Category: It Can Be Fun To Run Away

This one’s mostly pictures. There’s not a huge amount to say about the trip. The passenger areas of the ferry are quite nice, a lot of folks seem to stake out seats by a window and then immediately fall asleep, which seems like a waste of a nice view, and they really do pack the cars…

I did a lot of pretty close to nothing in Wellington. just wanted to put that out there, in case anyone thought I’d have huge and portentous things to talk about Getting from the bus station, which is also the train station, into the Cuba Street area was made so much easier by having a…

Janjo & the Miscellaneous Children (opening for Edwin Fracas & the Shower of Bastards at the Tropicana Lounge this Saturday) dropped me off at the bus stop for stage one of my trip to Wellington, the trip to Hamilton. Sadly, I was not able to find a Hamilton postcard; Most places were shut by the time I got there,…

I only took one photo in Tauranga, so, uhhh, here it is; For the most part, Tauranga was about hanging out with Janjo & Gareth, and their mobile noisemakers beasts children. Laundry was also involved, and the weather mercifully allowed this to happen. Watched a couple of movies with them, Mental and Ten Inch Hero, both of which were…

I took a look through my diary/day planner thing, after actually writing a post of course, because I’m clever, and came up with a few other thoughts. I witnessed the greatest hitchhiking technique I’ve ever seen, demonstrated by Eben, who was probably from Israel. I had a conversation with Eben about his travel plans (pretty vague)…

Leaving Taupo, I was able to stash my bag at the motel, so I wandered around the town for a while before taking the bus to Rotorua. Ended up capturing this picture, which I’m pretty happy with; … And this one, which just looks nice. Then, on to Rotorua. To be honest, I didn’t much…

Some meandering recollections on Taupo

I had a look at various travel & backpacking sites, forums, & YouTube channels, to get an idea of what approaches to laundry while travelling are out there. My previous approach of “I’ll take enough stuff that I don’t need to do laundry” won’t work with what I have planned, so it comes down to…

Time for an update. I’ve been working on travel plans, which is, I suspect, another way of saying that I’ve been procrastinating and not actually booking anything, as is the custom among my people. Booked some flights and a hotel yesterday, so I think it’s past time that I announced what the hell the plan, if it…