Monday, February 20, 2006
Okay, I’m just on a terminal in an Internet cafe, so no pictures yet, but believe you me, I have some good ones. New Zealand is just as gorgeous as they say. Pretty freaking idyllic, in fact. I’m almost getting used to having my breath taken away. The kiwis are funny and friendly, the weather is beautiful, and orc attacks are, at worst, infrequent.
I’m in the little city of Dunedin right now, which is a mixture of modern and Victorian architecture built on a series of hills leads to a cliff-edged peninsula of rolling sheep pastures and little towns that look like they’ve barely changed in sixty years or longer. I met up with Jan yesterday and we set out on the peninsula in our rental car, which we named Lurch http://pratergroup.co.uk/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https://pratergroup.co.uk/flood-damage-extensive-reinstatement/before-10/ en route. We visited a Victorian castle (Larnach Castle) and then went on a tour of the breeding grounds of the rare Yellow-Eyed Penguin. We even witnessed a sheep-vs-penguin battle for a little patch of grass they both just *had* to have.
The penguin won. Penguins rock.
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Thursday, February 16, 2006
So long, Canberra, you bird-dominated and oddly quiet little artificial city on an artificial lake.
I went for a jog last night through the city center and saw maybe a dozen people. Somewhere in the distance a band was playing a low-energy cover of David Bowie’s “Heros”. The air was warm and humid and smelled nice, and little blue birds fluttered through the park around Lake Burley Griffin. Somehow, it all kind of summed up the Canberra experience.
I have no idea when I’ll next have internet access and time to blog. Right now, I’m looking forward to a couple of days of being able to relax and play and sleep in.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Goin’ on a trip
Far away
I am leeeeeeeeeeaving today
On my
Rooo-oooo-ocket ship
Rock. Et. Ship.
– The Dead Milkmen
Or, if not a rocket, then a reasonably fast plane.
So long, rainy, dark, gloomy, mossy, wet Vancouver! I still care about you very much, but I think we need some time apart.
I’ll be in Australia until Feb 19 and then in New Zealand until March 6. My internet access may be sporadic, but hey, email me, leave comments on my blog, give me travel advice, whatever you like.
Watch this space for exciting updates! In typical blogger style, I’m writing this to tell everyone I’m planning to write more here in the future.
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Ah, Flickr, you never let me down.
And New Zealand, with a build-up like that, you’d damn well better not disappoint.
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