A collection of Travel & Gaming & “What’s On My Mind” posts
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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…
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Dunedin
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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Auckland to Dunedin
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…
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Lego Relics
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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A Few Days In Auckland
I’m still dealing with jetlag induced slump, so this is a bit of a short one.
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Friday through Sunday – LAS to LAX to NAN to AKL
I’m going to be adding to this as I go along, assuming airport WiFi happens.
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Thursday in Las Vegas
This was a slow day; Hard to wake up, hard to get moving, and the noise & crowds were getting to me more than ever before. There’s a non-zero chance that some level of Con Crud¹ is at play, because…
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Wednesday – Kà
The original plan was to do some kind of trip out into the desert today, either a Grand Canyon tour or one of the others, but I decided not to to because of the heat warning – pretty sure my…
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Tuesday In Las Vegas
Today was mostly a wandering around day. There’s an extreme heat advisory in effect, so the wandering around process involved a lot of “walk to the next air-conditioned space”, because it’s dangerously hot out there. Got to see the fountain…
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Leaving Town On A Monday
Didn’t have the post-con blues, but certainly had the post-con exhausteds. Had a very leisurely morning, packing up the room and doing a final check and rebalance of the suitcases before checking out and storing my bags for a few…
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