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Author Archives: Todd
How New Zealand does Christmas
This year it was hard to get in the Christmas spirit. I think that is because New Zealand does Christmas very differently than the states. The obvious difference is that in New Zealand Christmas occurs just a couple days after … Continue reading
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Tristan and Lemac come to visit New Zealand
New Zealand does not do Christmas lights. It is depressing. Most aspects about New Zealand life are very easy to adapt to, but the lack of holiday cheer and the prevalence of bare feet at the grocery store are two … Continue reading
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Rarotonga, not Tonga or Toga, but the Cook Islands
Katy and I decided that that we wanted to explore someplace that wasn’t in New Zealand after our 27 days of visitors, so after my parents left we came back to New Plymouth, Katy worked four shifts, and on the … Continue reading
New Zealand: 27 days of visitors
Yes, 27 days in a row of visitors. It actually sounds bad written out, but it was a blast. It all started the day we after we got back into New Plymouth after our Hawaii trip, and we decided to … Continue reading
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Sand, Geothermal Water, Beach = New Zealand
We then started the third distinct part of this trip (part 1, part 2), getting back to New Plymouth, via the scenic route. We had a great couple days in Hawaii, and since Katy has fourteen days off we still … Continue reading
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Hawaii: The closest Pearson Testing Center…
Normally when I fly to Hawaii I am really excited and pumped. I have to admit that I was less excited that normal because it is an eight hour flight over all these cool remote Pacific islands to get to … Continue reading
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Why even have an apartment when you have never spent 5 nights in a row there?
We came back from the South Island the last weekend of October, and Katy had three shifts before we started our next adventure. Katy had 14 days off to take a licensure exam in Hawaii, which was a one day … Continue reading
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Campervan Trip to the South Island Part 2
Now the blog is only 45 days behind actual time and you can read about the first part of our South Island foray. We woke up on the fifth day of our trip in Hokitika and we headed up the … Continue reading
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Time to Explore the North Island of New Zealand
Don’t worry, this blog is only two months overdue. I might eventually dig myself out of the large blogging hole I have dug for myself. We spent the first two weeks of our time in New Zealand getting sorted. The twelve … Continue reading
Campervan Trip to the South Island
The next two posts were written 6 weeks after the fact so they are more in history mode than the standard in real time mode. That means they are boring and dry. We came back from Rotorua, and Katy had … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable campervan, avalanche peak, campervan, glow worm, hokitika, new zealand, south island
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Far Flung Forays 