Kia Ora (Maori Hello) Everyone! Here's the rundown- I went on my Lord of the Rings tour of Wellington which was GREAT. We started on Mt. Victoria whch is a beautiful lookout point and also served as the "Get off the Road!" sequence, Sam and Frodo wandering the outer Shire, the Nagul silhouetted at the top of the road, the 4 hobbits running through the outer shire away from Nazgul as well as the shot where Frodo is relaxing with his pipe when they hear the elves in the woods. This post is pretty picture heavy, mostly on funny shots which [View Full Entry]

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I'm currently in Wellington on the North Island of New Zealand. Now, here's what I've been up to since my last update! My first and only full day in Auckland started out with Marie, Stephanie and myself (remember, those are my Quebec friends) wandering the streets of downtown Auckland. Early in the afternoon I gave Steve and Robin a call. Steve is my aunt's cousin and of no direct relation to me, but is the only person in the country who I could say knows someone I know. I wasn't sure if I was even going to call them up but [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone! I'm in Auckland, New Zealand - the city of a thousand sails. I know it's only my second update since I left so it's going to be lengthy but worth it to read on since I've been doing countless un-Winnipeg winter like things. Okay, so after my last update I went on a daytrip out to the reef by way of Denarau harbour in Nadi, Fiji. Nadi makes me think of what India might be like. Cows and dogs and horses just kind of wander everywhere, almost everything is completely sketchy. I saw someone drying their living room furniture [View Full Entry]

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Hello : ) So I'm in Nadi, Fiji where I've already got a tan and a burn. My flights were fine, the Vancouver airport seemed determined for me to get completely lost but LAX was great. I even saw someone that I recognized from movies but whose name I can't remember. I saw my first palm tree there, but then I got to Fiji where there are lots more. I got in at 5 am yesterday which was I believe about 10 in the morning for you guys, and it was already 23 degrees and very muggy before the sun had [View Full Entry]

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So in less than 48 hours I'll be on the very first plane ride of this trip. I just want to thank everyone who came out last night, it was amazing to see so many people there just for me. I had a great time - despite some goodbye crying - and I hope you all did as well. I'm just about to finish packing. Planning what to take when you're not going for a weekend or a week but rather 5 or 6 months takes a lot of time and effort. Everything has to be multipurpose and nothing can be [View Full Entry]

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