Birthday Girl

Birthdays are becoming a bit of a fire hazard. An almost teenager. No sunny outdoor shots this month in a cold wet England.

 

Singapore and Malaysia

 Merlion Park, Singapore

Kuala Lumpur with the Petronas Towers, formerly the world's tallest building, already surpassed by the incomplete Menara 118, just 3 kilometres away.

Batu Caves, just outside Kuala Lumpur.

Anyone for tea? Boh Tea Plantation, Cameron Highlands. Cooler climate at 1500 metres above sea level - preparing for English weather.

Heading to Taman Negara national park

Rainforest walk.

Floating Restaurant.

Beach at Kuantan, east coast.

One of the locals

Relaxing before the trip to England.

Hanging out with friends before our big overseas trip

 

Christmas Holidays

On top of Mount Maunganui.

Heading back down.

Time to cool off.

Orokawa Bay, Waihi Beach.

Long Bay, Auckland.

 

Turangi and National Park

On the walk to Tama lakes with Mount Ruapehu in the background.

Lunch above Lower Tama Lake, after a walk of eight km or five miles roughly, from Chateau Tongariro.

By Upper Tama Lake looking down on the lower lake and Mount Ruapehu behind.

Upper Tama Lake and Mount Ngauruhoe.

 

Hanging around in Turangi.

On the Tongariro River Trail, Turangi.

Spring Break

Lake Taupo Holiday Resort. Donna using her noodle whilst Amy runs rings around her.

Waikato river just north of Taupo.

Amy climbing the walls, not me for a change!

Snow-capped Mount Ruapehu, Mt Ngarahoe and Mt Tongariro, from the Taupo lakefront.
 

Cheer(s)

Second place for her team in their category at the Spring Carnival Cheer event in Auckland, and the medal to prove it.