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People. Weird.

Back to Auckland on Saturday - KP has to go back to work on Monday. I felt a bit like a prisoner who's been in solitary confinement for a month coming out, blinded by the light and unfamiliar with social interaction. Because there's quite a lot of people here. We had to wait at junctions before...

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phileasdogg on December 20, 2008 from Auckland, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs

Snappers. Small ones.

At last. A couple of days that could be classified as summer. In succession. We're up in the Coromandel Peninsula which is a very attractive area filled with bays, quiet beaches and forest that the whole of Auckland descends on in January. So we decided to go out for a spot of fishing in the...

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phileasdogg on December 19, 2008 from Whitianga, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs

Golf and parachutes

Taupo is a nice town, kind of like the Queenstown of the north island. Huge lake in the middle, and not quite as mountainous as Queenstown, but still pretty rugged terrain around. KP came here a few weeks ago and managed to get himself to the edge of a bungee platform but no further. However, he...

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phileasdogg on December 18, 2008 from Taupo, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs

LAX - AKL just gladddddd to be back home...........

Well there is about 13 hours to kill between LAX and AKL...12.5hours to be exact. I settled into my Boeing seat before take off. I am grateful the two gentlemen from Palmy seated in my row are quite subtle souls. The one seated next to me was the more friendly more outspoken one but I hardly...

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jorgn_craw on December 16, 2008 from Auckland, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Euro Trip 2008

Weather issues

The plan today was to do the Tongariro Crossing, supposedly the best one-day hike in NZ, and judging from the photos, a pretty spectacular one around volcano craters and Bright blue pools. So we got dropped at one end of the trail and set off in sunshine. But as we climbed the edge of the...

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phileasdogg on December 16, 2008 from Waiouru, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs

Ghost town

Had a fairly long drive up the east coast yesterday to Napier, a city that was flattened by an earthquake in 1931, and has subsequently reinvented itself as "the world's leading art deco city" as a result of the rebuilding style. I don't know whether they're expecting another earthquake...

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phileasdogg on December 14, 2008 from Napier, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs

Windy Welly

Came across to Wellington on the ferry a couple of days ago. The journey out of Picton through the Marlborough Sounds is beautiful. And I've finally found somewhere in New Zealand that has a bit of dynamism and vibrancy to it (admittedly that's what people normally come here to get away from)....

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phileasdogg on December 12, 2008 from Wellington, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs

Practising Their Stupid

Ok so I've pretty much come to terms with the fact that I'm just not cut out for the Being Nice To Stupid People thing that customer service entails. Try dealing with this every day: Me: And your street number please. Cust: Canterbury. Me: The number, please. Cust: Canterbury. Me: Is that...

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Koala Bear on December 12, 2008 from Auckland, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

Repetition

Hmm, these blog entries are starting to get a bit repetitive. Travel somewhere, admire scenery via foot/bike/kayak, move on. I guess that's the thing with NZ - beautiful country though it is, there's not a great deal beyond that. And because I've been doing the south island on my own, I haven't...

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phileasdogg on December 9, 2008 from Picton, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs

Horatio

Looong day's drive to Nelson in the north-west of the north island, gateway to the Abel Tasman National Park. Pretty rubbish weather, but went out for a day of kayaking round the coast followed by trekking along the coastal path anyway, which was all very good. Although my knees are giving me a...

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phileasdogg on December 7, 2008 from Nelson, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs

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