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Tue, 29 Jul 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [968]
Thursday 29th July I checked out of the 'Dusky Lodge' hostel in Kaikoura and did a bit of shopping before I got on a fairly rundown minibus at 10.30. The weather took a turn for the worse as we made our way south along the coast, but there was no ... Read more >
Mon, 28 Jul 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1050]
Monday 28th July After a good nights sleep I got up feeling a lot more energised than I did the day before, and my mood was made all the better by the fact that the sun was out and the rain had disappeared. This was also the news I was waiting for ... Read more >
Sun, 27 Jul 2008 | By zion | Views [637] | Comments [3]
Life and learning have been very interesting over the past couple of days. In fact, I believe it has been more than a couple weeks since the last time I took a little bit of time aside and wrote down a small bit of what is going on i my life. My appologies ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Jul 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [980]
Sunday 27th July I must have had about two hours slight sleep before the alarm went off and I had to be up. I left the hostel just before eight, and the shocking weather of the night before had carried on to the morning. It was miserable, really ... Read more >
Sat, 26 Jul 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1090]
Saturday 26th July I got up to a beautifully sunny and clear day. Although I was happy to have a good day, I was also slightly disappointed that it had come a day late and I imagined it would have been a perfect day for getting a sight of Mount ... Read more >
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1090]
Friday 25th July I left the hostel by 08.00, just as the sun was coming up. I started on the walk through Mount Cook village, and there were very few people about, just a couple of people who worked in the area. It was another overcast day, and ... Read more >
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1511]
Thursday 24th July I woke up to find that the heavy rain of the night before had turned to snow, with the result that there was a blanket of snow covering the ground outside the hostel. I was due to get a bus to Mount Cook later in the morning, ... Read more >
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1228]
Wednesday 23rd July A couple of us were picked up by the Magic Bus at 08.00 on another grey and cold morning. Along the way out of Dunedin on the road to Lake Tekapo, we stopped off at Baldwin Street, officially 'The Steepest Street in the World'.... Read more >
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1058]
Tuesday 22nd July I had a bit of spare time on my hands given that the hospital take care of my arm ahead of schedule the previous day. I spent the whole of the morning in an internet cafe uploading new entries for my online journal, and it felt ... Read more >
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 | By tomfremlin | Views [697] | Comments [4]
Many weeks have passed since the last update, but in that time we have moved very little. The majority of our time in Dunedin has been spent working (Clare in the Otago Museum Cafe, Anna at Larnach Castle, and me at just about everywhere else!). Outside ... Read more >
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 | By annamar810 | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 21 Jul 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1103]
Monday 21st July After breakfast, I called the hospital as soon as I left the hostel to make an appointment to see someone about taking the cast off my arm. It had been four weeks since I had got it put on in Auckland, and I was hoping that it wouldn't ... Read more >
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1039]
Sunday 20th July I had another early start and left the hostel at 07.45 and got back on the Magic Bus again, three weeks after I had been on it last on the journey between Lake Taupo and Wellington. After stopping off at the various hostels around ... Read more >
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 | By theladykelly | Views [358]
Rio Nexpa: Kiwis cussies, $5 por noche - woo hoo! Brown water spewing from over flowing river mouth. Fat left handers. Heaving right handers. crazy crabs. new ozzies buddies. Fresh vegies for the vego kiwis. Alligator crusing past - at least i convinced ... Read more >
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1178]
Saturday 19th July I was up at 06.00 for an early start to a long day trip to Milford Sound. The trip was included in the price of my Magic Bus ticket, and was worth about NZD130 if I had paid for it separately. It was going to be a long day, ... Read more >
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