I'm not generally the sort of person to make wild & outragous over-exagerations, but I think that this entry may qualify as an exception. The Coromandel region in New Zealand is probably the most beautiful place in the world. But more on that later. We spent Christmas with our good friends Dom, Jen & Jordan. We had a fairly traditional christmas - a nice roast dinner, movie and presents. Very pleasent evening was had, and we were all nicely full by the end of it. Jen's mince pies were remarkably good :) The following morning, Jacqui and I went north. It was our other good friend Dave's (60th!) birthday on the 27th, but since he lives in Auckland, we decided to head a day before so that we'd be freah enough to wish him many happy returns without collapsing in exhaustion. As always the drive north is outstandingly beautiful, but long (9 fekking hours!). The views of the mountains along the desert road are breathtaking, even after seeing them so many tim
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