogwai, dissappearing red light districts, Kelly Tarlton's rather astonishing Antarctic Adventure and Underwater World and couch potatoes.

6/12/99 Russell Sheepworld! Love poetry! That's it!

8/12/99 Day 1 on Snow Cloud snorkeling in flourescent poo and Whoopi Goldberg's hairdo.

10/12/99 Day 2 on Snow Cloud 90 Mile Beach, an Ancient Kauri Kingdom Shopping Mall and fish for dinner and breakfast.

11/12/99 - 13/12/99 Gisborne/Hawkes Bay/Te Puke A rough old tourist trap, a sheep-tormenting boy, Kiwi Carts and secrets.

14/12/99 Paraparaumu Kiwifruit wine, rank-looking sausages and Denise Van Outen

15/12 - 18/12 1999 (Queen Charlotte Track) Losing breath on the Queen Charlotte Track, chocolate bugs and falling in the mud.

18/12-22/12/99 Various B&Bs Glow worms in gold mines, jacking off ostriches, numerous lupins and forbidding clouds.

23/12/99 Wanaka (Glendu Valley Camp Site) Heavy Metal Chills and Wanaka's Puzzling World.

25/12/99 Lake Tekapo Ricky Martin's libidinous hip-swivelling, fluorescent jigsaw puzzles and multicoloured lupins. Yes, it's Christmas in New Zealand.

27/12/99 Lake Tekapo Camp Site Norwegian Snoring Champions, little fluffy teddies and the Mount John Observatory.

28/12/99 Moeraki Camp Site French cricket and little blue penguins.

29/12/99 Depressed in Dunedin.

30/12/99 Addendum to previous emails.

30/12/99 Dunedin World's Steepest Street Official and Inspector Gadget.

31/12/99 Addendum part two.

1/1/00 (nr Mount Hutt/Methven) New Years Eve in New Zealand

Sunday 2/1/00 (Banks Penisula) Honeymoon Cottage and memories of youth.

Tuesday 4/1/00 (Christchurch Windsor Hotel) Adrian Mole and Wendy James. It's still raining...

Don't forget to check out Everett's Letters from the Far East