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Monthly Archives: April 2008
Juno and Once
I watched Juno on the flight from Fiji to Auckland. It’s a great film, very Garden State-esque – leaving you with a smile on your face and lots of laughs. The main actress is superb, bit like Natalie Portman in … Continue reading
Art Deco Town
I’m now in Napier, an Art Deco town. It was destroyed by an earthquake in the 1930s and re-built in an Art Deco style. It’s pretty strange. Feeling flush with my bungy success of 47m jump, I’ve been looking at … Continue reading
I Wish I Could Fly
Off to see if I can get a parachute jump in today, otherwise will go for a bungy jump. Post-edit: got my bungy jump in at Taupo Bungy. Was good fun, had an audience of a bus-load of Japanese tourists, … Continue reading
Hydrogen Sulphide
It smells in Rotorua. Reminds me of being back in Iceland. There are lots of steam-vents around town. I’m staying in a place called the Funky Green Voyager. The town is in a caldera produced by a volcano. Why do … Continue reading
Land of the Long White Cloud
Yep, I’m in Auckland, New Zealand. Really couldn’t cope with any more mosquito bites (I had to go into hospital when on Ovalau, as my elbow swelled up). Steve – tell Mr Three Piece Suite than NZ sucks. Ok – … Continue reading
Fiji and Mosquitos
Yes sir, there are a lot of mosquitos here and they love me, despite my best efforts to evade them. It’s making me reconsider moving my flight to New Zealand forward by a few days. Anyway- arrived in Nadi about … Continue reading
Toronto
Today finds me, after a good sleep, in Toronto doing some gardening and playing darts. Staying with some friends here, who I haven’t seen since 2004, when we travelled up to Quebec City and back. Not very exciting at the … Continue reading
All Packed
I’m all packed and ready to go. Think my books take up more space (certainly do in weight) in my bag than clothes. Not looking forward to the 11 (ELEVEN!) hour layover in Los Angeles. Might hire a car and … Continue reading
On Photography
I’ve started reading – On Photography, by Susan Sontag. First off – one thing that surprised me is that there aren’t any photos in the book. The first chapter has been really interesting about the first photography taken. It’s something … Continue reading
Somewhere you’ve Been
It’s quite strange reading about somewhere you’ve been before. Three children have been killed in Merritt, B.C (Canada), according to The Globe and Mail. I was there, not so long ago on my travels through B.C. Not long till I’m … Continue reading