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

  • That was a really long day of sitting on a bus. The same bus went all the way, but it was scheduled as two separate trips, so I had to collect & then re-check the big bag. It was by…

  • A day with nothing specific planned, so after a wander out along the lake on one side of town, I rode the Gondola to look at the view from high up. And then went on the Luge.

  • This one is extremely image heavy. No big surprise there, I grant you, but you’ve been warned. It was amazing, but also a long day, and I think a chunk of the passengers fell asleep on the way back; I…

  • Oh look, a cut because of images. That’s a surprise. This was another travel day, though not an early-start day, thankfully, and I’ve got a better idea of where to kill time in Dunedin now.

  • Image heavy (again), so there’s a cut (again).

  • Image-heavy, so I’m putting in a cut. As a general summary of my day-and-a-bit on Rakiura: I think I did pretty much everything I had the equipment & patience & capacity to do.Walked pretty much every track I could find,…

  • Some kids were hanging out on the back of the ferry. Then there were screams. Turns out that they didn’t know about waves that break over the back of the boat and go EVERYWHERE. Those brave children warned us, and…

  • Yes, I absolutely chose that spot because of how un-epic it was. It’s all about the drama, ok? Accomodation this time was an ibis Styles hotel, and I’m not sure whether I’ve stayed in one of those before. It was…

  • It’s always a little odd to me when a place does check-out on the honour system. Stayed in plenty of places where that’s how it works, mostly hostels but also some hotels, but it feels odd, like I’m sneaking away…

  • First day was a quiet one, but I’m happy with how I spent it; Figured out how to get to the waterfront, which in classic New Zealand style is mostly commercial & industrial, with the added bonus of being cut…

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