Bizarre

1. 
   21
   May

   8 ridiculous things to buy on SkyMall

   One of the things I love to do when flying across the United States is to browse the SkyMall catalogue. It was in the seat pocket in front of me on my United Airlines flight from LA to Orlando this week (thanks for the wide United Plus seat by the way. No I’m not offended [...]

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   4
   May

   Stay a night in the cells at Napier Prison

   Pull up at the old Napier Prison these days and instead of police vans and naughty people leering through the iron bars, you’ll find the Napier Prison Tours and Entertainment vehicle parked out the front and backpackers walking through the gates. This scungy prison, built in 1858, closed only in 1993 after being deemed unfit [...]

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3. 
   27
   Apr

   Would you shave your head for a free flight??

   That’s the challenge from Air New Zealand … If you’re up for getting your luscious golden tresses shaved off onboard a flight from Auckland to the Queenstown Winter Festival — you get the flight for free! On June 27th ALL passengers AND crew will be ‘shaving for a cure’ for the Leukemia and Blood Foundation [...]

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   1
   Apr

   Pillow fight @ Britomart this Saturday!

   Calling for a flash mob to assemble at Britomart on Saturday April 3rd at 3pm!! It’s officially the 3rd annual International Pillow Fight Day and this year Auckland is letting the feathers fly. Bring your pillow and meet at Queen Elizabeth II Square (beside Westfield mall) – but there are rules: PILLOW FIGHT RULES: * [...]

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5. 
   29
   Mar

   Crazy Food Festivals

   There’s not much on Fear Factor that I would attempt to be honest with you. Walking a tightrope between apartments, dropping out of a helicopter onto a speeding boat or having spiders walk over me. (Actually the latter would send me screaming into the countryside.) But the worst thing of all is the fearsome food [...]

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6. 
   24
   Mar

   Sawdust spa in Taiwan

   Taiwan has over 100 hot springs and is promoting itself as a bit of a spa spot, which you may know if you read my previous story about the worst massage I’ve ever had in my life! But they’re not all terrible. They run from soaking in hot pools to painful foot massages at night [...]

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   16
   Mar

   Worst ever massage from belching masseuse

   I truly thought I might perish at the hands of my brutal Taiwanese masseuse! I was in Taiwan on a decadent Spa Press Trip. But this treatment took the cake… I’ve never had an all over body massage (and I mean all over). And certainly not an all over body massage by a Taiwanese woman [...]

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   12
   Mar

   Nail your bra to the door at Puhoi Pub

   Detour off the northern motorway on SH1, preferably on a Harley Davidson or at least with a noisy hole in your muffler, to the ultimate westie hangout: the Puhoi Pub & Bistro. It’s been here since 1879 when true bohemian settlers from Prague (how exotic!) came down to make money as lumberjacks felling the massive [...]

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   8
   Mar

   Fancy pants dog hotel & spa

   If your pooch is like one of the family then you’ll love this: Pets in the City – a doggy day spa and hotel in Auckland’s Mt Wellington where the VIP suites come with flat screen TVs playing the Nickelodeon channel and dog biscuits are left on their pillow at night. I kid you not. [...]

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10. 
    23
    Feb

    The highs and filthy lows of Northland’s toilets

    I’ve just done a 5-day roadie in Northland and spent more than a few minutes hovering over various quality toilets. From designer dunnies to basic ablution blocks, here’s the pictorial run down of loos you’ll want to write home about and one you won’t… Some are definitely worthy of writing to your friends and family [...]

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