Articles Posted in the People Category
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Hitchhiking Canada – The Great Travel Adventure
Sun 14 – Mon 15 November 2010 Hung-over and tired; one of the nice things I found about not working is that on those hung-over days that inevitably happen I could just roll over and go back to sleep, but not this time. I was to start my hitchhiking journey so I forced myself up, [...]
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Philadelphia – Cheese Steaks and The Rocky Horror Picture Show
22 – 24 October 2010 I was off to explore Philadelphia for a couple of days, I was going to taste cheese steaks! I’d had a reply from couch surfer Megan who said she had tickets to The Rocky Horror Picture Show; it all sounded pretty cool! I would have liked longer in New York, [...]
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Sick and Feeling Sorry for Myself in Vegas
19 September 2010 So having spent two weeks of luxury travel with Renee around the greater San Francisco area it was back to backpacking, with its hardships, surprises and highlights. But it was certainly going to be a change, in our Vegas hotel we even had fluffy white hand towels and body wash in little [...]
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San Francisco with Renee
03 – 06 September 2010 I managed to get from Seattle to San Francisco, I even managed to be there as Renee came through the airport gate. We negotiated a shuttle into San Francisco to our Casa Loma hotel in Union Square district, checked in and checked out the room. Later we went out to [...]
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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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Back in Brussels
30 July – 01 August 2010 Having exhausted myself in Bruges I really deserved a quality Belgian beer. That evening in Delirium bar I met up with Norbu and his friend (also from Denmark) and we sat with a couple of other solo travellers; an Ausi who had done the Trans Siberian railway and recommended [...]
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Nuclear Physicist, Drug Dealer and Iraq War Veteran
12 May 2010 Over that game of pool and the night that followed we met some really interesting Americans. Patrick explained how he has two years of paid leave left (while studying) following his recent army service in Iraq where he operated a 50 calibre gun. Doc, Patrick’s flatmate had received an Honourable Discharge from [...]
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First Thai Beer – Well Deserved
01 May 2010 After exploring Bangkok we eventually got back to Khaosan Road in much need of a beer. It was while enjoying a Tiger on the outside tables of a bar that we met a couple of interesting characters. Two Poms (not travelling together) and a long haired local white guy (homeless). One of [...]
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Bangkok City First Impressions
01 May 2010 The taxi driver was so different to what you would expect to find in Auckland. I can only put it down to the phrase “time is money”, because this taxi driver intended on wasting absolutely no time. He averaging 150km/h on the motorway but not in one lane, rather dodging and swerving [...]
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