“Ladies and Gentleman we have been given clearance to go ahead and make our decent in to Wellington.” APPLAUSE
God New Zealand is beautiful. Everywhere you look is an amazing view. A sunset. A seascape. A gorgeous hillside or mountain. We tried three times to land in Wellington but couldn’t get in because of the fog so on our second night stranded in Aukland, 8 of us decided to go to Zeno’s beach house instead of the airport accomodations. Zeno has property on the coast with three houses on it and a private beach with caves. We spent the night, had some awesome thai food and spent the day at the beach. I got my first New Zealand sunburn. It sucks that these people hardly pollute and yet they have no ozone. This place is so decadent. We are all like kids in a candy store. “a washing machine! a grocery store! cheese!” It’s nice to be in a place like this but I do miss India. I really fell in love with India. Especially cuz on one of our last nights we went to the anniversary party of the couple we met in Mumbai. It was the swankiest thing I’ve ever seen. The owner of the champagne we brought was AT the party. A monument to the inequalities of wealth in India. And the worst part about leaving India was leaving Smitu and Saachi, my two professors. They are the sweetest and most brilliant men ever. I’ve never had such an awesome relationship with a teacher before. They took such good care of us and were so willing to make anything we wanted possible. They also sang and did Kareoke (sp?) at our end-of-India party. “I wanna hold your hand” in a thick Indian accent. Glorious. New Zealand is wild and awesome. I’m so excited for all the things I’m going to see. Especially since one of them is Mom! Plenty more to say but I’m tired and jet lagged.
There was an address change so here is the new one. Go go go!
IHP c/o Peter Horsely
P.O. Box 41552
Aukland 1030, New Zealand
By the way…time difference is 19 hours. That is a lot of math to figure out the time at home. I know you all don’t believe it but I really do learn stuff on this trip. But who really wants to read about that? Mon…anywhere you want to stay will be awesome. Mandalay Bay or the Venetian seem pretty sweet though. Or maybe somethig crazier like Hard Rock. I trust your judgment. I love you all so much!!!! I’m getting scared that I’m gonna have to come home in May and try and begin to talk about this trip. Gah.
Huggies,
Nandie Bee
Andie!
well I finally have a letter in the mail to you! I’m glad you posted the new address because I was about to send the letter to the wrong address! So much has happened since you have been gone, there is just too much to type, so I’m hoping that the letter will explain most of it. I’m also hoping that your home stay doesn’t flood this time so that you can get the chance to read it ;o). I hope your having a great time and I’m sure seeing your mom will be fabulous. Continue having a fabulous time! Love you,
Erica N.
By the way do I put your name at the top or just put the address as is? -Erica
name at top
Hey Booger, just wanted to let you know I was thinking about you. Hope you are having fun in New Zealand. Damn, Im jealous!!!! Hope everything is going well. Let me know if you got my card!! Love you, J
Well, less than two weeks and I will be able to hug my kid! So, just a quick note to let you know that you are on my mind every day. Also, I’ve been hearing that there is a growing problem with bed bugs in Australia, so it only figures that they have jumped to New Zealand. Therefore, I must now caution you to watch out for monkeys, mad cows, chickens, tarantulas, goat eating dogs, Roosters, old hippies and bed bugs!!
Love you Nandie Bee
Mom
Yo sis, in case you haven’t been told this yet by any New Zealand natives, and I doubt you would, Happy Valentines Day. Hope youre having a great one!!!! Have fun with mom, wink wink. Love ya, J
Hey B! Got your postcard! It looks beautiful there! Well, just wanted to say Happy Valentine’s Day! Love you!!!!