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A Japanese Journey
In September Blink and I will be off to Japan for eight nights. Hopefully some of the information here will be useful to others planning a trip to Japan.
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Bacon, capsicum and chilli spaghetti
Set the spaghetti cooking in a pot of boiling water. Finely cut the garlic, parsley and the chillis. Slice the capsicum and dice the bacon. Fry the bacon, then set aside. Drain the pot, the heat the oil on medium and gently fry the garlic, chilli and capsicum. Once the capsicum is soft remove it…
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Christchurch to Franz Joseph Glacier
Our flight from Sydney was late arriving in at Christchurch and, due to understaffing, it took us an hour to organise the car hire. We did manage to hire a Vodafone SIM card for the mobile phone from the desk at the airport. It was quite late by the time we exited the airport. We…
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A Week in New Zealand’s South
At the beginning of 2003 we wanted an overseas holiday. The main problem was that most other places in the world are far away for Australians and quite expensive. One place is not so distant, not so expensive to travel to and somewhere that is truly worth a visit. And after watching the first two…
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Web news test page 1
I want this to be a page under the newsletter front page.
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Watch out Kung Fu master, here come the dancing girls!
Celebrities have been wearing chong-sams for a while now, Jackie Chan has broken into Hollywood, kung-fu and wire harness fights are all the rage on the big screen and the homeware stores are full of items decorated with Chinese inscriptions. It must be time for a new fashion trend! After hearing a couple of remixes…