I really, really dragged my feet getting out of bed. The bleating of sheep was soothing, the feather bed warm and cozy, and honestly why would you want to put on sweaty, smelling riding gear and go sit in traffic for hours when you could be cooled by ocean breezes... [...]
To say I slept like a baby would be inaccurate; anyone who has spent time around an infant knows how restless they can be! I expected to wake around 5 or 5:30am, but somehow managed to get a solid 8 hours, waking at 7:30am when the boldest of the barn... [...]
Staying in hostels is a bit of a crap shoot. I always stay in female dorms or single rooms, and occasionally you get the drunk roommate staggering in at midnight, but no real drama. Due to a number of festivals in Queenstown, plus, y’now, Queenstown, I ended up in a... [...]
I seem to be hitting all the “backpackers with money” tourist spots on this trip. Franz Josef Glacier is a town dedicated to getting young, healthy kids from Europe and North America to fork over $200 to fly up to the glacier in a helicopter so they can run around... [...]
Today was a loooong day - 401km on the odo. I woke up at 6:30am, my body clock set to OMG o’clock by the screeching kaka parrots in Wellington the week before. I had played a couple hours of poker at the casino, had a few beers, and while beer... [...]