Re: R&R- "American Influence Down Under"

[james_ccj@my-deja.com]

In article <38998cb5.90103122@news.nai.net>,
  cooncat1@ct2.nai.net (lensman3) wrote:
> My wife and I plan to visit NZ in the next year or so.  We look
> forward to seeing all the marvelous mountains and fjords.
If you are interesting in train travel don't miss "Tranz-Alpine" and
"Overlander" and "Coastal Pacific". I heard a rumor Ed Burkhardt(Ex-CEO
of Wisconsin Central) was very impress with these 3 trains he purchased
the whole New Zealand Rail.

>I wonder if
> there will be a chance to visit some museums that involve railroads.
Motat in Auckland. Ferrymead in Christchurch and Sliver stream  in
Wellington.

> We found the RR related material at the Ford Museum in the state of
> Michigan to be quite interesting. We also have the Essex Steam
> railroad here in Connecticut, where you can ride an open car and get
> ashes all over you.  We have also been on a coal-burner in Colorado.
Glenbrook Vintage Railway (about 40 km south of Auckland) have similar
steam train excursion, IIRC they run every weekend.

> There are a couple of questions, though:
> How do you keep from shooting upwards iinto the sky down there?
> Magnetic shoes?
Don't know...very tough gun control down here.

> Are there McDonald's in NZ?  We always look for our native cuisine.
yes,
if you looking for your own cusine don't order "Kiwi burger" in Mac.

> How about Pizza Hut??
yes, and Wendy's, Burger King, Dannys,

> Is it true that there are 3.5 million people but 66 million sheep??
yes, but I'm not sure the actual population of the sheep, 3 years ago
during El-nino weather, there were quite a few sheep died from lack of
water, and I think that year was the 1st time for many years we had more
people then sheeps, I'm not sure if the sheep population catched up
since then.

> Seriously, I think the whole English speaking world influences
> itself.  There are plenty of bumpkins in the US, just as I suspect the
> vast majority of NZ people are pretty civilized.
You will be surprise how civilized kiwis are!

> And where would the world be without bungee jumping. My
> son jumped with his wife and child all bundled together, had a tape
> made of the adventure and sent it to us. Terrifying.
> We look forward to driving near you within a year or so.
Don't forget we drive on the left hand side!

Cheers
James



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