On top of the bottom of the world
My Mac battery is fried, my ethernet cable only holds a connection if propped by three coasters at exactly the right position, my 28-105 lens has a smashed filter ring on the front (pried off the glass so I could keep shooting), and my waterproof binocs leak. [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2004
NZ: heading home
Tying up, or simply at, loose ends
Paihia cafe scenery
We leave behind a stool just like this one, purchased on my first unsupervised outing driving on the “wrong” side of the road. R needed it to shower when we came back from the South Island. Now it serves many purposes: coffee table on the deck, elevates the laundry basket while [...]
NZ: Better than it has to be
Completely touristy, but we don’t have time to do the Bay of Islands any other way. We set off in a drenching, Houstonian rain across the Auckland Bridge, and it dumped on us continuously for the next 3 hours. Confirmed our reservations for the tour to the very tip of the North Island the [...]