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October 6th, 2006

This Status Blog will (should) always be on top of the list. Scroll down to see the most recent blogs..

Where am I?
Edinburgh
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What’s Coming Up?Who Knows!
  What Has Been?
31/10/06 Chicago
29/10/06 San Francisco
28/10/06 Leaving for USA
24/10/06-28/10/06 Fakarava
18/10/06-24/10/06 Rangiroa
15/10/06-18/10/06 Tikehau
11/10/06-15/10/06 Bora Bora
07/10/06-11/10/06 Ra’Iatea
03/10/06-07/10/06 Mo’Orea
29/09/06-03/10/06 Tahiti
French Polynesia Island Tour
Flight to French Polynesia
Rarotonga
Aitutaki
Flight to Cook Islands
Malolo
Taveuni
Flight to Fiji (again)
Whitsundy Islands, Great Barrier Reef
13/08/06 Back to Australia
07/08/06 Nacula Island, Fiji
03/08/06 Malolo Lai Lai Island, Fiji
01/08/06 Kadavu Island, Fiji
31/07/06 Nadi, Fiji

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160: Fiji

August 1st, 2006

I am in Fiji no but have no time to write more than this as I fly out to Kadavuu iin a few minute.

Was too busy in Australia to blog so I am really falling behind now wwith blogs aand pics since I have no beenat it since NNew Zealand… shhame on me ..

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156: Australia

July 6th, 2006

Oh I know it has been ages since I blogged and I have no excuse other than being lazy really 😉

I will catch up with the last weeks of New Zealand soon but for know let it be known that I have arrived in Sydney, Australia, on the 30th of June.

Right now I’m at Bondi Beach close to Sydney and wil head to the Blue Mountains tomorrow before slowly making my way down to Adelaide to see Andy and his family..

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153: A Sad Day

June 3rd, 2006

Sadly today the dreaded, unthinkable disaster happened.

The Harddisk in my Photo Storage Device got currupted which means I have lost pretty much all photos from New Zealand. In particlar my entire trip since Dunedin has been wiped out.

I am surprisingly calm considering the impact of this data loss but I guess what’s gone is gone so no point getting all upset about it, still it does hurt to see all those photos vanish with a bang!

*bother*

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152: Winter in Queenstown

June 3rd, 2006

The 1st of June marked the beginning of Winter down here in New Zealand, just the right time to arrive in Queenstown which has a distinct Ski Resort feeling to it.

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149: Te Anau & Glowworms

May 30th, 2006

Left Invercargill yesterday for Te Anau in Fjordland region.
Took Scenic Route 99 along the southern coast and then inland towards Fjordland.
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148: No Mobile, No Photos

May 28th, 2006

NZ is beautiful but also quite a few years behind in particular as far as technology is concerned.

First of all to those who try to contact me on my mobile I should point out that network coverage has been very poor on the South Island. It got considerably worse since I reached Southland (the very south of the South Island) as there is virtually no network coverage unless I am in the vicinity of a descent sized town (which does not happen too often especially if I sleep in the car).

Second there will probably be no more photo updates on flickr for a while.
I tried to upload photos from my Dunedin to Invercargill trip but failed.
Computers down here are too ancient to cope with anything other than email and I have no access to computers that support fast USB2 either. The last descent internet place was in Dunedin but further south is virtually no access to modern PCs. I don’t expect to find anything descent on my way up the west coast (maybe Queenstown but then I expected INvercargill to have descent Internet Cafes) so I reckon the next photo update won’t happen for a few weeks until I get back to Christchurch or to the North Island (Wellington)

I am seriously thinking of buying a cheap Laptop now as these pathetic computers down here are pissing me off and I just end up wasting lots of money in the internet cafes trying to use them despite their age (which means more waiting rather then using)! Grrrrrr&@$^%@$

Talking of further New Zealand travels, plans are currently rather volatile as weather is a bit unpredictable at the moment. It is getting close to winter down here and if weather turns really bad I might skip the rest of New Zealand and fly over to Australia. If weather remains acceptable then I could easily be in New Zealand for another month as it’s absolutely wonderful down here (apart from the struggle with computers;-).

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147: Profound and Less So..

May 26th, 2006

This blog is to record one or two of the more unusual thoughts that go through my mind every now and then. Unusual in the sense that they are mostly out-of-context and come pretty much out of the blue which – to me – is quite amusing at times 🙂
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146: Photo Update

May 22nd, 2006

I have added the remaining Photos from my Otago Peninsula Trip and also posted a few sets of japan photos, specifically from Aso, Iwakuni and Miyajima.

Best way to view photos these days is by using the set page or as usual the Calendar View or Detail View. Note that Detail view is sorted in “Most Recent” Order, something I cannot change..

Some people might find the slideshow feature useful which is shown in the top right corner as a Text link.
Move mouse to top or bottom of black slidewhow window when it appears for further control or click on photo to see comments I have made regarding the picture.

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145: Spooky Sky

May 20th, 2006

So you’ve heard about those freak accidents where people take photographs of one thing and shoot something spooky at the same time, right?

I guess my sunset shot is a good example…

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