Diary January 2001 & Images
Napier
Monday 15th January.
 A very comfortable room and a good hospitality. I had to rearrange my accommodation for the 17th as I wanted to include a dive while on the Northern Island. |
 After spending some time on the telephone it was at 1145 that I finally was able to leave Wellington. I didn't have time to explore the capital city but these are views |
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Napier is very much Art Deco city |
with beautifully structured buildings |
that stood out well against the blue skies |
painted in pastel colours |
with much attention to detail |
it is like taking a trip through |
a beautiful dream. |
I espied these gentleman |
and went to take a closer look at the custom car. |
for those of you interested in the functional parts |
and those interested in the instrument panel |
The told me he'd built the car and this was the first time he'd taken it into the town to test it. |
A short wander by the seaside |
led me to this grey beach |
and here I met a fellow traveller who told me he'd spent the night sleeping under the stars. |
On leaving the beach I encountered this couple being chased by a photographer. On inquiring I found out that they had |
just got married this they afternoon. I watched a photographer said that the shots |
then asked if I too might have a few shots of the happy couple. |
Napier is a very beautiful place and I would intelligent anyone to wander round and enjoyed the beautiful streets. |
cool drinks in the evening sunshine |
I popped into one gallery and found that this was the most interesting exhibition of the lot. |
then continued walking around until I felt the need to eat |
.Valentino's restaurant looked pretty spectacular from the outside |
and when I went in and saw the buffet there was no way I could stay of my hunger any longer and decided to dine here. |
I eventually found my lodging for the night at Anleigh
Heights 115 Chaucer Rd Nth.
It was 2300 and I was standing on the balcony outside my bedroom. I
had put together a spliff which, thanks to Toby, I was enjoying very
much. I was really feeling good. The night was still save for the sounds
of the town beneath me and some birds or animals in the trees and bushes
around and behind. The bay was almost a complete circle of lights encompassing
the harbour.
There were the orange street lights circling the edge of the water like
a left bracket, there were the yellow lights from the houses in no particular
pattern save that imposed by the curvature of the water's edge and from
the goods yard at the railway station came a pattern of greenish-yellow
fluorescent light.
As I listened II heard the sounds of the goods wagons clanking together
as they shunted around the station at the waterfront. There were blasts
from the sirens of a ship or a boat and the occasional drone of a motor
car. These mingled with the natural sounds from the local area were
soothing and relaxing after my long day's drive.
I looked up and saw the stars in the sky but of course being in this
Hemisphere found none that I readily recognised so I went to bed at
0100. Next morning there was little cloud and blue skies again.
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