Finding My Fix: Chronicles of a Travel Junkie

This is the last of the South Island stories and photographs in this series (hopefully there will be more someday). I hope you enjoy. [read on]

The bus from Queenstown to Milford Sound via Te Anau left from the i-site at a brutal hour in the morning. Luckily my sleep schedule had adapted itself to the Intercity bus schedule and so I wasn’t too terribly groggy. While I was being loaded onto the bus, I became aware of a large number of round, ancient looking people wearing khaki with large Olympus cameras dangling against their chests, drawling out “y’alls” and “how you doin’s.” It had been a long time since I had seen so many Americans of this demographic, or should I say any Americans of this demographic.

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Bus drivers, Museums, Bungy, and a scenic bike-ride I had a good way to go in the Atomic Shuttle before reaching my next destination, Queenstown. The ride was full, and the Japanese and Korean girls I had ridden with to Hokitika ... [Continue reading this entry]

It's been a while since I last updated, and things are getting all out of order, but I'm doing my best to put up the last of the photos and stories (there are about 6 posts worth left to publish). So, ... [Continue reading this entry]

Still in Wellington... A pic of a manhole cover as I promised my mum I'd take one. The cover itself was too heavy to bring home. Early birthday events, complete with the buck-toothed, jack-o-lantern tomato. [Continue reading this entry]