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Off-topic TalkWhere overpaid, underworked S2000 owners waste the worst part of their days before the drive home. This forum is for general chit chat and discussions not covered by the other off-topic forums.
For the crazier people, this is the cliff bungee at Waikato River
There's also Waitomo black water rafting, which is underground riding a rubber ring through a cave. Freaky and fun! ^_^
That, in short, is home to me ^__^ If you go, there are *AWESOME* hiking areas, no overly deadly, predatory land creatures, superb brown sand, white sand and black rock beaches, and Wellington, Auckland, Rotarua and Christchurch are the big touristy places.
Things to watch out for: sand flies, sand flies and, of course, sand flies. They are nasty bloodsucking lil bastards, but you get used to them after a while ^__^
(I went back to New Zealand for a while when I was like 12 or 13 with the family. Lovely place. Not much culture (why do you think they started to throw themselves off bridges attached only by a big elastic? ) unless you get to the Maori tourist places and visit some of the Polynesian style little places along the south island coast.
hey wantone, do you happen to have any more information on the specific pictures of the maldives that you posted? i was looking online and i found a bunch of different areas and hotels/accomodations. could you post a website with more info? thanks in advance.
I haven't been able to find the exact hotel name. I do however believe it's part of the Amanpuri group. Check out http://www.amanpuri.com they've got a host of locations. Two years ago, my family and I visited their Bali location. Absolute blast. You get your own ungalow and 2 servants who massage you as many times as you like and will cook anything from Western/Asian/Latin! You get VIP service all the way! Check it out...
that's awesome, wantone! thanks for the quick response. my family is trying to take a vacation somewhere this summer and i'm going to try and push for the maldives! we've been looking into punta cana so i don't know if i'll be able to persuade everyone into the maldives for this year.
Why would a place like this need a plasma screen showing what you can see if you just look out the window? Maybe perhapse the display on the plasma screen would be useful after dark!
) unless you get to the Maori tourist places and visit some of the Polynesian style little places along the south island coast.
Why would a place like this need a plasma screen showing what you can see if you just look out the window? 
