WRITTEN ON Monday, March 1st, 2010 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland
I had been wanting to have a go at Zorbing since the first time I heard about the crazy “sport”. It basically involves rolling downhill inside a giant inflatable ball. There’s two ways to do it: strapped to the zorb, going down the hill on a straight route or having a bit of water inside [...]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland
(summer here in the southern hemisphere, that is)
I know it’s already February and we’re half way through Summer down here but before the sky goes all grey again and the coats need to get out of the closet, here’s the plan:
- run more, run more often, run for longer.
- go strawberry picking (apparently every single [...]
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, September 13th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland, travelling
One of the highlights of my recent short trip to New Zealand’s South Island was the discovery of the Lyttelton Coffee Company, a neat café in the small harbour town of Lyttelton.
The drive to Lyttelton was not planned. Ninety-nine per cent of the time we just decide on a direction and drive for as long [...]
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WRITTEN ON Monday, August 31st, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland, photography
South Island, New Zealand, August 2009
What you can’t see: all the other sheep and lambs running around (and away from our car) and our enthusiasm from snapping lots of pictures of them all.
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN china, travelling
In deep contrast with the dirty grey smog that covers the city, Beijing’s monuments are filled with bright colours and intricate patterns. I couldn’t stop staring at some of these, even if I couldn’t quite make out what they were supposed to represent. Just one of the layers of art, isn’t it? Knowing what it [...]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN china, travelling
The first visit to the Great Wall took us to the Badaling section, on our very first day. We flew for nearly 15 hours to get there, dropped our bags at the hotel and headed to the bus station to find the bus that would take us to Badaling. It was Sunday and the busiest [...]
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, August 9th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN china, photography, travelling
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN books, kiwiland, travelling
polly evans has been keeping me company on the bus ride to work (and sometimes back home, if it’s not too dark or i’m not too tired to keep my eyes open). not polly evans herself, of course, but her second book, kiwis might fly, about the time she spent touring kiwiland on a motorbike.
i’ll [...]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN china, travelling
a total spur of the moment decision, after c. found cheap fares online. next thing we know, we had a booking confirmation for nearly two weeks in beijing. exploring the great wall of china, walking through tiananmen and the forbidden city, taking a gazillion photos of the summer palace and the temple of heaven (and [...]
