After my mini almost disaster at check-in in Auckland airport I started the usual wander around the duty free area and as per usual made…
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Everything was going so so well up until the moment I got to the check in desk. The guy at the counter took my name…
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My money is changed, I have visa passport pics ready and all the loose ends I am aware of are tied up. It is now…
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Life is a balance
So it turns out that life is a balance made up of positive and negative with the goal being to try and keep on the…
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Back in Auckland
Last night I arrived back in Auckland to spend a couple of days here before flying out to Cambodia. To be honest there is nothing…
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(Very minor) Tragedy has struck!
Today is a day that I am saddened as I experience a first world problem that has left me upset and unsettled about the future of…
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Chilling by the lake :)
Chilling by the lake 🙂
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Paddle boat on lake Rotorua
Paddle boat on lake Rotorua
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Tricksy Hobbitses
What good would it be to travel across the world to the home of Middle Earth without visiting Hobbiton. The weather today doesn’t seem to be…
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Green Dragon Inn
Green Dragon Inn
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Bilbo’s house :)
Bilbo’s house 🙂
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Today we climb
Today I was awoken to the sound that no one on holiday wants to hear… Rain. On the other days that it has rained so…
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Hobbiton
Hobbiton
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Asia is calling
The best things about going away and travelling without much of a deadline to be home is that when someone says to you “Hey do you…
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Rotorua – Home of the hot springs
Rotorua smells like eggy farts. Fact. It may be a beautiful an interesting place but it does smell none the less. There is actually a…
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Balancing by the Rotorua hot springs
Balancing by the Rotorua hot springs
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Smoking hot springs
Smoking hot springs
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The Duckling
I am on the move yet again, this time making my way up part of the North Island to get to the hot geysers and…
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You would never guess where this coffee is from! McDonalds in NZ doesnt mess about!
You would never guess where this coffee is from! McDonalds in NZ doesnt mess about!
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This pic doesnt do the view justice.
This pic doesnt do the view justice.
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Wanted a big coffee… Got a big coffee!
Wanted a big coffee… Got a big coffee!
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Hover art
Hover art
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Back to the North Island.
The ferry to the north island may have taken a few hours but as always the view from the ferry was amazing. It isn’t exactly…
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Return of Sea Breezy (CB)
As it happens my path has once again aligned with CB’s and we have been reunited to take another road trip together. CB and Audrey…
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Rolling in Nelson – BJJ Training
It has been nearly 4 weeks since the last time I was able to attend a BJJ session back in Auckland and it feels like…
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18,587 KM from home – Still meeting family
Before I left the UK my mum told me that her cousin Bob had moved out to New Zealand years ago and she had lost…
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Centre of New Zealand
I may have arrived in Nelson at just about the worse time of the year but I am not going to let that stop me…
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Balance Oamaru
Balance Oamaru
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Street art in Nelson @sofles #sofles
Street art in Nelson @sofles #sofles
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Nelson is a little damp
I have just arrived in Nelson and it seems that the weather has taken a turn for the worse. It is currently throwing it down…
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