I left New Zealand mid-2003, bound for Istanbul and a new lif. After two years, a Belgian guy lured me into his world, deep in the heart of Europe. For a long time I was an in-process immigrant. One day we married. These days it's about photography, a little red wine and wandering ... and so the journey goes.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Why you should try never to fly into Wellington, New Zealand on a windy day
The sights seen in this collection are all common in windy Wellington ... Martin reminded me when he sent me a link to what makes him homesick for New Zealand.
Martin was saying he took flying lessons here. He assured me it's actually very very safe simply because the pilots know that it's difficult :)
Anyway guys, you can't let this put you off New Zealand. You can fly into Auckland (the warm big city up north) or Christchurch (our flat English city in the middle of the South Island (and where I fly in).
Oh sure, Di, you're blaming this on WIND but we all know that these planes are being piloted by some of the 50 drunken Santas that terrorized the theater goers, as reported on CNN.
Those Santa's were FBI v-grrrl, remember???? Or football hooligans from England ... no New Zealander would behave in that way. We're a good and pure race.
Rest assured Di - not all of these were from Wellington. :) One of the 747 ones was a famous one from Hong Kong. Although in saying that I've had some pretty hairy landings in Wellington. Still - no one lives forever right?
Wow!
ReplyDeleteStay here Di, flying back may kill you!
;-)
[I wonder why a French band accompanied this "never even consider trying to land in Wellington on a windy day" video]
I think I'll swim to New Zealand after seeing this.
ReplyDeleteMartin was saying he took flying lessons here. He assured me it's actually very very safe simply because the pilots know that it's difficult :)
ReplyDeleteAnyway guys, you can't let this put you off New Zealand. You can fly into Auckland (the warm big city up north) or Christchurch (our flat English city in the middle of the South Island (and where I fly in).
No worries ;)
Oh sure, Di, you're blaming this on WIND but we all know that these planes are being piloted by some of the 50 drunken Santas that terrorized the theater goers, as reported on CNN.
ReplyDeleteRemember: Friends don't let friends fly DRUNK--unless they're passengers. : )
Those Santa's were FBI v-grrrl, remember???? Or football hooligans from England ... no New Zealander would behave in that way. We're a good and pure race.
ReplyDeleteRest assured Di - not all of these were from Wellington. :) One of the 747 ones was a famous one from Hong Kong.
ReplyDeleteAlthough in saying that I've had some pretty hairy landings in Wellington. Still - no one lives forever right?
There was at least one I wondered about ... the sky seemed very polluted and it's not really something Wellington has, specially on a windy day :)
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