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Team America Does New Zealand

Sun, 7 Jan 2007 | By phongnlisa | Views [1578] | Comments [2]

This is a repeat for some of you...but skip down to the World Horizontal Bungy Competition part where Team America ("Fuck Ya") shines. So--the Kiwi Adventure began in Auckland when AP and Schaiman woke us up from our daily nap. Let ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline

Waves roll through

Sun, 7 Jan 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [937]

…an unusually calm day at sea, not a ripple on the surface, glassy conditions and head high. A typical day out at Wilkes, a distance offshore from Tavarua, Fiji. The boatman drops me off into the middle of the ocean, a reef break, no land in sight.... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

beautiful people?

Sun, 7 Jan 2007 | By egdoster | Views [448]

yet again, where are the beautiful people? Liz & I spent over an hour sitting on a pedestrian street in Wellington (2nd largest city, teh capitol of NZ, for crying out loud!), & watched lots of people w/ below-average attractiveness walk by.... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: New Zealand

Fri, 5 Jan 2007 | By phongnlisa | Photo Gallery

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Gallery: Swimming with Dolphins

Mon, 1 Jan 2007 | By mcgurk77 | Photo Gallery

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Gallery: Fox Glacier to Kaikoura

Mon, 1 Jan 2007 | By mcgurk77 | Photo Gallery

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zorbing, skydiving, Christmas

Mon, 1 Jan 2007 | By egdoster | Views [601]

Oh-so-scary bathrooms Have I already written about this? I can’t seem to remember…. Have you ever had to use a bathroom that had automatic doors? In order to enter Havelock North’s public restrooms, you must push a green ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline

more impressions of NZ

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 | By egdoster | Views [393]

There’s something…integral, primal, refreshing, more natural, uplifting, romantic (can’t quite find the right word)…about clothes/laundry drying on a line, the image of clothes flapping on a sunny day. (though they don’t dry as quickly, esp on rainy ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

more quotes & cast of characters

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 | By egdoster | Views [393]

You're the best of the best. You're good people. (said to the lizzes)--Owen I have an easy job for you. –Supervisor Owen It is 6:00. It's time to get up. --Owen's 3rd cell phone alarm, in a computerized woman's voice ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Gallery: Catlins to Wanaka

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 | By mcgurk77 | Photo Gallery

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Gallery: New Zealand

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 | By egdoster | Photo Gallery

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whitewater rafting!

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 | By egdoster | Views [658]

If I were Bill Bryson, I’d pontificate upon my fears & the dangers to my person due to whitewater rafting Class V rapids, indicating that I would or did barely survive signing the waiver form (much, much shorter than its American counterpart, ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline