26 August 2009

Wanganui - A Fran(k)zi view. 26th July-3rd August

I parted yet again from Dalia & Nigel - I meet them up again - and I headed back to Wanganui. To hang out with Franziska. On the first Wanganui post, a Miss Flat White commented - why miss Flat White? thats another story - that the Whanganui river is not the longest river in NZ but is only the 2nd longest river on the North Island. As Miss Flat White did not bother to tell us which is the longest, I am now flipping through the Lonely Planet to find out... And the longest is the Waikato River. On the North island.

This time in Wanganui? well, spent time in the Big Orange Coffee Shop, cooked, went to the Big Orange Coffee Shop, walked, went to the Big Orange Coffee Shop, had thai, went to the Big Orange Coffee Shop, watched the Flight of the Conchords, learnt how to properly fold sheet, went to the Big Orange Coffee Shop - uhmmm... yes a lot of time was spent at the Big Orange. They had free WiFi, And more importantly, they made a bloody good hot latte. Noice! The Video Post was from the Big orange- it may be time I do another one?!!

I planned this to be a short post. text wise anyway. A lot of photos were taken. A lot in the Big Orange, I mean a lot, the hostel, the lake. Mostly by Franzi. About 870 photos. Yup! Not one photo of the River!!


So, for the first time since India/Nepal, the photos are from somebody else viewpoint, Franzi's view to be precise. I am sorry for the title, a pun was intended - does it work? only you can judge - And yes mum, a lot of photos of me.

In a first, and because I could not decide which of the 120 photos of my first selection to post, I decided to post them all. You lot can decide. Same same but different.

Franzi - Happy Birthday by the way - take it away...































7 comments:

Anonymous said...

i think you forgot to mention the cakes, ...a lot of cakes.. & birds! ..lots of birds...
:-)

Anonymous said...

Wow Dan you must be having really a great time...and we are enjoying all the new pictures and posts...enjoying them so much that i cannot find the time to leave any comments!

wish i was there...

Rosi

c said...

Great photos of you Dan! You look happy. What do you think of "lolly cake" a bit too sweet and stoggy for my liking, like all the kiwi-style cakes are.

Big Orange cafe, well Dan, well done for getting away from that "other" place! Glad it seemed to provide all you need in a cafe.

And who's the dog? Hostel dog? Very lovely looking dog.

When are you coming to Dunedin again?

Hugs,
Claire x x

Claire said...

And the title is good. I think.

Lena said...

Great photos Franzi and particularly good ones of you Mr Whyman... however, I'm sorry to say that there's absolutely no excuse for those sunglasses.
I hope the coffee shop are giving you lattes for the free advertising.

Lena said...

Forgot to say that I wept nostalgic tears at the sight of Lollycake!

Franziska said...

*laugh* hilarious!
you really took some of the worse pics.. oh dear!

;-) see you soon! for more pics ;-)