Festival of Lights in Pukekura Park

(All photos taken by Maya Patel, unless marked otherwise)
We stopped by, listened to some live Kiwi music, and observed the colourful lights.

Photo by Kahvi

 The size of the park made for better exploration, but confusing when trying to find your way home...

Photo by Kahvi

Photo by Kahvi

We came across a sleeping giant, complete with snoring sounds!!

Black light made these mobiles (and our clothes) light up!

Explanation for Tish's constant movement: ice cream.

These jellyfish are quite beautiful, but good thing they weren't real ones!

Rowboats? More like glowboats...

Kiwi Qwirks

 Top 3 Kiwi challenges:

Each socket has a switch!

1. Driving on the left.
2. Understanding the letter 'e' in words like fresh, net, let, get - sounds like freesh, neet, leet, geet. "Would you like that toasted or freesh?"
3. Remembering to apply sunscreen.

Switches: Down is on, up is off!

Off!

Milk: Standard, Lite, Extra Lite (no 2%)

Driving: Wrong side!

Cars last a while. (D'accord Dupond et Dupond?)

Wildlife: Birds rule! (no mammals until the europeans came)

Strange languages.

No mincing words.

Climbing in Wellington - at Ferg's

Kahvi: Stretch!

Tish: Master of the Wall

Maya: Check out those muscles!

Almost there!

January 8-11: We Love Wellington

Beautiful vistas, warm sun, cooling breezes, excellent food, superb coffee, invigorating walks, and lots to do!

View from out apartment

The cable car is good for tired legs!

Rupa loves to walk!

Gorgeous revitalized waterfront

The amazing Te Papa Museum

A cool tourist

Our navigator

Art

"Do we really have to pose?"

The walk into town

I could get used to this

Down, down ...

... down ...

... into the city

Cool ...

... calm ...

... collected.

Sailing

Artsy shot