picton


It all went very well indeed, Nima managed to sell his car when we were catching a movie in the cinema. We watched 'a good year' starring Russell Crowe and thought it wasnt too bad a film...i particularly can relate to the story really well since i was working in the vineyard and hence did acquire some knowledge on wine producing...loved the countryside of France, loved the language, loved the soundtrack!! cant wait to practise my francais in France...

We also got a call from a woman who's keen to host our stay in Arapawa island in the marlborough sounds and we were psyched! so to celebrate on the glad tidings, we went dining in the local thai restaurant here and couple of hours later felt totally ripped off...alright, the Tom Yum was OK, not entirely authentic as the waitress kept insisting that the kiwis cant take it too hot, and the curry was way watered down...and we hafta pay $16 each for this meal...totally pissed the helloutta us...

It was an emotional moment when we hafta part with 'the goon', nima's car...we love the car to bits as we've been travelling around with it and it hasnt given us much problem at all...but it has to go, it was inevitable, he's leaving nz soon and so would i, lest i would have taken 'the goon'...

now we are officially handicapped again, and hafta rely on our foot to go places...at night, we invited some friends to our place for a lil' fellowship before we leave blenheim...we bought a few bottle of wines for everyone and had a very good evening indeed, playing 'shitheads' and exchanging contacts...

right now we are in picton where we will be catching a ferry to the island tomorrow for a few days of island retreat...

it's all good...



'A traveller has no fixed plans, and do not intent on arriving'
- Lau Tzu