Took some photos of the kites.
Was going to take some video but the only status message on the video camera screen was ‘flat battery’; and I refuse to use video mode on may min cameras on principal.
Did not bother looking around the stalls; thats no fun on your own. Did take a rather long look at one of the lifeguards on the beach though, almost as pretty as T :-)
Stopped at the Katmandu outlet shop in Otaki on the way back. Yes I did spend money.
Really wanted to stop at the Wendys burger joint in paramata on the way back but after waiting to turn for 10mins (oncoming traffic was an endless stream, no way of ever being able to turn across) just pulled out of the turning lane onto the road again and kept heading home. Wendys burger joint is just in the wrong place at paramata, they must lose 50% of customers that want to go there.
Did stop at lindale to grab some sweets from kapiti candies; the stuff you can’t get anywhere else.
Apparently the Kite Festival runs for two days. Tossing up whether to go back tomorrow as I missed the ‘kite fighting’ today (slept in) and I will have recharged the video camera battery by then.
If I do I might go to the tram museum on the way back as I haven’t been there for over a decade, something else to point a camera at and a nice slow tram ride to nowhere might be relaxing ?.
