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A collection of Travel & Gaming & “What’s On My Mind” posts

  • There’s a bunch I could write about travel planning, and anxiety about travelling, and the things that haven’t gone right so far, but I wanted to write something positive. Maybe I’ll put something in later, backdated to provide the seamless…

  • Lots of images, Yadda Yadda Yadda, you’ve been warned. The tour included a drink at the Green Dragon, and also a lunch in a marquee outside.

  • Image Heavy, as usual Something they’ve added in the past year or so is a couple of hobbit hole interiors. Not used in the films, but built by the Weta folks who made the interior sets. They divided the group…

  • Very image heavy, even by my admittedly low standards; You’ve been warned I’m breaking this up into multiple posts, because there are a lot of pictures. For a Too Long: Didn’t Read summary? Hobbiton was awesome. I’d say it was…

  • According to the booking, this is a city view room, to distinguish it from a lake view room. Franky, I think I’m winning; There’s a hospital out there somewhere, but the trees are doing a great job of hiding it.…

  • Unlike the other times I’ve caught a coach recently, this one isn’t me getting on at the start and off at the end of the trip, so I’m taking the Wellington to Tauranga coach, but getting off in Rotorua. I’m…

  • Ahhh, but which version? The Depeche Mode original, or the Lacuna Coil cover? Down by the waterfront, there are these things, which I assumed were artworks. And they are. But they’re also public toilets.

  • OK, so I’m starting this one the day before, with the arrival into Picton. I could have booked the ferry for that afternoon, or even that evening, but I wasn’t sure how much wiggle room was needed between train &…

  • I slept badly, which wasn’t great. Not entirely sure why, though concern over getting to the station on time probably played a major part. The Christchurch station isn’t in the middle of the town, unlike a lot of others, and…

  • There’s a bunch of images, you should be used to it by now. Part of the goal for Christchurch was to just stop for a while, because I’ve been doing a lot of things, and while that’s fun, it’s also…

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