I saw seals napping, smiled when I saw a water fountain at the airport in NZ, and want to try this tent-on-top-of-car thing on my next adventure.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
inspiration for seals at the water fountain
I saw seals napping, smiled when I saw a water fountain at the airport in NZ, and want to try this tent-on-top-of-car thing on my next adventure.
Monday, January 19, 2009
one lane bridges have hot water
more pics...
one lane bridges; more boulders pretending to be dinosaur eggs; queenstown was a hopping place; mike likes his coffee; the mauri springs, where the hot water felt VERY nice.
island time has good food with a splash of Monteith’s
in the pics: NZ had very LARGE hedges. it would be quite a job to cut them; the food..mmmm..we had steak and potatos, with lots of onions and garlic (and I put left over pasta sauce on mine), and juicy, thick hamburgers. Mike says I mix all my food. I say it tastes better that way.
Ending…
I’m now on the flight back to Samoa. “We are five minutes early, which is unusual for island time.” Says one flight attendant. The announcer is Samoan, so this should be an interesting flight. ..about halfway through the flight he announced they were doing face painting. Back to the land of vailima and taro…
As I look down (from the plane) at the landscape I see the twisted road and remember closing my eyes when Mike drove around the corners in our campervan. I think one thing I want to do if I return is take on the corners in a smaller car—like a mini cooper or one of the corvettes I saw in NZ. That is, when I know how to drive a stick shift. A motorcycle would be fun too.
Three things I did not use at all: my Frisbee, yoga mat, and the lonely planet guide book. Don’t worry, when you get to NZ, and go the information office, you will be overwhelmed with
information. I wish we had more time to be in a place for more than one night. Two weeks for the south island felt rushed. I didn’t get to listen to any live music; we seemed to be too early, the concert series started the end of jan and February. This sounds down and dreary, but I had a good and I’m glad I went. Now I know exactly what I want to do if I go back to visit NZ again.It seems like such a short time in NZ but we managed to snap about 1100 pictures—ah the ease of a digital camera. Now time to delete the so-so, the bad, and the ugly pictures. Mike would probably say that would include all the pictures with my tongue sticking out...no no no. that’s what made the trip interesting...and I do that when I’m having a good time.
One of my goals in NZ was food related. I wanted to try some kumara fritters. I was told they’re not in season right now, so I settled for fish and chips—but they were good fish and chips, and I learned that in NZ the fish in F&C is usually shark meat. Not cod or halibut as I’m used to in the states. Cod bites come on the side. And the family we stayed with at the beginning and end of our trip though I was weird for putting old fries (the chips) and much cheese in the microwave. Oh, but melted cheese is so yu
mmy!!The strawberries and peaches I wanted to eat turned into peaches and cherries. The cherries were yummy; the peaches were bland. No wine cellar tasting, but we drank lots of good wine. Our last night in NZ we took our hosts out to a Mexican restaurant—I had no ulterior motive—really! The chicken enchilada was yummy yummy yummy. It could have used more cheese though. I had my tall glass of Guinness, but thought it was bland compared to the local black beer (Monteith’s) which was smooth with a kick.
I have to give three thumbs up to the web site called couchsurfing.com. I really liked our hosts in Christchurch. I want to use CS again for another trip. CS is a web site that allows you to find people willing to offer a couch (or bed) when you travel. A nice way to meet interesting people.
I rented a mountain bike for the whole trip. I wish mike was more of a biker. I thought it was a pretty good deal. And they customized it for me by switching the brakes, and adding bar ends and toe clips. I thought that was nice. I think they were the only place in CC that had bikes for rent and were open.
A bit of techtalk…
I bought a 500GB external harddrive in NZ. I thought it was pretty cool. I forgot that my laptop only has one USB port (and it’s not a faster 2.0 USB version—an older laptop, but it was given to me, so what can I say?). the external harddrive has two cables: one for data and power and one for power. I don’t’ know if both cables have to be plugged in, but when I plugged the data/power cable into my laptop I got a message saying “power surge on USB bus.” Then my computer shut down. I restarted and after booting and doing a disk check, a message appears on the desktop “system has recovered from a serious error.” Indeed. I have not tried plugging it in again.
dinosaur's sky eyes leave no footprint
in the pics: some lupin flowers and a river, and a mountain, hiding behind clouds; a fence, with fields, and more mtns in clouds; the deep, dark chasm, ready to suck you into the darkness...ha ha ha..
