Asphalt.

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Yup.
Asphalt.

Cos I know what you are thinking. How come nobody blogs about asphalt?! Asphalt is a severely underestimated subject. The world needs more blogs about asphalt.



My husband and asphalt.

Anyhoo, here's how they make asphalt in this country:

-pick a fairly even strip of land
- spill some tar on it
- throw gravel and rocks on tar
- let people drive over it
- oh, and just to avoid taking any responsibility, put up a sign telling unsuspecting drivers their windscreens are most likely getting smashed by other people using said tar/gravel road simultaneously.


The only pair of non-white sports shoesies I found in NZ compared to asphalt.

In defense of Kiwis, the roads can be super cheap because there's no real winter.

Maybe you don't have to buy winter tires, but I don't expect summer tires to last long either. Owchie on the wallet?


The dog is obviously worried about the tires. He's also upset cos it's hard to listen to music when all you hear is asphalt grinding against your tires. AND he wishes Kiwis didn't spend so much money on personalized license plates cos most of them are plain dumb. Poor doggie.

To be continued...

All pictures taken by moi in April, June and July 2009