Comments on: No power + one cold water tap = bliss http://www.ascensionwineblog.com/no-power-one-cold-water-tap-bliss Ascension Wine Estate in Matakana, New Zealand - Darryl Soljan's blog Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:52:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ros Miller http://www.ascensionwineblog.com/no-power-one-cold-water-tap-bliss/comment-page-1#comment-81 Ros Miller Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:45:49 +0000 http://www.ascensionwineblog.com/?p=7#comment-81 Welcome back Soljans! ....... our Motuoroa  this summer was 16 days in Bhutan ...cold showers, flat wooden beds with horse hair mattresses, no heating in the freezing nights but a cast iron stove with a pile of wood in your bedroom.  Hot sunshine and clear blue skies every day, no TV, no accessable internet, no flash hotels,  no good wine, very good beer, brown rice three times a day, yak cheese melted over hot potatoes, lots of vegs, not much meat, buckwheat pancakes and honey for breakfast, VERY HOT chillies every meal,  miles of walking in the Himalayas in crisp fresh mountain air.  750 kms driving at an average speed of 18kms along skinny raods cut out of the side of sheer mountains ( white knockle stuff!)  No unhappy people, no fighting,screaming children, no one runs,  everyone smiles, and the cheerful healthy children have nothing but stones, sticks, string and home made darts to play with!! It is illegal to take plastic bags to Bhutan and they don't measure the "Gross domestic product"  they measure "Gross domestic happiness".  We too have come back and reassessed our priorities, and like you we feel totally refreshed. Cheers Ian and Ros Welcome back Soljans! ……. our Motuoroa  this summer was 16 days in Bhutan …cold showers, flat wooden beds with horse hair mattresses, no heating in the freezing nights but a cast iron stove with a pile of wood in your bedroom.  Hot sunshine and clear blue skies every day, no TV, no accessable internet, no flash hotels,  no good wine, very good beer, brown rice three times a day, yak cheese melted over hot potatoes, lots of vegs, not much meat, buckwheat pancakes and honey for breakfast, VERY HOT chillies every meal,  miles of walking in the Himalayas in crisp fresh mountain air.  750 kms driving at an average speed of 18kms along skinny raods cut out of the side of sheer mountains ( white knockle stuff!)  No unhappy people, no fighting,screaming children, no one runs,  everyone smiles, and the cheerful healthy children have nothing but stones, sticks, string and home made darts to play with!! It is illegal to take plastic bags to Bhutan and they don’t measure the “Gross domestic product”  they measure “Gross domestic happiness”.  We too have come back and reassessed our priorities, and like you we feel totally refreshed.

Cheers
Ian and Ros

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