Just in case you need some more "awww" to start your morning: Two lionesses. Eight cubs. Cuteness overload. Still amazed at how close you could get and the lions just were not concerned. I guess that is what happens whe you are "k…
This is Kay. Kay drove my bus yesterday to the Wai-O-Tapu geothermal area and when she informed us that we did not have time to go swimming because of timing and I didn't see the entire park, she offered to come ... on her day off ... in her…
Me. Sewing my ripped backpack with dental floss. MacGuyver would be proud. — on the bus from Wellington to Taupo, New Zealand.…
Hostel internet SUCKS. I've been trying to send a high-res photo file to a university for THREE DAYS. I just walked five blocks in the pouring rain to the tourism center, where there was free, good wifi in the afternoon outside at the bus stati…
There was a death here in New Zealand and all of you who know me know the depths of my despair that "THE" snake necklace bit the dust. It got squished on the Virgin Australia flight. His tail was crushed and unraveling. I have another i…
Three different scales and the kilo to pound measurement converter agree I have lost 33 pounds since i started this journey in April. I look at photos and wow, I see a difference, especially in my face. Today I paddled 18K ... or 11 miles ... in a…
Remembering Kenya: "On the job." Taking a selfie with the kiddos at a Maasai village outside the Selenkay Conservancy, Kenya. I was taking videos and we were going nuts looking at images in the back of the Nikon. I look forward to sharin…
It was how she cradled him like a child on a mom's chest that made me hate them. It was a lovely little moment for them, I'm sure, but to me, it was a grown man resting his head on her shoulder and her stroking his hair like you would calm a…
Good places I have eaten ... lamb and kumara pie. Everyone else is in restaurants eating $30 meals. I'm not going to lie, if I was rolling in it, I might join them, but my view from the stone wall at the pier with my $6 pastry pie is best in Q…