1/9
We visited the Moeraki boulders…look like dinosaur eggs ready to hatch.
1/10
PIC.. “the whole sky” pic
Ahhh…back to the city, and a dentist appointment for our mid-service check up. I passed, but was told I still brush my teeth too hard. And I should brush at a 45 degree angle in circles. Some Kiwi slang: supi = supermarket. Frock = dress.
I did write one poem..and forgot to read it to my friend:
The Whole Sky
Filling with clouds, the dark grey rolling kind.
Rain.
Green and the other colors come after.
Only a piece reflects
Blue ripples, soft or hard.
The whole sky,
So gigantic
The plane, pinhead floating through white puffs.
The whole sky
Filled by a bow or rains
All the colors glistening in soft arc.
The whole sky
Fills my eyes
And I see clearly for the first time
What it really means
To reflect love.
Nature does it so well.
--Matt Crichton
1/8/09
I went to NZ with a few things I wanted to buy: biking gloves: I got gardening gloves instead (retro style). I got a new helmet by defaultà the bike rental place required people to buy a helmet.
I found a replacement nose piece for my goggles. Now on their third replacement cycle.
The teachers at my school wanted chocolate. I got them some yummy Toblerone (comes in a triangular box).
I found some tennis balls. They are hard to find in Samoa, and I know two people in Samoa that want to play tennis.
Lots and lots of CDs—now I have to figure out what kind of project I can do with my computer students.
I had some extra NZ currency at the end of our trip and I wanted to buy a necklace…some jade. I didn’t because that seems expensive and thought I had lost two previous necklaces. Later I found one—the one with a piece of paua and jade ring. I’m not very good and wearing expensive things—e.g. watches, rings, necklaces. It was nice to wear it in NZ, but back to Samoa. I can’t wear it because I’m always too sweaty.
I found a large clam shell that I want to make into a necklace anyway. A lot cheaper and I’d rather make my own necklace.
I wanted to get some more paua shells, but I was not able to find the shell factory, or the beaches where they hide. That’s OK, because paua is a NZ thing, not a Samoa thing.
So to review, here are the three most memorable things I saw/did/ and ate in NZ:
DID: mountain biking with snow capped mountains; camping by a lake that looked onto Mt. Cook; Maruia hot springs (then jumping in the ice water pool…aka the Finnish experience.)
SAW: Milford sound, the chasm (how water can make such smooth rock shapes); Franz glacier.
ATE: fresh cherries; steak and potatoes (with onions and lots of garlic); triple decker sandwich (with bread, mustard, mayo, hummus, sliced meat, tomato, avocado, cucumber, cheese). Yum yum yum. Sorry enchilada, I missed the guacamole and sour cream on you, and could have used some more sauce from the cooked chicken…and more cheese.
I really liked this saying. And noticed that NZ tries really hard to keep things beautiful. Cool.
Toihu te whenua…leave the land undisturbed.
We visited the Moeraki boulders…look like dinosaur eggs ready to hatch.
1/10
PIC.. “the whole sky” pic
Ahhh…back to the city, and a dentist appointment for our mid-service check up. I passed, but was told I still brush my teeth too hard. And I should brush at a 45 degree angle in circles. Some Kiwi slang: supi = supermarket. Frock = dress.
I did write one poem..and forgot to read it to my friend:
The Whole Sky
Filling with clouds, the dark grey rolling kind.
Rain.
Green and the other colors come after.
Only a piece reflects
Blue ripples, soft or hard.
The whole sky,
So gigantic
The plane, pinhead floating through white puffs.
The whole sky
Filled by a bow or rains
All the colors glistening in soft arc.
The whole sky
Fills my eyes
And I see clearly for the first time
What it really means
To reflect love.
Nature does it so well.
--Matt Crichton
1/8/09
I went to NZ with a few things I wanted to buy: biking gloves: I got gardening gloves instead (retro style). I got a new helmet by defaultà the bike rental place required people to buy a helmet.
I found a replacement nose piece for my goggles. Now on their third replacement cycle.
The teachers at my school wanted chocolate. I got them some yummy Toblerone (comes in a triangular box).
I found some tennis balls. They are hard to find in Samoa, and I know two people in Samoa that want to play tennis.
Lots and lots of CDs—now I have to figure out what kind of project I can do with my computer students.
