Wellington, NZ

I finally took my camera into a repair shop today, and will later learn if they can fix it. I caught the sniffles this weekend in Wellington and have spent the past few days taking it easy (hard to believe, eh?), and trying to get well. I'm pushing on to the South once I hear how my camera is and collect it from the shop. I also learned that the theatre where I watched the premiere of Hitchhiker's Guide... was where the World premiere of The Lord of the Rings was held. Cool.

One of the other things I was hoping to do while in Wellington was meet up with Gemma and Rosie, whom I met in Raglan. I knew they were here somewhere but I didn't have their mobile number. However, yesterday I bumped into Gemma on the street and then we went to meet Rosie who was, as it turned out, in the laundry room of my hostel, do her wash while wearing her robe. The girls then told me to face the wall while they swapped the robe and stripped (evil, evil women, I hate being a gentleman sometimes). I also ran into Martin whom I'd met in River Valley while hanging out in the laundry room, so I've learned when in a strange city looking for people, remember to check the laundry room. Who'd have thunk it?