Archive for the ‘Road Trips’ Category

This is an automated blog entry… because…

 

Well.. because, I assume when it decides it’s going to post its self…

it should be about 5 or 6am NZT, I could well be at an airport,

likely getting through customs, or on a plane, or picking my nose.

WHAT! you say, an airport.. ??  yes, picking my nose.

 

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I haven’t been to Australia for about 30 years.

Do I miss it ?  can’t remember it to know if I do or not.

Do I care ? I didn’t used to, but I do.

It’s the ‘almost’ beginning of my new journey in life.

The ‘actual’ beginning began 4 years ago when I started going to Hawaii to visit a very dear friend ( and I shall, with luck, continue to do so, so long as i have the means to).

 

So, what is so important to make me want to go there, or, even expand this journey?

Simple:
Friends.
Good soulful people with whom we have created a friendship out of common interests, non judgementally, honestly, openly, accepting of our individual beliefs, cultures, taste in weird food, ice cream flavours, hair colours, and maybe just a little craziness Smile with tongue out

But in the end.. because there are still good people in this world, and we should make the effort to attach ourselves to experiences that we would not have normally had, had we decided that the world or people we would otherwise have known didn’t matter.

Over the coming years, I will endeavour to go and visit more countries that contain more of these beautiful and amazing friendships that have been forged, to meet these people ‘in real life’, to connect and to enjoy, to breathe and walk with them, to share and experience some of what life is like for them, and hopefully to make both our lives a little less mundane, a little more expanded.

I hope, that they in turn, some day, in some way, may be able to do a similar thing, for someone they know. I hope.

We should all do this though, even if it’s only ever once in our lives, even if it’s just within our own country, city, or neighbourhood. Step out of our little plastic containers that we live in, and remind each other that outside, is a whole world of adventure and wonderment just waiting to be discovered.

Remind ourselves that it doesn’t matter who we are, where we come from or what we do, we are all the same people, we are all the same.

Except maybe the really crazy ones, but, hey, even they may have had a heart or common sense at one time, but decided that politics was a better choice for them. Oh did I just pick on a group of people… maybe I did. Winking smile

 

Anyway, it’s… 11:22pm, Wednesday the 25th of June 2014.. right now.
And I’m going to get some rest, I have an early flight to catch.

 

See if you can guess where I’m going later this year, and next year.

 

Might be your country… want to hang out, eat ice cream ? Drop me a note, comment here, or on Facebook, … lets chat Smile

 

 

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The Mighty–1 & 2

Not sure which one I prefer.

if any. either. who knows.

you tell me, here, comment on this blog Smile

 

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So, which one ?

 

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Lucid Moments – Image

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Those passing, fleeting moments….

Staggered memories congeal into rancid aromas of past deviancy

bloated expectations from delusional practitioners dancing madly

in single expressions of a lucid moment in my becoming still.

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Hard day at the office – Image

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Sometimes, we just want to give up

throw in the towel, walk away

become a ghost.

Sometimes, we go out of our minds.

 

 

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Mini Adventure–The East Coast Trip

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Yes, it’s that time of year again, the beginning of a new year, few days into it and nothing to do other than relax and spend Smile So, I thought I’d go on a little mini-trip to the east coast of NZ. I was last there over 10 years ago, and have wanted to get back for a while…..

My actual plan for the trip was to start at Gisborne,

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and then end the trip at Opotiki,

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which basically is basically the east peninsula area (below)

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And so I started to prep for the trip, and in doing so I thought I’d advertise in the local to see if anyone wanted a ride from Auckland to Gisborne or part there of, and as luck would have it i connected with two gals who were in Rotorua and wanting to get to Gisborne, so that was kool.

 

So, here we go.. instead of posting countless images and making this blog silly-big.. here’s a trip video instead. Smile

This video is best viewed in HD, full screen Smile

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Some places worthy of note if you ever go adventuring around New Zealand’s East Cape is:

 

Tolaga Bay – Awesome historic wharf…

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and…

 

East Cape Lighthouse – the most easterly lighthouse in the world
(stupid microsoft bing map useless no info crap) Smile

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Well that’s all from me for now… time to actually start getting ready for the new working week, sort some stuff out, dinner, movie, relax.

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Hawaii 2013 – Day 3

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Yawns… good morning humanoids it’s a stunning Monday morning here in Honolulu and a public holiday. . VA day I think they refer to it as. 

Any hoo going to hunt down breakfast and then go exploring. 

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Walked a bit more on the beach just to see what’s the what’s. .

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Well that’s enough of that.. time for lunch.. Ah ha.. lunch.. at…

CHEESEBURGERS IN PARADISE 🙂
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… and that concludes the first half of today. . Head in back to the hotel for a shower and then off for afternoon adventuring 🙂

…..later in the afternoon….

Well had me a rest and cleanup and got the car and went random.

Didn’t actually have a destination in mind but ended up at the Temple Village.. of which there were a few temples and a small village..

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Ok so mostly it was a Japanese temple…

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So then I carried on.down whatever random road I was on and saw this old ruin..
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It was old and ruined.
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Any hoo I carried on with a peckish feeling in my tummy.. and I found this place…
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And oh my god… I had a garlic shrimp with salad on rice.. it was Devine. …..
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Had a chat with Sham, the owner.. very chill dude… was kool to know he has relations living in NZ. Small world eh. 🙂

If you’re ever in Hawaii on Oahu .. go to that place… The address is:
56-565 Kamehameha Kahuku.

So that about ended the photos.. it was dark by the time I was ready to hit the road.. so I ended up driving to the North Shore and then cut back through the middle of the island back to Honolulu.

Freshened up and now I’m going to go for a night walk though to waikiki and the strip and see what’s buzzing.

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Good night.

Tomorrow I’m going on a submarine tour so that should be fun. Tune in tomorrow night for another update.