I had some extra NZ currency at the end of our trip and I wanted to buy a necklace…some jade. I didn’t because that seems expensive and thought I had lost two previous necklaces. Later I found one—the one with a piece of paua and jade ring. I’m not very good and wearing expensive things—e.g. watches, rings, necklaces. It was nice to wear it in NZ, but back to Samoa. I can’t wear it because I’m always too sweaty.
I found a large clam shell that I want to make into a necklace anyway. A lot cheaper and I’d rather make my own necklace.
I wanted to get some more paua shells, but I was not able to find the shell factory, or the beaches where they hide. That’s OK, because paua is a NZ thing, not a Samoa thing.
So to review, here are the three most memorable things I saw/did/ and ate in NZ:
DID: mountain biking with snow capped mountains; camping by a lake that looked onto Mt. Cook; Maruia hot springs (then jumping in the ice water pool…aka the Finnish experience.)
SAW: Milford sound, the chasm (how water can make such smooth rock shapes); Franz glacier.
ATE: fresh cherries; steak and potatoes (with onions and lots of garlic); triple decker sandwich (with bread, mustard, mayo, hummus, sliced meat, tomato, avocado, cucumber, cheese). Yum yum yum. Sorry enchilada, I missed the guacamole and sour cream on you, and could have used some more sauce from the cooked chicken…and more cheese.
I really liked this saying. And noticed that NZ tries really hard to keep things beautiful. Cool.
Toihu te whenua…leave the land undisturbed.
pottery's legend finds elegance
in the pics: it was HIGH season...lots of people wherever we went..many camper vans; first time I saw a "cattle stop" sign. we didn't get stopped by cattle, but by little white fluffy creatures (yeah..sheep); another picture of the beach
1/7
At mook Lake we met a man who creates pottery. He lives in Invercargill. So when we got there, we gave him a call to ask if we could park our camper van at his house. he was very cool. He uses three different kinds of clay for his pots, digs his own clay, or gets friends to deliver to him. He puts cumin seeds in his bread (very yummy). He said Europe is warming up and the malaria mosquito is getting to be a danger. He also makes rum pot with fruit in it…all I need now is a pot to make my own rum pot. I highly recommend it.
Well, there is a number 4 VERY IMPORTANT thing: get and use your bug “goop.” The sandflies will find you, craw up your skin and suck your yummy blood. You will not see them, but they will see you. Have I motivated you yet. Mike had many challenges with sandflies. I was wearing my long tights (because it was COLD) most of the time, so they didn’t bother me as much.
Today we zoomed to different tourist sites: the Bluff (supposedly) the southern most part of the main south isla
nd. Someone told me later it is not the most southerly point. I did have yummy fish and chips though. We drove to the petrified forest. Mike really liked the seaweed. The Cathedral Caves were a little disappointing. Just one cave with not much but rocks in it.
Here is a poem in Maori I copied from a sign at the Bluff:
Ko te taurapa o te waka te mauka.
Ko te ara a Kew ate moana.
Ka Moutere Titi te taoka.
Ko Kai Tahu te takata Whenua.
Tihe Mauri ora.
--Harawini Atawera
The sternpost of the canoe is the mountain
The pathway of Kewa is the sea.
The Titi Islands are the treasure.
The people are Kai Tahu.
I sneeze. I am alive.
Maori Legend
1/8
I didn’t escape from reading newspapers and things…I read an article about Obama in the Christchurch Press. Tuesday dec 30. “because of the reality of Obama…” I hope there are many changes because of the reality of Obama. There was another article about a town with a tourist attraction. “the minute you call something paradise, you can kiss it goodbye.” I saw that at some of the places we visited. Too many people is dangerous for paradise. And Israeli planes pounded into the Gaza strip for the third consecutive day…I find myself on the opposite of the end of the spectrum.
NZ reader’s Digest…context defines experience…dogs’ sense of smell known to smell cancers…good luck rarely commands attention like bad luck…sharing money is what gives it its value.(elvis)
“elegance is an attitude”
Small groups with very focused people (is better)
Every time you say the name you reinforce the brand. (from a Wired article about Microsoft)
“a way of working together” –rare connection
Lead (passion/ideas) people rather than manage (threats/ bureaucracy) them
“tribe of employees” connected to a common idea
If you have something to offer—if you have a story that gels with people and you can capitalize on the exposure, you’ll stick around.
