Because 2 weeks of traveling isn’t enough
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raining sheep and cows…
We’ve stumbled into unusual weather in springtime New Zealand with flooding and wind at 120 KM/H, so we’re exploring some of the interiors of the area (otherwise known as stuck). No tenting for us! Instead, last night we spent the night in a virtually empty old nurses’ quarters of an old hospital – yes, it’s…
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5,700 sheep later…
Beautiful scenery, fresh fruit, wacky weather, hot tea, there are lots of, but nothing is more prevalent here than sheep. It’s spring in New Zealand, and lambs are everywhere, but are especially cute when wiggling their butts. We’ve been camping in our tent for the last few days (no, JJ, Cara hasn’t melted). The scenery…
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bula not hula
Two hectic days in Fiji have just passed in this rustic Hawaii overflowing with a culture filled with juxtapositions – cell phones and outhouses – curry and cassava – children bathing in the river while their mothers do their washings next to the high end resorts with commercial washings done at 10 Fiji dollars per…
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lessons learned
The indian embassy will always be slower than it should be. Your pack can always be bigger. Your pack can always be smaller. Cancelling X is more difficult than you think, where X is everything. You’re never as ready as you want to be, but one more trip to REI always helps. There really is…
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