Christmas in Auckland
Where I spend Christmas drinking beer on a beach.
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Volcanoes, Volcanoes,
Volcanoes
Festival of lights, a hipster town and a valley of volcanoes.
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Te Papa Tongarewa
Before leaving Wellington, stopped at Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand’s National Museum.
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Abel Tasman Day 5:
It’s Finally Over. It’s Done
The Last Day. It’s finally here. It feels sort of bittersweet, but mostly sweet.
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Abel Tasman Day 3:
I’d Kill for a Cookie
My feet are blistered, my back is killing me, but I’m determined to find non-dehydrated food nonetheless.
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Abel Tasman Day 1:
You Need to Calm Down
Deciding at this point that I was as prepared as I was going to be, I got in my unreliable rental car Hilda and began the twisty drive to Marahau to begin my hike.
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It’s Dangerous to Go
Alone! Take This!
I’m going on a 5-day hike. And I have no idea what I’m doing.
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Quake City
First stop on my trip: Christchurch, New Zealand. Christchurch is a city in perpetual recovery.
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Home is Behind,
the World Ahead.
Hobbiton. Lucy Lawless. Flight of the Conchords. Lorde. My first stop on this trip will be the most beautiful and peaceful place I can possibly imagine—New Zealand, my home away from home.
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