So, my tour of Northland is over. It went really well, I saw a lot. Hopefully I'll post a lot of the photos I took soon, I got a ton of good shots. Today I went on a speed boat cruise, it was really fun. Unfortunately I fell coming down a dirt road. I'm okay... except for 8 stiches in my left shin! Wowzers. I fell on my left hand and leg. ( Read more... )

So, I'm in Opua right now. Spend last night near here, looking for a tallship race and a skipper named Pete (my uncle's friend) today, but alas no go for either, it seems. :P

There are some impressive hills on the 5 km before Opua. The area I'm in is called Bay of Islands, it's really quite nice, I'm thinking of renting a kayak later on.

So I'm in Kaitaia right now, just about to start heading towards the tip o' NZ, Cape Reinga ( Read more... )

On the road again.

So, my right bike shoe has warped, and alas, started hurting my right knee. I tried a lot of things to correct it. Cleat adjustment (many times), new insole, new pedals. But to no avail, alas. After riding home last night from Whangarei I decided it's really time to retire them before I seriously hurt my knee (it was a painful ride home.) ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas guys! I hope yours was great. Here are two pictures of the NZ Christmas tree, the Pōhutukawa (it flowers around Christmas.)


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I biked to and then walked up a really high hill today. It's the highest point in the area. My uncle said it's 1800m at the top. That seems a bit high but it did go up for ages. I definitely under estimated its height ( Read more... )

Looking forward to exploring some of these. I need to get climbing!
http://www.climb.co.nz/Places/Places-To-Climb.htm

Planning this one for just a little after Christmas. :-) I'll be doing it in a clockwise fashion, starting in Maungakaramea, then heading to the West coast. Have to figure out tyres before then and get the issues with my right bike cleat/pedal sorted out.

I bought a new camera on Wednesday and got it in the mail today. I have high hopes for honing my photography skills with this one.


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