Articles Posted in the Chilling Category
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Halifax – New Friends & the Best Open Mic Night Ever!
Mon 08 – Mon 17 November 2010 When I’d asked people in Montreal what I could do in Halifax the universal answer had been to drink beer; not because Halifax is a ‘hole’ but because it has something like 5 – 7 universities located in the city – a big student population so naturally a [...]
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Waterloo & Niagara Falls Experience
01 -03 November 2010 I’d arranged to go and visit Wil’s cousin Peter in Waterloo, Peter had visited us briefly in New Zealand and I recalled really enjoying Peter’s company in the brief time we’d met. He had a nice persona about him along with an interesting background working with RIM, the makers of Blackberry. [...]
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Do I Want to Work on a Super Yacht?
02 – 09 October 2010 On Saturday 02 October I made my way back up to Fort Lauderdale, booking into crew accommodation run by The Neptune Group on the way. I paid for a one week stay upfront, whether or not I got a job it was going to be my longest time at a [...]
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Fort Lauderdale – Sick Again but with Interesting Company
23 – 28 September 2010 It was an overnight flight to Fort Lauderdale, I arrived in the morning and took the public bus which stops right in the Fort Lauderdale airport into town. I managed to make my bus transfer and eventually got to Hollywood beach, less than two minutes later I was at the [...]
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Santa Cruz by Rental Car
12 September 2010 On the afternoon we arrived the weather was unfortunately overcast and not the best for the beach, not to be put off we checked out the boardwalk with its amusement park attractions and we drove around the coast where we saw surfers and paddle boarders sitting in water with no waves – [...]
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Napa Valley Wine Country by Rental Car
07 September 2010 Renee and I picked up our rental car from Hertz at the airport. It was the worst rental car experience I’ve ever had, it was slow and no help was forthcoming; but the car was clean and worked when we eventually found the thing. Despite driving on the wrong side of the [...]
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Time in Seattle with my Extended Family
25 August – 03 September 2010 One night we drove up and camped the night in La Push, a beautiful wild beach strewn with driftwood and birdlife. We had a BBQ on the beach, toasted marshmallows on the open fire and drank to the early hours. La Push, for now it still remains mostly un-spoiled [...]
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Time in Seattle with my Mum
21 – 24 August 2010 It was lovely to catch up with my mum in Seattle, by this time I’d been away from New Zealand for close to four months so we had a lot to catch up on; although we only had a brief time together we had fun. One of the cool things [...]
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Antwerp (Belgium)
01 – 02 August 2010 I arrived in Antwerp in the evening having spent most of the day sightseeing in Brussels. I was going to stay in a place called Abhostel, the smallest hostel I’ve stayed in to date with a total of only sixteen beds. There are no signs out front, just a small [...]
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Time at Woodpeckers Cottage
26 – 28 July 2010 As always it was lovely to catch up with Auntie Jilly, Uncle Howy, cousins Ella and Annabel and Grandma. Thank you all so much for your hospitality.
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