After
a few days in Eden, Adam had to leave for the NWTCA conference.Peter carves and
Pat's the cook.
The vegetarian tries not to look.
At the superb Parua
Homestay.
After
a few days in Eden, Adam had to leave for the NWTCA conference.
After the conference, Kathryn, Stephanie and Ruth suffer a sudden post-conference depression.
Three-course dinners with wine. And delicious vegetarian alternatives for beautiful backpackers.
My stay in Parua
Bay was a bit like having the dessert first. With champagne.
Saving the best
for last used to be a good rule. But we can no longer afford that kind of modesty,
can we? We want it all and we want it now. And tomorrow. Eat our cake and have
it too (or vice versa), over and over again.
Oops, this is not a sermon - simply a comment on the slightly unfortunate fate
of starting a three week journey at a location that will probably turn out to
be the best. This assumption was not entirely wrong, but my fear of a series
of post-Parua anticlimaxes was somewhat exaggerated. And I knew it.
Anyway, I did offer the Heaslips to work for them. I'd gladly handle complaints. If you'd read the remarks from previous guests, you'd get the joke.
