funny facts abound

I have learnt quite a few things while I have been away.

• Northern Hemisphere compasses do not work in the southern hemisphere (FACT!)
• 'Phoning home is hassle; you dial 8233 9009 1 001385 3170 0011 44 1273 734 179.
• Sydney sucks money out of you
• More people are killed on NZ roads than on UK roads yet it has 1/20 of the population. There are crosses everywhere.
• I think New Zealand is the most beautiful place on earth to live
• The best places to stay aren't in the Lonely Planet.
• bananas and surfing seem to go together. Nutella and banana on toast, banana smoothie . . .
• the more seawater you drink the better it gets
• I miss duvets, baths and proper marmite
• I dont miss traffic jams, miserable rude people and crap weather