Monthly Archives: January 2012
A Happy Daze in Sydney
Sydney is the first place I’ve visited on this trip that I have been to before, and I was really surprised by how pleasant that was. I was there in 2006, so I remembered enough to be able to get … Continue reading
Franz Josef and Christchurch: A Strangely Downbeat Farewell to New Zealand
Since I’ve once again gotten behind on blogging, here are a couple of catch-up posts. My only excuse for the tardiness is that I have spent the past week visiting various friends in beautiful Sydney, and I have had no … Continue reading
The Queenstown Scenery Is Even Pretty When You’re Upside Down
It’s going to be so boring when I am not in New Zealand anymore. I’m getting used to world-class scenery everywhere I turn, and when I suddenly find myself somewhere where Frodo and Xena are not likely to jump out … Continue reading
Not Done Eating in Dunedin
Sorry, I know the post titles are getting worse and worse, but at least I think they are funny. If you want bad puns, I can but point you to the excellent The Bugle podcast, of which my favourite example … Continue reading
Oddball Oamaru
It’s 1880. You live in Oamaru,“the breadbasket of New Zealand,” a port city that supplies grain and meat to much of the rest of the country, and the closest city to an important limestone quarry. It’s a rough but busy … Continue reading
Swimming with Dolphins, Penguin-Watching, and a Surprise
Cold water is not one of my favourite things, with the exception of when I have been running and it is hot, and then cold water is wonderful. But cold showers, cold rain, and especially freezing cold oceans do not … Continue reading
Kayaking in Abel Tasman National Park
Well, the weather didn’t really hold out. It has rained every day but one that I have been on the South Island, and I am starting to wonder if there is ever any sun here. Everyone keeps telling me, “oh, … Continue reading
Jess and the Rebels -- Backpacking Adventures in Latin America, New Zealand and Australia 