Much to my dismay, the polarmuse has returned from whence she came and alas, I am left to my vices. I give you today a very brief summary of the time spent under the last half-moon.
Above we see the illusive yellow-eyed penguin, one of the rarest penguins in the world. This one is on [...]
Well as you might have assumed, my faithful followers, I have been involved in an in-depth liaison with my good friend Wünderlust for the better part of the last two months. Accompanied by my polarmuse, Christina, Wünderlust and I have explored the darkest crannies and the most illuminated knooks of New Zealand’s south island. As [...]
Things have been good. Really good. I’ve spent the last week or so with Liz in and around Kaikoura, a small surf town on the South Island’s east coast. We landed at a beautiful free camp on the beach with just enough time to meet some excellent traveling companions that would soon become our family [...]
wow. What month. I’ve been traveling pretty much non-stop since late august and have seen the majority of New Zealand’s North Island. Most recently, I joined some friends on a last minute romp back up to Northland (the peninsula that sticks way out up top). I had already been up there but it was just [...]
Seriously! I was driving south aimlessly along the west coast of the North Island and saw that there was small town tucked away in a harbor that might make for a good place to have my lunch. I entered this town (of which I wont repeat its name to retain its anonymity) to find that [...]
Just for the uber-curious, I’ve made a google map of my travels thus far. It’s a roughing out of the road traveled with little markers along the way of some of my stops. The map needs some refinement but you’ll get the basic idea.
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Needless to say my sprits have [...]
The following pictures are the photos I took for the police report. Gahh. That’s right, Ol’ Gerty got her face smashed in. Some asshole took it upon his or herself to treat my van like a free bin outside of a second-hand store after smashing my passenger window and breaking in. To answer the obvious [...]
It’s hard to imagine topping the events of the last post but sure enough, New Zealand delivered. Here’s what’s been going on.
Video! The shots of me on the small boat are from a crayfish venture in the east Bay, the shots from the big boat are from my SCUBA trip out to The Poor [...]
I’ve been incommunicado for the last 4 days and it’s been great. No phone, no internet, no nothing. This is the life guys, I’m tellin’ ya. It’s wonderful to disconnect for a bit and just listen to the ocean for 3 days straight; it’ll do wonders for your psyche.
Here’s what I’ve been up to:
Gerty [...]
As of today I’ve been in New Zealand for one month but only since very recently have I felt the true spirit of travel. Having attained my new van and traveling partner, Gerty, last week in Auckland I am now as free as a bird and able to take every day as it comes. [...]