Look who wants to travel with me to Auckland!

Axel thinks he can hide in here and go on a plane trip!

No-fly zone (3)

I welcome the United Nations ban on flies in Libya.

It is just the start of a world-wide ban on flies.

I want to put forward a case for New Zealand to have the next no-fly zone.

We need to clear the country of mosquitos.

A world without flies is a better world!

No-fly zone (2)

I would have thought that a no-fly zone was 100% no flying. So why are all these jet fighters flying over Libya?

No-fly zone (1)

Europe and the USA are continuing to fight the Bush oil wars which started with Bush 1 in Kuwait and Bush 2 in Iraq. They claim to be defending ‘freedom’.

This is a cynical phrase to hide the real hunt for oil. No war is ever fought for high-minded principles.

My view is always that Blair and Bush 2 should have gone into Zimbabwe before they went into Iraq. The people of Zimbabwe have suffered and continue to suffer under a cruel dictator who does not care for his own people.

Save Zimbabwe now!

night-time apartment view

Nightime view from the apartment looking west just after sunset last Thursday.

Kawekas from above

The Kawekas from above. So far I have only tramped through the trees on a very wet July day but not up to the peaks.

Ruapehu among the clouds

It will be several months yet before there is enough snow on this volcano for the skiers!

Monday morning view

This is my Monday morning view on the way to Auckland. The range in the foreground is the Kawekas which I aim to explore someday soon. The mountain on the horizon is Mt Ruapehu, which skiers flock to in winter. Last Monday it was covered in snow, the first of the year, but normal summer service is resumed!