TigerYuri
Tiger Yuri Joined: February 14th 2006
Logged in: September 28th 2006
Logged in: September 28th 2006
Travel Blog Posts
Hey all! Down here at the capital of NZ, Wellington. It is a lovely place and the arts festival is fantastic!! This will be a short entry, and I can't up load my photos yet, unfortunately. Last Fri we drove down to Auckland. NZ roads are CRAZY. We spent the night with some friends of Mom and Brians - Annie is a most _fabulous_ lady!! We had a blast, with a dinenr party and other people, and stayed up WAY too late. She and her partner have the cutest little flat in downtown Auckland, near the waterfront. It is TINY and gorgeous. Sat mom and I took the train down from Auckland to Wellington - gorgeous, but long - 12 hours!!! Went past "Mount Doom" of Lord of the Rings fame. Sun mom and I ran ... read more
Cap'n Yuri of the Tall Ship R. Tucker Thompson!
I bought the cutest yogurt maker! (http://www.easiyo.com/) Apparently it is totally common here - I picked it up in one of your average grocery stores in a rather on the small side town. You just add the mix and water, or milk and bit of yogurt you already have, to the small container, put boiling water in the big container, then put in the small, and wait 12-20 hrs! Easy!! And tasty! Yesterday Mom and I went over to Keri Keri and got some green lipped muscles to take home and make - yum! We also stopped by The Wherehouse, which is kinda like WalMart - their bags say price rollback or some such thing, their stuff is super cheap (in both senses), and most of their employees are women of color. Ick. It was even ... read more
Entryway to Waitangi Treaty Grounds
Sorry I haven’t written in ages! I have been consumed with…well, reading, sleeping, and hanging out with mom! Today it is raining raining raining. It is nice not to be frantic on vacation. Mostly when people are on vacation they zoom around madly trying to make the most, as it were, of each little moment by cramming it as full as possible with distracting, entertaining, or culturally-enriching events. There is something about being on a boat that just forces you to slow down a bit. Before I left most people were so impressed I was going to New Zealand and asked about all the stuff I was going to do. My general response was that, yes I was excited, but mostly I was going to see mom. That said, most of what I’ve been doing isn’t ... read more
Final morning mistiness - heading back
Cruising Bay of Islands, a composition in digital photography - Day Five... read more
Misty New Zealand Morning
Cruising Bay of Islands, a composition in digital photography - Day Four... read more
GemBrit with her sails out
Cruising Bay of Islands, a composition in digital photography - Day Three For some reason I hardly took any pictures this day. Partially it was recovering from the sea sickness from the day before!!... read more
Kiwi Breakfast!
Cruising Bay of Islands, a composition in digital photography - Day Two... read more
NZ country side
Hello friends! It has been another lazy lovely day here in sunny NZ. Woke up, had coffee and breakfast, went to the market, came home, read, had lunch, read some more. I had all these plans for things I was going to do while I was here, but really it isn't possible. Mom said that every country they have been to so far on this trip has had siesta (nap in the middle of the day) except NZ, and they ought to have it here too! It is so warm in the afternoon: clear sunny skies, light cool breezes, the gentle rocking of the boat - it is a perfect recipie for naps! I am trying to be more solid about my chanting. I did a half hour this morning and it was like pulling a ... read more
