hello everyone!

thought i'd get the ball rolling and start this thread!  seems to me that this message board could be used a lot more!

well our fantastic journey has ended, and i would like to take this oppertunity to thank Kathy and Fil for their wonderful company...wish i could turhn the clock back and do it all over again....oh hang on! i could! stuff work! (maybe not! ;-)  )

well seeing as i'm on one of these exp[ensice internet cafe machines, i'm not going to list all the exciting and funny time we had together right now, but hope you will all join in the fun, and keep those memorys alive by using this forum....

....so, when's the reunion?

oh, and if you can't work out who i am, by the fancy little picture i have of myself!! it's niki!! but you can call me frenchy

x

so, here is a link to that mad mathematition/knitting fanatic's website

maybe you can regenerate some of the brain cells we've lost by trying out some puzzles! ;-)

http://www.1066.co.nz/

and the shotover jet photos are here (hopefully)

http://www.rapidimage.net/media/mediaBrowse.php?page_index=8

So Liz said I should post the poem i wrote about the trip (although i don't know if it's worthy enough to call a poem) and since she is such a good dancer and has such a lovely accent, I'm going to listen to her advice:


I will never forget Phil's driving,
His precision like a surgeon,
Or that extraordinary rendition
Of Madonna's Like a Virgin.

I will never forget Rotorua
and the taste of their sulfer water,
Or Kathy's birthday outfit,
She couldn't have been any hotter.

I will never forget the pirates
Who stole me precious shoe, Arrrrrrrrrrrr!
Or the shy ones who danced their hearts out
In the local barrrrrrrrrrrs!

I will never forget Peter
Proposing to Toni on our last night,
Or the fat, blinded Kiwi bird
That nearly died from fright.

I will never forget jumping from a plane
Or walking on a river of ice,
Or the ancient forests backed by mountains
In a breathtaking paradise.

I will never forget the time we had,
A new beginning, not the end.
I will never forget the dear friends i found,
In a place called New Zealand.


- Colin

thats beautiful baby! just beautiful....

you smoothie!!!! damn right too, about time someone listened to me!

Its a year gone by now guys!!  so happy to still be in touch with so many of you!!

xxx