1/7
At mook Lake we met a man who creates pottery. He lives in Invercargill. So when we got there, we gave him a call to ask if we could park our camper van at his house. he was very cool. He uses three different kinds of clay for his pots, digs his own clay, or gets friends to deliver to him. He puts cumin seeds in his bread (very yummy). He said Europe is warming up and the malaria mosquito is getting to be a danger. He also makes rum pot with fruit in it…all I need now is a pot to make my own rum pot. I highly recommend it.
Well, there is a number 4 VERY IMPORTANT thing: get and use your bug “goop.” The sandflies will find you, craw up your skin and suck your yummy blood. You will not see them, but they will see you. Have I motivated you yet. Mike had many challenges with sandflies. I was wearing my long tights (because it was COLD) most of the time, so they didn’t bother me as much.
Today we zoomed to different tourist sites: the Bluff (supposedly) the southern most part of the main south isla
nd. Someone told me later it is not the most southerly point. I did have yummy fish and chips though. We drove to the petrified forest. Mike really liked the seaweed. The Cathedral Caves were a little disappointing. Just one cave with not much but rocks in it.Here is a poem in Maori I copied from a sign at the Bluff:
Ko te taurapa o te waka te mauka.
Ko te ara a Kew ate moana.
Ka Moutere Titi te taoka.
Ko Kai Tahu te takata Whenua.
Tihe Mauri ora.
--Harawini Atawera
The sternpost of the canoe is the mountain
The pathway of Kewa is the sea.
The Titi Islands are the treasure.
The people are Kai Tahu.
I sneeze. I am alive.
Maori Legend
1/8
I didn’t escape from reading newspapers and things…I read an article about Obama in the Christchurch Press. Tuesday dec 30. “because of the reality of Obama…” I hope there are many changes because of the reality of Obama. There was another article about a town with a tourist attraction. “the minute you call something paradise, you can kiss it goodbye.” I saw that at some of the places we visited. Too many people is dangerous for paradise. And Israeli planes pounded into the Gaza strip for the third consecutive day…I find myself on the opposite of the end of the spectrum.
NZ reader’s Digest…context defines experience…dogs’ sense of smell known to smell cancers…good luck rarely commands attention like bad luck…sharing money is what gives it its value.(elvis)
“elegance is an attitude”
Small groups with very focused people (is better)
Every time you say the name you reinforce the brand. (from a Wired article about Microsoft)
“a way of working together” –rare connection
Lead (passion/ideas) people rather than manage (threats/ bureaucracy) them
“tribe of employees” connected to a common idea
If you have something to offer—if you have a story that gels with people and you can capitalize on the exposure, you’ll stick around.
bike's ride on the cruise with people
in the pics: a shot from up high during the epic bike ride; from the boat in Milford sound during our cruise; anna and mike
1/3
Bike ride; mook Lake; it’s hard to see the sign for the loop when you’re eye’s are on the other road going down the hill. Getting lostà where does that road go? It doesn’t seem to be on the map. I looked at three different maps and I swear the road we (I met up with another biker about 1/3 of the way through the ride) were on was not on the map. …hmmmm…any help google earth? Well I guess if I had a house WAY back in the mountains I wouldn’t want me on the map either. The other guy said Shania Twaine lived back in those mountains somewhere. On our way back, after figuring out that were not on a loop, the other guy stopped at one of the houses, I was a ways back (being very tired) and heart dogs barking, and then I saw him shoot out of the road and down the hill on his bike, he never stopped, and I didn’t get to ask him what the people (if there were any people) said to him. He thought maybe they would give us a lift back to the lake, or town. I guess not.
1/4
We rode with three different people during our trip. Two hitchhikers we saw on the road, and my friend who had come to Samoa for a school project. One girl was from Canada, going all around NZ, and then to Asia I think. Another guy was from Germany. He seemed very negative about his country. I’ve met another German who didn’t like their country. What is wrong with Germany. He said there is not much nature like in NZ. Anna lives in NZ and was our tour guide for a part of the trip.
