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Daniel Keys Sometimes I think it would be nice to be settled an have some balanced 9 to 5 life, join a sports team again and be there for friends and families birthdays etc, but then I end up doing something like watching the sunrise from Mt Sonder in outback Australia and remember why I will probably never kick the travel bug. Kotahi Aroha
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Yo hows it? long time no see, its been a year since my last blog from Thailand which feels like so long ago now. Im now living in central Australia, based out of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory to be exact and have been for the last 2 weeks and will be until the end of september. I am working for a very cool company called World Expeditions guiding 3, 7 & 14 day treks on the Larapinta Trail throu the West MacDonnell Ranges. Its such an amazing place here, its winter time and the other day it was [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 6th 2009 | 118 Views | [diary=403223]

Lake Alabaster
Martins Bay sunset, west coast Fiordland
On lake McKerrow

Fantasea
Fantasea
Here we are holding Diamond outside the show, cutest thing ive ever seen
So the last few days in Phuket were spent round the pool, bit more surfing and eating. The weather had really turned around by the end with sun shining and the beach packed with people. Keri had a dress made we have called 'The Sack' not happy with it. We had heard about this attraction called Fantasea from a few people so decided to check it out and it turned out to be one the the coolest things we did! Its a Los Vegas style show with 30 elephants, pyrotechics, music dancing dudes flying all over the theatre. Was all inside [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 30th 2008 | 552 Views | [diary=281720]

Biggest butterfly ive ever seen
3 Kings statue Chiang Mai
The famous tuk tuk!

Kia ora, Sour de Kup from Thailand! Yaahoo a blog from outside NZ again! So today we have been here a week and have about 11 more days to go. Thailand is hot, humid hot its monsoon season and first 4 days were very windy with some extremly heavy rain sometimes. We flew in after long trip with 2 days back home in Waiuku then throu Singapore to Phuket which is little peninsula south west Thailand. Kinda close to Myanmar were the cyclone hit but everything fine over these ways. We are staying at the Serene Resort on Kata beach near [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 17th 2008 | 627 Views | [diary=277130]

7 Hrs in Singapore airport
Our first veiw of Thailand from above
Welcome to Phuket

Forgot to publish at the time..will add the photos once we get back from Thailand... Yo yo fullas summers done, fresh snow up the hills and temps have chilled down big time. Guide season pretty full on this time round and ready was for a break by the end. Did a mish down Stewart Isl with Forest, Josh & Rusteye couple weeks back. Primo time spent kiwi watching, fishing, drinking constantly, eating almost as much, swiming, tramping, dolphins, penguins chilling. Anybody spending time down these ways cant go past the island, by far clearest water ever seen. Keri and I heading [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 17th 2008 | 50 Views | [diary=273625]


Kia Ora, its been ages since my last blog pretty much due to laziness an ive finally sat down to blog out again, so im still in Queenstown and summer time is well underway. Im working for Ultimate Hikes again this summer season and its been awesome so far, nice comming back as a second year guide and having a clue as to whats going on. We have a sweet crew of bout 25 guides an some pretty interesting cats amongst us. Im working on the Greenstone and Routeburn Tracks but am in the middle of 3 weeks on the Milford [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 24th 2008 | 179 Views | [diary=238832]

Keri top of Coros
Behind Coros down skippers
Tuning bikes up Coronet Peak

Hey once again from Queenstown, as i write I can see it has just started snowing on top of the remarkables again which is good as we need some more, when do you not?! Its warm today, bout 10' which is nice we had a couple of weeks in the negitives and it was pretty chilly with Qtown cut off from outside world, cars abandoned and sheet ice causing mayhem. Myself and the crew have been keeping indoors and warm mostly. Watching the warriors religiously as they cruz to the grand final and avoiding the mental night life in town that [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 14th 2007 | 118 Views | [diary=190802]

The view back toward the bay, I think id like to get lost down here for a while
Forest in PSU suiting up for another wave, we had 2 hours in the water with 3mm suits on without getting cold, stoked the whole time!!
Colac Bay with Jen and Wes

Hey kia ora everyone, first sorry bout the lack of emails and blogs over summer-i hope you had a great one filled with beach, beers, good times and good mates. I had an epic summer working on the Routeburn and Greenstone tracks. Was hard to belive I was getting paid to walk amongst such amazing scenary, the mountains, rivers and lakes really are breathtaking-but of course pictures are always better than words so ill let the photos do the talking. Apart from being out on the track 80% of the time got a few waves around Catlins and Riverton ways, [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 11th 2007 | 209 Views | [diary=157480]

Harris saddle
Hanging valley
Martins Bay

A big howzit from down south, completed my first trip as a guide for ultimate hikes friday evening after walking the Grand Traverse with 24 clients. All I can say is sweet and this summer is gunna be wicked! Peace Dan [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 12th 2006 | 171 Views | [diary=102280]

Fellow guide Josh crossing one of many swing bridges on the walk
Workmates in the office
Steele Creek Lodge 1st night

Kia ora everyone, yes another blog from Queenstown, I find its hard to belive how quickly time is passing by and it has been more than 8 months since I moved down south. I am enjoying life down here more and more and can see myself sticking around for a while. I guess this is just another update so sorry if not to exciting but with winter drawing to a close and the days getting longer it feels like another era is comming to an end and an awesome summer is lined up. I finished work with NZ post last saturday [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 11th 2006 | 209 Views | [diary=86879]

The view from the western summit of Kelvin Hights loking back down towards our house,
Remarks with next to no snow, couple of weeks ago a farm fire got outta control and remarks looked like a volcano all night! was insane
The view from the top lokking down remarks on the left and cecil peak on the right

So three months on from my last blog and things have cooled down a bit here in Queenstown, we have had a couple of -12 nights which leaves all the windows in the house with a thick layer of ice on the inside, the toilet bowl froze and transforms our back yard into something out of Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe. This has made the posty run a little sketch in some parts but no big falls yet. Currently doing the town run whilst Daveys away. Its really socialable and people are starting to reckonize me as Dan the postman. The [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 12th 2006 | 277 Views | [diary=73278]

Veiws off Coronet Peak
Forest bout to take the big leap of Kawarau bungy
You could hear him screaming all the way back in Frankton, na you did good bro



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