December 2009
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New Zealand IV: A Hundred Days Off
Raife was hunched over the computer.
‘THERE MUST BE SOMEWHERE WE CAN GO!’
‘In theory, there is.’
‘LET’S GO THERE.’
‘I said, in THEORY.’
‘Well, WHERE DO WE GO?’
‘Raife, you’re in Auckland, and it’s Tuesday. If there was something really exciting happening, someone would’ve told us.’
‘WE JUST...
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New Zealand III: Jab, Jab, Jab, Jab, Jab, Jab, Jab
‘Scuse me, who’s fighting?’
‘Two guys.’
‘I know. Who do I want to win though?’
‘Red shorts. You’re not a boxing fan, obviously.’
‘No…..’
Not into sports, per se, I have a tendency to become absorbed in sports events from time to time. Sometimes I think it’s just about exposure. Once Liam made me watch the...
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South Island Photos Late But Too Good Not To Use
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New Zealand II: I'm So Happy
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f you live in Auckland, no, if you live anywhere NEAR Auckland and have never been to Leigh Sawmill then you’re an idiot. Despite post-Dunedin fragility, we spent the drive cooing over scenery (Raife: ‘I’ve never seen anything so……foresty….’) before pulling up and being shown where we were sleeping.
It’s hard to describe a certain kind of New...
November 2009
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New Zealand I : A Carwash Called The Clean
I’m sorry this took so long. It’s odd. It’s partly that, not to get all….uppity….on it, but partly that New Zealand’s wireless internet availability is kinda….shoddy. And, expensive. Everyone seems to have it at home, but hotels still appear to be under the impression that they can charge pretty much what they like and somehow nobody will notice that...