A collection of Travel & Gaming & “What’s On My Mind” posts
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Yeah, not my best work, but once I saw the Merlion bit I couldn’t think of anything else.
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Wandering Around
Today was a designated don’t do much day. About my only goal was to get out of the hotel, and I managed that.
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Fiji to Singapore
Slept pretty well, though maybe the poolside beer helped a little with that? I did, of course, wake up early & not really get back to sleep, but that seems to be a thing with travel days.Packing up didn’t take…
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Auckland to Fiji
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…
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Luncheon In Hobbiton: The Green Dragon
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.
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Luncheon In Hobbiton: I Could Live In One Of These
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…
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Luncheon In Hobbiton – Touring Hobbiton
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…
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Rotorua
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.…
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Wellington to Rotorua by Coach
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…
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Wellington
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.
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