It is better to arrive than to travel hopefully

[tamaranth]

Am here! Brightwater, NZ (birthplace of Ernest Rutherford, to whom a rather unsettling bronze has been erected). Currently 5 degrees Celsius. Stayed up til bedtime, slept (with hotwater bottle) for 13 hours, woke to find that BT Mobile are crap:
"after checking your account it seems that the activation has not been done correctly I have now activated this again for you although it may not work until you are back in the UK as this must be done while you are still in Britain."

To do once back in UK:
- extort compensation
- switch mobile provider

Plans for today:
- chill
- have fun
- do Art

Comments

[smtfhw.livejournal.com]

You could probably just pick up a local pre-paid SIM while you're out there... I usually do that when we go to Macau (unless of course your phone is also locked to your provider).

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

looks like it might be sorted now -- though I'm still waiting for my phone-camera-post to come through! Picking up a local SIM would make the phone less of a paperweight, but to be honest the main vexation is that this is my primary contact number for all sorts of things: if I have a different number, I'm effectively out of contact except for email ...