D50 -- Rain day

We woke up to rain that lasted all day, so we had to cancel the helicopter ride/glacier hike we had planned. We weren’t too disappointed. We’ve been moving around so much lately it was nice to take a day off to blog, e-mail, write post cards, and be couch potatoes. We watched SO much TV, including the final episodes of Amazing Race Season 3 (that Flo was SUCH a baby!) and Whale Rider. If you haven’t seen Whale Rider and/or want to get a feel for where we are right now I highly recommend it. It was filmed on the east coast of the north island of New Zealand and really gives you some good glimpses into Maori culture. I want to watch The Piano again now that I’m here, too. And if we have a spare 9 hours… the Lord of the Rings trilogy!

No pictures from the day, so I thought I’d include this.

All the toilets here have a half-flush and a full-flush option. As a water-saving measure, you only use the half-flush unless you’ve got a lot to flush. Yes, these are the things that interest me during our travels – international toilet flushing variations!

-Elva