Confession time. I spent my birthday weekend alone. And it was glorious. Most of the time. After telling the guy I was seeing to get out of my house, I took advantage of my four and a half days off to go through to Queenstown, Kinloch, and Wanaka. I had originally planned to go to…
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south to dunedin, road trip part two
If you missed part one, check it out here! We arrived on the South Island in a whirlwind of ferry departures and rain, stopping in the town of Picton to pick up groceries. Taylor was using Wiki Camps to find campsites for the night, and after one full spot, we found our Eden (#1) on…
flying high with flying kiwi
About two weeks before I left Paihia, I got a surprise text from Taylor: want to go parasailing?! Um, yes.
in video: the remarkables
I’m still literally in awe over this day. I loved, loved, loved this trip. Here is the GoPro video. I’m definitely still learning about how best to set up the camera and it doesn’t help that we were flying into the sun. SO, I get that it looks a little janky. Sorry :/
south to dunedin, road trip part one
Dunedin was always my end goal. When poor little Hetty died on the side of the road back in the Northland, I wasn’t too sure about how I would get south. But, as you all know from the Northland road trip stories (one and two), I ended up renting a car because I was so….
life, dunedin style
Ask and you shall receive, they always say. People have been wondering what I’m up to. You all know I took a nice long road trip out of Paihia to Auckland, but I sort of stopped the story there. You see, my plans were vague. I didn’t know what I was doing. I was tagging…
road trip gone wrong
It was a sad day in Paihia. My lovely little Henrietta – a 1996 Honda CR-V – had died. We weren’t together very long, which is why this hurt so bad! Having a car was a big deal to me here – it means freedom and adventure. Dealing with the bus is generally difficult and…
reflections on a life with travel
During my recent blog switch over, I spent a lot of time going through older posts and either reworking them or turning them into drafts to play with later. Since this blog dates back to 2008, there were a LOT of posts to go through. In rereading them, I noticed a theme: while chronicling my…
road trip nz: part two
If you haven’t read part one, I suggest doing that just to catch yourself up on the first few days 🙂 Paul and I left Gisborne behind on a semi-cloudy day. We had a look at the map and opted not to take the coastal route – it sounded really amazing as far as views…
thunderbirds are go!: a weta workshop tour
A few weeks ago, on my third to last day in Wellington, I met up with Bryn for coffee and he casually mentioned a contact at the Weta Workshop. And so, at 9 am on a Sunday morning, I found myself grabbing coffee to go at Peoples Coffee in Newtown and jumping into Jake’s car…