Intentionally Lost

I’d spent the later hours of the previous night chatting with the hostel’s night manager, whom was a great source of information on today’s ...

The ferry left at 8am , so I had to be there by 7am .   Expecting a bit more traffic despite a short drive, I was up at 6am and out by 6:30...

It rained. Again. It’s just been rain rain rain, and so I bummed about and really didn’t do too much. Much of my activity consisted of ge...

I’d had a long drive the day before, and not breaking with this one-day-old tradition: another long drive today.   From Gisborne to Wellingt...

I slept horribly that night.  I think I could best attribute it to knowing that I had a lot to do that morning, and a lot to do the rest of ...

My first goal for the day was to get down to the Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland.   Nothing cries “touristy” quite like a name like that.   Sp...

My initial plan for today, as laid out the day before, was to get a room at Karagahake Gorge, located at the base of the Coromandel Penins...