Boarding the early morning flight, we sunk into our seats still tired from a short night’s rest. I looked at Michael expectedly, waiting for a clue as to where we were headed; he had masterfully managed to get this far…
Continue readingThe sun shines down as we drive along the road with not another car in sight, windows down and the fresh air on our faces. We pass by wide green grassy plains dotted with sheep, in the cool shadows of…
Continue readingThere are some sights in the world that never cease to remind us just how small, fragile and insignificant we are on this planet, compared to the vast scale of nature. Rob Roy Glacier was definitely one of them, I…
Continue readingMemories not forgotten Stories forever told Rising up through rubble A new city will unfold As the big shiny tour bus slowly rolled into Christchurch’s CBD, I strained to get a proper glimpse of this historic city I had heard…
Continue reading“I am rooted, but I flow” – Virginia Woolf On a sunny Saturday spring morning in September, Michael and I decided to take the two hour drive from Christchurch to Arthur’s Pass National Park and visit the Devil’s Punchbowl Falls. The National…
Continue reading“The earth has music for those who listen” – George Santayana Recently Michael and I visited the beautiful resort town of Wanaka for the first time, on New Zealand’s South Island. Despite being only 75 km from the busy, frantic pace…
Continue reading“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” – Sir Edmund Hillary Why do people climb mountains, I wondered to myself as Michael and I set off on to scale Mt Fyffe one sunny Saturday morning in July, layered…
Continue reading“Where you tend a rose my lad, a thistle cannot grow” The Secret Garden Deciding to live in Christchurch city at the start of 2015 was exciting for me, as I was keen to try and be a small…
Continue readingThe day had started off just like any other. Warm sunshine streamed down into the courtyard of the old colonial building that was my hotel, as I opened my window shutters in the early morning and breathed in the fresh…
Continue readingAround 6.20 this morning we arrived in our next town, Arequipa, after a 10-11 hour journey on the night bus – my first experience of one. The bus wasn’t too uncomfortable, except unlike on planes you can’t really get up…
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