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

  • 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…

  • I got a bizarrely smooth run on public transport out to the airport; Train arrived as I was walking down to the Greenlane Station platform, and the Airport bus was arriving at the Puhinui Interchange Station as I got off…

  • On the advice/recommendation of a friend, I went to see this, not really knowing what to expect. I’d been jabbed with a number of needles that day, with both a blood draw for testing, because my GP rather liked the…

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