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Before leaving Brian , Rosaleen and Michael 's visit , we must put on record an image of the five of us standing on the sandy bottom of a neck-high natural hot pool , in a shady glade surrounded by exotic native vegetation , tree-ferns and the like , cool glasses of chardonnay raised high to keep out of the water and another bottle at the ready - - in pelting ( but warm ) rain with an umbrella over our heads to avoid diluting the wine . - - particularly when we stopped for a late lunch at the first hostel after a heavy day 's walk , knowing that we were only halfway whereas the four-day walkers could take off their hiking boots and head for the beach . And on the way back to Hamilton we ate delicious kebabs at a favourite haunt : Esmerelda 's traditional Lebanese / Maori kitchen in Papakura , alongside taxi drivers and people dining out in their pyjamas ... At that gig the centrepiece was Matangi , a clarinet group ( trio / quartet / quintet / whatever ) that meets weekly at our place ; we played some arranged jazz numbers that Ian had picked up in Berlin and Vienna to a very appreciative ( and surprisingly attentive ) audience . Another unpleasant US incident had a Park Warden warn Ian that it was OK to play his clarinet only if he could guarantee that the sound did not escape from our little campsite , the first-ever complaint in a lifetime of playing music at campsites and anchorages . We lowered the mainsail and bore off under jib to seek shelter , but Beulah handled so well under jib alone that we decided to continue . Trucks and buses have signs at the rear saying " please use horn " and few motorists can resist the temptation . The rooms in the FAO are named after the countries that sponsored them , and Ian 's talk was , appropriately , in the Canada room , whose back wall was covered by a huge relief map of Canada , carved in wood . We hope your New Year is happy and that you have kept your resolutions so far . Head Smashed In buffalo jump ( now a UNESCO world heritage site ) , the world-famous Dinosaur Museum at Drumheller ( signposted on a highway far away as " Museum : 176 Km " which we always reckon just about sums up the culture scene in Alberta - - or used to ) , the cowboy museum at Cochrane .