Thursday, October 05, 2006

holy crapola!

I am an American. I come in a package from America.



My plane got stuck in Auckland, so I took a bus into the city.



I wanted to jump off this thing, but it cost $190NZ (the bungie jump ropes are on the left):



So, instead, I walked around on the glass floor 350 feet up,



checked out the view (notice the clouds in Aukland),



and attended a show of "Castle Cats."



Then I flew to Wellington. Weta booked me in a huge room at the Duxton hotel w/two bathrooms, a hallway, & a livingroom. Here's the living room:



The view from the hotel:



Then I went to work. Weta is cute (I got to see dragons on my frist day):



You know that sheild that the Urukai (sp) throws at Aragorn & almost cuts his head off? I walk by that on my way to the bathroom.

Weta gave me a rental car for two weeks:



So I went for a drive.



& took a walk:







Then Inge (a nice Weta HR chicka) took me to see apartments (they're enormous. We looked at one that was a four bedroom place & in my price range! Anyone want to visit?)



I'm having fun :)

8 comments:

Joe said...

I just called American Airlines... I can be there in about 20 hours...OK?!

I can't belive there are "penguin crossing signs"!!!
How "COOL" is that!!

Alright...All of WETA isn't just in the little white building, is it?

BTW...Milo's scar has scabbed and the scab is peeling off. He's all set for halloween.

xapns said...

i cant believe ur passing penguins on the way to work now, when we were dinnering on elias floor in midtown a few days go!@

Joe said...

Raphe...according the WORLD CLOCK its 1 PM in the afternoon there...TOMORROW!

I think its really gonna bother me that you get each new day 18 Hours before we do!

So...is your email working?!!

Phone??

Where do I send all this Mail??!!!

Anonymous said...

Hi, Raphe: I can comment now - got it!

Anonymous said...

bss_mtls says a big hello down there! Your photos look great. Not so sure about the levitating dryer in the last apartment photo though... :) Hope you're having fun...

-b

ps - Shimmy stole your old cube and finally gave it the paint over it deserved.

Joe said...

Did you know that a "WETA" is an insect and that the name derives from old MAORI'ish that means "God of Ugly"?

Yuk!!

Do they have "WETA Crossing" signs too?

Anonymous said...

Seriously, if that's the clothes dryer...then that's washer below it? What other wacky stuff do the NZ'ers have going on? That washer looks squished!

Darling said...

I can't believe you are in New Zealand. You really are insane, Raphe. I'm not kidding.