February, 2013

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Day Six (Taupo to Taihape)

Today’s ride was infinitely more enjoyable than I had anticipated. I thought I was in for a longer version of The Road to Rotorua day, but that was not the case. After getting a 40km kick-start thanks to some vehicular assistance from Brad, I was off to take on theRead More …


Day Five (The Taupo Experience)

This will be brief – not because I didn’t do much but because photos will do a better job of recapping the day (at some point I’ll find a computer with a SD card reader so I can’t upload some photos). My friends Brad & Gemma were excellent tour guidesRead More …


Rotorua to Taupo

I’ve sort of lost track as to what day we’re at. I know I haven’t updated this for a few days and no,


Day Two Update

I say stupid things. Perhaps that really doesn’t come as a surprise but it’s true. I’ve said before that one thing I tend to seek out from my vacations is total exhaustion. Perhaps total exhaustion was more appealing in my youth, but in my not-quite-so-youthful (and significantly out-of-shape) state IRead More …


The Road to Rotorua

Okay, first off there’s supposed to be another update PRIOR to this one but my PlayBook keeps freezing up on me so I can’t get at “yesterday’s update”. (technology, sheesh!) So, today’s update – Day Three. the original plan had me arriving in Rotorua at the end of Day Two,Read More …


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