In the evening Adrian and Rian proposed to visit the Pizza Barn in Waipu. This is the best pizza place on the entire north island. To be honest i can really recommend the pizza's and certainly the pizza desert. Which is to say the least just incredible.
In the evening the biggest boxing fight of the century (at least in new zealand) was on. Adriaan was invited to watch the match at his neighbour Bruce. So we went there in the evening and prior to the main fight a number of smaller fights were shown. Besides that we also watched parts of the cricket match between the UK and Australia.
When the main fight started everyone placed bets. And since i did not know anything about both boxers (David Tua (already retired) and Shane Cameron (the new guy) John gave me some pointers, so i placed my bet on David Tua.
After a little bit more than 1 round David Tua won the fight by a Mike Tyson style knock out. Actually the fight should have been ended already at the end of the first round. Shane Cameron did not stand a chance so his profesional career is most likely over. I guess you could call David Tuayson. Anyway due to this quick victory the end result proposed by John was among the winning results, so i won 28 dollars.
The next morning we discovered that I was missing my car keys (i drank only 3 beers). Luckily they were found at bruces around lunch time. Prior to leaving is was even allowed to feed little Keagan for a couple of minutes. Guess what feeding a baby for the first time that was really special. Apparantly i looked quite worried, but then again how often does it occur that you can feed such a little beautiful baby. After saying goodbye to Vaughn (Adriaans son) and both Adriaan and Rinda I left for Auckland, to extend the rent of the car which went fine.
A navigation device is really usefull so i am using my Garmin for car navigation purposes now. I did extend the rent of the car untill mid december at a favourable rate. And after quite a long drive (from Ruakaka via Auckland to Thames) i am happy to arrive just in time at the local backpackers. Tomorrow I will start my visit of the Coromandel Peninsula.
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For somebody who was in doubt he would want to right a blog, you are doing quite well! ;)
ReplyDeletegr. Katia
Hey Katia, actually writing a blog is quite a lot of fun. But i guess you already knew that ;-). BTW new zealand is amazing but that is no news to you either. So how is life and how is you project @ Philips?
ReplyDeleteLife is good, but the weather is bad here as usual!
ReplyDeleteProjects are going on one day, and the next day it's on hold again ! As you know, there is no dull moment here! :)
Glad you're enjoying NZ! I'm surely enjoying your stories and remembering the great time I had there too! I think I have to plan a trip back! ;)