1/5
Today we drove around the twisty, windy roads, through the dark rocky tunnel down to Milford sound. We went on a cruise. It was nice, cold, damp, wet. It was a good cruise. I just wish the sun was out. But hot tea is nice. I met a guy named Robert who makes drum and bass music. I’m a drummer, so I was interested. He said we just missed a huge drum and bass conce
rt in Nelson, which was in the northern part of NZ, where we didn’t go, where there is also a big yoga community. So if you’re into that kind of music, check out robert’s web site.Link to his site
www.myspace.com/logicalsounddestruction
new year's changing faster landscapes
in the pics: the bike I rented for the two weeks; and to shots of our camper van..sorry no pics of the inside. they were blurry for some reason...but just to say we had a stove, and sink, microwave, and places to sleep,,,and a table we could set up...and a toilet and shower (which we didn't use).
12/31
New years eve. We got some fagu malosi, and then found a nice beach side camp site. So had about 10 other families. Which was how it was going to be for the entire trip—lots of people all around us. The beach had a cool wind blowing—reminded me of the Oregon coast beach, with the mist from the ocean waves. About midnight we were seren
aded by accordions from next door. We’ll toast to that. Hot chocolate and baileys is very good.I noticed that my heels were cracking; one was very painful. It was very cold, no humidity like Samoa. So I bought some lotion. All was good then, and long as I put it on after every shower.
1/1
One thing that impressed me was how fast you could get to different landscapes in NZ. Today I was at the beach, at a glacier, and then running around a lake. Oh, and I biked a section of the NZ road. A short stretch between the two glaciers that went up and up and up, then down down down and back up again. And some more down.
We were at a motor park during the night, at most motor parks we had a power hook up, so we could charge the laptop, cell phones, use our space heater, and mak
e melted cheese in the microwave.Because we were going through mountains, the radio stations did not stay with us for very long. I wished we had more music, ie. Some good CDs. #3 VERY IMPORTANT: bring some CDs if you want to listen to music during your car rides.
beginning the first step..yeah..getting lost
in the pics: ahhh a map and city, we got lost; mike says i like to stick out my tongue too much, maybe I have maori blood in me; the cherries were yummy;)
12/29
We didn’t do much planning before we got to NZ. Looking back, I would try and do more planning, to pick at least two or three things I want to do and get the info and/or book a reservation. That is the first VERY IMPORTANT thing to remember if you go to NZ, or anywhere I guess. December/January is the HIGH SEASON. There were lots of people. We didn’t get to swim with dolphins because we called the morning we wanted to go, and
that doesn’t work.
Getting our camper van was an adventure. We were supposed to meet a man at the airport who would take us to the rental place. We waited for him about an hour before he found us, saying he was waiting in a different part of the Christchurch airport. He did buy us a coffee, that was nice. We went to the campervan place and first they didn’t have one ready, and then it was only a van with manual transmission. Yeah…I don’t drive manual transmission. The man was actually someone who only finds transportation for tourists it seems. He didn’t actually own the company.
So we had our van, but we got lost in the city, because I was the navigator, and I was not used to the “big” city, after coming from the back villages of Samoa. It was a rocky start to our vacation. ..not as smooth as it could have been. We decided to zoom west across the island (via springs junction road) because we heard that the bad weather would be on the west coast soon, and the bad weather usually hits the west coast first and often, so if would could get a little decent weather it was worth a try. We went down the west coast, hitting Greymouth, Haast Village, Queenstown, Te Anau, up to Milford Sound (cool waterfalls), down to Invercargill. We didn’t go to Stewart island because we didn’t think we’d have enough time. We headed east and then up to Dunedin. We went back up north inland, getting as close to Mt. Cook as the bottom of Lake Pukaki, but a very nice view of the mountain in the morning when the clouds had cleared. After that, it was a pretty straight shot through Geraldine back to Christchurch. Our last full day we went to Akaroa, a quaint (there were a lot of quaint little towns) town where people with a lot of money go. I met a man who gave me a cup of tea, told me about the history of Akaroa, and said that global warming is just a spoof, a hoax to get us riled up. I had to disagree with him, but he seemed very atimate (how do you spell that…spell checking is not helping me)…
We stayed at our couch surfing house that night. We drank wine and ate cheese until late. The next morning I went for a walk, by a creek, in the tall green grass. Sitting by the water was nice. I felt I had finally arrived. The people we stayed with had built their house from a lot of different types of recycled wood. Mike was most interested in it, and I took some pictures. They had cool stained glass.
I was jolted when I looked in the newspaper and saw that the UV index in Christchurch is EXTREME. I learned there is a big hole in the ozone layer right over NZ. …so it that why so many people who live there are white (or have I just been living in Samoa too long?) staying out of the sun, it did feel strong when I was out in it. I didn’t get any bad burns. I guess I was good with the sunblock.
