Russell
Day 158 – Paihia, New Zealand Today was the day it was supposed to rain and be generally a gloomy day. As you can see on the picture above, that wasn’t exactly what happened. As I was taking two tours through the same company (the hole in the rock and to Cap Reinga), company which…
Dolphins!
Day 157 – Paihia, New Zealand I have had quite a few adventures in the last few days! Yesterday, while staying with friends of the family, I went for a walk with one of the friends and the three dogs. The weather was absolutely beautiful, clear skies, green fields, muddy lanes, barbed wire, it was…
Good morning Mister Sunshine (you brighten up my day)
Day 150 – Pacific Harbour, Fiji Islands The sun is peaking back today, so I took a few more pictures, notably of the very different palm trees arrayed in the grounds. Except the coconut palm tree, I don’t know their name, but they are striking in their differences. (And there are different species of coconut…
Days of rain and rest
Day 149 – Pacific Harbour, Fiji Islands So, it seems that I haven’t written in a while! I’m almost at the end of my stay in Pacific Harbour. The resort I stay at is very nice, as I wrote in my last article. Of course, I slowly discovered that the services it offers outside of…
Last days on Mana Island
Day 143 – Nadi, Fiji Islands Edit: I concluded my post a bit fast last night, so I added a few words at the end. I’m back on the mainland – by which I mean Fiji’s biggest island. I’m currently uploading my pictures, so they should be ready by the time I publish this. Yesterday…
Back to the Blue Mountains
Day 136 – Sydney, Australia First, I got to say that nobody replaced the French flopping fish on the upper bunk bed, and I slept so well last night…! So a combination of new gear testing, cheap transport, and stubbornness took me again today to the Blue Mountains. I knew it would be raining, and…
The joys of dorm rooms
Day 135 – Sydney, Australia Until now I have been relatively lucky with my dorms: people haven’t been snoring too loudly, I haven’t been told that I was snoring loudly, and generally speaking, people are polite and try not to turn the light on at inconsiderate hours. So I had to finally have the bad…
Art Gallery and Botanic Gardens
Day 132 – Sydney, Australia (I’m only half cheating in my title, I did go back to the Gardens after visiting the art gallery. I also rearranged the pictures of Sydney into several galleries.) I started my day with some shopping. I wanted to put a new sole on my sandals, that would have cost…
Slow days
Day 131 – Sydney, Australia So I’m still not doing much of my days. I’ve switched hostel, because I chose the first one for its easy parking and quiet, and the second one for its proximity to the centre of the city. My luggage From left to right: the green grocery bag contains my groceries;…
Hiking the Blue Mountains
Day 129 – Blue Mountains National Park, Australia (You will notice how many places/environments I have hiked in my titles.) Yesterday, while doing nothing of my day (well, putting my pictures online is work) and preparing the next week, I found that Sydney’s public transportation go to the Blue Mountains, that you can find walking…