Well, look what the cat dragged in... me! I have been so busy lately and I spend so much time on the computer as it is that any thoughts of updating this blog again have fallen by the wayside. Life back home is going a mile a minute. I successfully moved out to Kamloops, British Columbia in April, and ended up managing a guesthouse for the first ( Read more... )

Ice climbing was fantastic, even though we did it in the rain -- a severe weather warning, in fact! What an experience to climb a vertical wall of ice with just ice picks and spikes on my feet! We are now in Queenstown -- adventure capital of the world. We're booked in for an adrenaline activity tomorrow, but I'm keeping it a secret til later ( Read more... )

Greetings! I am now in Wellington! Well, near Wellington... Lower Hutt, to be exact, also known as "The Hutt" along with Upper Hutt, apparently. I do not see an abundance of huts, so I am not sure where this name came from. :p ( Read more... )

Sorry for the slow-coming updates. I have been very lazy so far while in Masterton ( Read more... )

Apologies for the unintended hiatus from blogging! I feel like I haven't had a spare moment since I returned to Canada. But today had me reminiscing... on this day one year ago, I awoke in Australia for the first time. Six months ago today, I returned to Canada. It's been an intensely busy six months; the incomplete blog went on the backburner ( Read more... )

I must have messed up on my dates somewhere, because my last entry was for March 30th, but I know this entry is supposed to be about April 1st. The reason I know this is because I departed from Erin and Ben's in the afternoon and did not make it very far before I GOT A FLAT TIRE. We remember that I got a flat tire ten days earlier, yes? So not ( Read more... )

When I woke up on March 29th, I was surprised to see that I was camped next to a lovely river... ah, the things you miss when you arrive in the dark! The morning sunshine was sifting through the trees, and its beauty motivated me to get up and tackle the 2km track down to the beach to see where the river met the ocean.


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Note: I am on dial-up internet for the next week (yes, it still exists!), so I will not be able to reply to comments very easily -- but I will try! Don't feel like you have to comment for the sake of commenting though. :) I will let you know when I am back in high speed internet-land and then you guys can spam me with comments again! Comments ( Read more... )

Well, I have successfully driven almost a full circle around the North Island (the big part of it, anyway!). I'm in Auckland now, staying with the only person in New Zealand who I knew (in Canada) before coming here. It's been two (three?) years since I've seen him ( Read more... )

On February 18th, I spent the morning catching up on the blog and chatting with a Danish photographer I met (Erik). When I got a few posts up, we headed out to Kea Trail for a hike. The Kea is the world's only alpine parrot, and they are found throughout New Zealand. They are reknowned for their intelligence and curiosity (similar to Canada's ( Read more... )