Cascading Waterfall

So do I. In fact I prefer them to the plain salted peanuts.

Malta.

What's the landmarks in your countries? Lighthouse at Cape Reinga, New Zealand.

Kenya.

India.

Kaitaia, New Zealand.

I wanted to show people what a great city Auckland is and it's my favourite city in NZ. Auckland's attractions are Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World, Rainbow's End Theme Park, Rangitoto Island, Waiheke Island, Devonport, the Zoo, MOTAT (Museum Of Transport And Technology), the Whale and Dolphin Safari and many more.

I wanted to show people what a great city Auckland is and it's my favourite city in NZ.

Auckland by day: And by night: Auckland is New Zealand's largest city and it's known as The City Of Sails because it lies across two harbours and it has a lot of water sport. The tower is called the Sky Tower. Auckland is my favourite holiday destination here and I'm going there for just over a week in November. The Gold Coast is my favourite holiday destination in Australia.

I get the images off these sites. http://icanhascheezburger.com http://dogs.icanhascheezburger.com http://justcapshunz.icanhascheezburger.com http://www.shipmentoffail.com http://engrishfunny.failblog.org http://failblog.org

New Zealand winters are quite mild, but this year, it's been severe.

Kapiti hasn't had anymore snow since Monday. The previous time we had snow here was in June 1976.

Snow on the hills. The bottom photo has sunlight shining on the snow.

I've been to Germany on my own to visit family. Nearly two years ago, I went on my own to Auckland and in November I'm again going alone.

Some of the Kapiti snow today. We don't usually get snow on the Kapiti Coast. I took these photos from my house.

Today I bought some little shorts to send to my cousin and his wife for the baby they're expecting.

I recently bought a pair of summer trousers from The Warehouse. (A New Zealand department store).

That crepe with strawberries and Nutella sure looks good.

Today I was thinking I hope that ice cream company doesn't try to make gelato or sorbet out of cockroaches. That would be gross too.

Yeah it does indeed sound gross.

Cicada ice cream seller told to cool it: A public health official in central Missouri has asked an ice cream shop to cool it with the cicada ice cream, even though customers apparently can't get enough of it. Sparky's Homemade Ice Cream in Columbia, Missouri, sold out of its only batch of the insect-filled dessert within hours of its June 1 debut. The Columbia-Missourian says employees collected the cicadas in their backyards and removed most of the dead bugs' wings. They then boiled the bugs and covered them in brown sugar and milk chocolate. The base ice cream is brown sugar and butter flavour. Gerry Worley, an environmental health chief with the Columbia County Department of Public Health, says the agency's food code "doesn't directly address cicadas" and that he has advised against their use as an ingredient. SOLD OUT: A cicada ice cream made in Missouri has quickly sold out but the maker has been told not to make any more by health authorities. http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/5113796/Cicada-ice-cream-seller-told-to-cool-it

Eight-legged surprise puts customer right off his pizza: A Domino's customer dubbed his takeaway the "Pizza of Death" after finding a poisonous white-tailed spider hiding in the box. The Palmerston North man said his brother found the spider under the fold of the box after eating a slice of Meatlovers. "My guess is it probably came out of the (delivery) guy's car," said the 25-year-old, who asked not to be named. "It had a big white tail ... for all I know it could have been walking all over it, but no-one was hurt and that's the main thing I suppose." The man named the company on a Trade Me forum this week under the heading "Dominos Pizza of Death". He complained to management at the Pioneer Highway store, who immediately sent a staff member to collect the spider. "I said 'how the hell is the person going to bring it back?' "But I found an old coffee jar and put it in that. "They came straight away, they were good about it. They gave my money back ($28), and I didn't want a replacement, but they offered me one." Domino's New Zealand general manager Josh Kilimnik said the customer got an apology, a refund and a free pizza. He said the spider would be sent for testing to see if it had gone through the pizza ovens. "It's very rare for us to see this in any store but we do take it seriously. We have to follow procedure because we are an international brand and our customers expect that." Kilimnik said delivery cars were inspected at the start of "most shifts". "When this becomes a food-carrying device we need to make sure it's 100 per cent up to scratch and if it's not then that person can no longer deliver a pizza. It's that strict, it's just got to be." Domino's had previously received a complaint from the same customer, but Kilimnik would not say what it was about. There have been many reports of people who claim to have suffered severe reactions to bites from white-tailed spiders. But experts said there was no scientific evidence to support the theory. "You will feel the bite, get a red pinprick mark and it goes away in a few days," said arachnologist Grace Hall. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10728763 From the New Zealand Herald:

This is New Zealand's Katipo spider. The Katipo spider is similar to the Australian redback.

I've been asked about what the best part of the trip was. but I think it was all good.