Yeah for \Save Mart. It’s where you go if you need to get cheap clothes. We needed to get some colder weather clothing. Since we came from sunny Samoa, it was a bit of a shock to feel the cold. Actually, I really like the cool wind blowing on my face. So the second of three VERY IMPORTANT things to remember if you go to NZ: prepare for any type of weather: hot, windy, cold, rainy, we didn’t get into any snow though.
The hot showers were very nice. Broadband internet is much faster than dial up;) I had fun trying to fix my credit card issue; I had not used it in a long time, so they gave me a new number, and sent me a new card, without letting me know…I guess an email would have been good. Luckily, the agent on the phone said I could use it for the time while I was in NZ. So I did have to use the phone, the internet would not suffice. I’m hoping that it really was a collect call.
We didn’t do much planning before we got to NZ. Looking back, I would try and do more planning, to pick at least two or three things I want to do and get the info and/or book a reservation. That is the first VERY IMPORTANT thing to remember if you go to NZ, or anywhere I guess. December/January is the HIGH SEASON. There were lots of people. We didn’t get to swim with dolphins because we called the morning we wanted to go, and
that doesn’t work.Getting our camper van was an adventure. We were supposed to meet a man at the airport who would take us to the rental place. We waited for him about an hour before he found us, saying he was waiting in a different part of the Christchurch airport. He did buy us a coffee, that was nice. We went to the campervan place and first they didn’t have one ready, and then it was only a van with manual transmission. Yeah…I don’t drive manual transmission. The man was actually someone who only finds transportation for tourists it seems. He didn’t actually own the company.
So we had our van, but we got lost in the city, because I was the navigator, and I was not used to the “big” city, after coming from the back villages of Samoa. It was a rocky start to our vacation. ..not as smooth as it could have been. We decided to zoom west across the island (via springs junction road) because we heard that the bad weather would be on the west coast soon, and the bad weather usually hits the west coast first and often, so if would could get a little decent weather it was worth a try. We went down the west coast, hitting Greymouth, Haast Village, Queenstown, Te Anau, up to Milford Sound (cool waterfalls), down to Invercargill. We didn’t go to Stewart island because we didn’t think we’d have enough time. We headed east and then up to Dunedin. We went back up north inland, getting as close to Mt. Cook as the bottom of Lake Pukaki, but a very nice view of the mountain in the morning when the clouds had cleared. After that, it was a pretty straight shot through Geraldine back to Christchurch. Our last full day we went to Akaroa, a quaint (there were a lot of quaint little towns) town where people with a lot of money go. I met a man who gave me a cup of tea, told me about the history of Akaroa, and said that global warming is just a spoof, a hoax to get us riled up. I had to disagree with him, but he seemed very atimate (how do you spell that…spell checking is not helping me)…
We stayed at our couch surfing house that night. We drank wine and ate cheese until late. The next morning I went for a walk, by a creek, in the tall green grass. Sitting by the water was nice. I felt I had finally arrived. The people we stayed with had built their house from a lot of different types of recycled wood. Mike was most interested in it, and I took some pictures. They had cool stained glass.
I was jolted when I looked in the newspaper and saw that the UV index in Christchurch is EXTREME. I learned there is a big hole in the ozone layer right over NZ. …so it that why so many people who live there are white (or have I just been living in Samoa too long?) staying out of the sun, it did feel strong when I was out in it. I didn’t get any bad burns. I guess I was good with the sunblock.
Yeah for \Save Mart. It’s where you go if you need to get cheap clothes. We needed to get some colder weather clothing. Since we came from sunny Samoa, it was a bit of a shock to feel the cold. Actually, I really like the cool wind blowing on my face. So the second of three VERY IMPORTANT things to remember if you go to NZ: prepare for any type of weather: hot, windy, cold, rainy, we didn’t get into any snow though.
The hot showers were very nice. Broadband internet is much faster than dial up;) I had fun trying to fix my credit card issue; I had not used it in a long time, so they gave me a new number, and sent me a new card, without letting me know…I guess an email would have been good. Luckily, the agent on the phone said I could use it for the time while I was in NZ. So I did have to use the phone, the internet would not suffice. I’m hoping that it really was a collect call.
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