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…
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…
So many sheep in New Zealand. So many lambs and so many sheep freshly shorn. EVERY time I see some trotting or grazing in the fields from the bus, I say, "awww!" Every time. I want to hug his baby sister and shear his cousin.…
There is a pair of black rain boots neatly laid beside the Avon, as the river gently winds through the city, banked on either side by grass and here, yellow flowers. No one is around. The next day, I am back in this same spot, and there is a small…
"I thought about leaving Christchurch but I was born here." Mason Joseph Hurrell is sitting beside me on the "dance floor" — taking a break. He and his friends have come to dance in this vacant lot, where once a building stood…
This is the last photo I took with my professional Nikon I saved for. It should be better, right? I'm in Christchurch, New Zealand. I started my day a bit unmotivated after the chaos at the airport and the messed up return airfare, but it got…
