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Riding with Nita!
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... ) -
Home on the range
Hello friends! I have been home for a few weeks now. I returned to -35C and my body promptly voiced its displeasure by making no attempt to fight off the 72341293215 viruses I had been exposed to while associating with 16,000 other photographers at the conference in Las Vegas, and I got sick AGAIN for the third time since November! It was ( Read more... ) -
Kiriwhakapapa
I have returned to the mainland! Yes, it has already been three months since I left... time flies when you're having fun! To finish my mini-summaries that I've been doing at the top of my archived posts, from Queenstown, Juli and I headed out to one of my other favourite places in New Zealand, Aoraki (Mount Cook). After doing a couple hikes, we ( Read more... ) -
Waiohine Gorge
Yesterday I ran and jumped off of a mountain into an air current with my arm around a Swedish man -- also known as hang gliding, and it was a BLAST! They say you feel like you're flying when you go skydiving, and when I went in Australia, I will say that I felt "lift" when I outstretched my arms at 200km/h, but hang gliding... wow... it's really ( Read more... ) -
Mount Holdsworth
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... ) -
Rawanui Forest Park
We are in Hokitika, which we like to call "Hockey-tika" just to Canuck it up a bit. :p We have been doing lots of hiking and also went river kayaking a few days ago, plus caving yesterday -- unguided except by the light of our phones! Tomorrow is going to be epic: we are going ice climbing on the Franz Joseph glacier ( Read more... ) -
Life and Times of Masterton
Muahaha, I have already found internet, and it's FREE! Juli and I are staying at the best hostel I've ever been at... Bug Backpackers in Nelson. Everything is new and clean and well laid-out and the beds are so comfy and the taps are separated into hot and cold and there is a freezer for my ice pack and and and... FREE INTERNET (this is very rare ( Read more... ) -
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OK, I lied. I haven't had time to inundate the blog, even with photo-only posts, so I will just have to catch up when I am able. Juli and I are leaving on the ferry to the South Island in a matter of hours, and we'll be on the road until February 6th, so I'll update as we have internet access. Ta! -
Castlepoint Station
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... )