Getting to Arthur’s Pass involved a trip through the now-standard South Island scenic grandeur, which my cellphone is not really capable of capturing, as demonstrated here; Got in as darkness happened, which is why the other backpacker getting off at…

It was an early departure from Nelson. Like, 7am or something similar? Naturally, I woke up super-early, so I had time to kill, as I walked through rain which wasn’t quite bad enough to warrant pausing under a tree to get…

Out of cleverness, I put various TV shows on my phone, so that I could watch them if the scenery got dull. It didn’t, and indeed the road was sufficiently winding that looking out the windows was the only option; Nausea…

It seems worth mentioning, to me at least, that I’m post-dating these … posts. Rather than doing a day-by-day, like I’ve done for past trips, I’m trying a thing where I do a post for each place, and set it…

This one’s mostly pictures. There’s not a huge amount to say about the trip. The passenger areas of the ferry are quite nice, a lot of folks seem to stake out seats by a window and then immediately fall asleep, which…

I did a lot of pretty close to nothing in Wellington. just wanted to put that out there, in case anyone thought I’d have huge and portentous things to talk about Getting from the bus station, which is also the…

Janjo & the Miscellaneous Children (opening for Edwin Fracas & the Shower of Bastards at the Tropicana Lounge this Saturday) dropped me off at the bus stop for stage one of my trip to Wellington, the trip to Hamilton. Sadly, I was not able…

I only took one photo in Tauranga, so, uhhh, here it is; For the most part, Tauranga was about hanging out with Janjo & Gareth, and their mobile noisemakers beasts children. Laundry was also involved, and the weather mercifully allowed this to…

I took a look through my diary/day planner thing, after actually writing a post of course, because I’m clever, and came up with a few other thoughts. I witnessed the greatest hitchhiking technique I’ve ever seen, demonstrated by Eben, who…

Leaving Taupo, I was able to stash my bag at the motel, so I wandered around the town for a while before taking the bus to Rotorua. Ended up capturing this picture, which I’m pretty happy with; … And this…