Author Archives: Todd

Vanuatu: A $45 Over “Water” Bungalow in the Maskelynes

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Todd

After a truck ride to the Tanna airport, where a pilot was casually waiting for us, our transit to the Maskelynes started. We were weighed and then walked to the tarmac and were positioned in the aircraft, the smallest aircraft … Continue reading →

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Vanuatu: Standing on the Rim of an Active Volcano

Posted on August 25, 2019 by Todd

Katy and I had an uneventful 90-minute flight from New Caledonia to Port Vila, the largest city in Vanuatu. It was operated by an ATR-72, which is a large turboprop plane. A weird thing about the plane is that you … Continue reading →

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A Few Days in New Caledonia

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Todd

Pelotons of lycra-wearing men riding their $5000 road bikes down the main drag in Noumea at 6:30 am was not what I expected from a South Pacific island. It turns out you can’t keep the French from enjoying a good … Continue reading →

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We are in France and New Caledonia

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Todd

Katy and I are off on another adventure. We have spent over 50% of our nights not at ”our house” since the wedding, traveling a ton. I was excited about the honeymoon, but there was so much going on around … Continue reading →

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Fiji: A break from New Zealand winter

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Todd

July is not summer in New Zealand; it is the heart of winter. New Plymouth likes to celebrate winter by being 50 degrees and overcast. There is also a healthy dose of rain to make sure the weeds grow even … Continue reading →

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Exploring Australia: The Great Barrier Reef

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Todd

The third part of our trip to Australia was the Great Barrier Reef, one of Katy’s bucket list events. Katy had wanted to get certified to scuba dive for the past 15 years and thought this was a good time … Continue reading →

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Exploring Australia: Cape Tribulation, Port Douglas, Cairns

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Todd

We woke up our first morning in Cape Tribulation with no sense of urgency. The lack of urgency was due to the fact that about thirty minutes after we crossed the ferry the previous night they closed it. They very … Continue reading →

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Exploring Australia: The Rainforest in a Cyclone

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Todd

We headed out of Sydney right when the weather was finally predicted to become nice to head up to Cairns for 10 days. The issue was that the night before our departure, a cyclone struck the northern part of the … Continue reading →

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Exploring Australia: Sydney is Different than New Plymouth

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Todd

Katy had managed to not use any of her six weeks of vacation during our first five months in New Zealand, and despite that we have managed to travel extensively around New Zealand. We decided that March was a good … Continue reading →

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Exploring New Zealand’s Dusky Track

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Todd

“Are you nervous or excited?” asked Taylor, one of the five people on our 45 minute boat ride to be dropped off to start the Dusky Track, as our boat pulled up to shore. It was a very valid question, … Continue reading →

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