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Leith

The big rains

June 1st 2010
Last week the sky opened and it hosed down, then drizzeled, then hosed down again for days on end. The normally tame Leith, a genteel river that trickles through the northern town, gardens and university, turned into a raging white water torrent, much to my glee. The students also were delighted and got sporting enough to go kayaking and boogie board surfing down it, despite a police warning and t ... read more
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Tell us a bit about yourself: this information will appear on your page and can be edited later. I am originally from New Zealand, and have traveled alot in Middle East and Asia. I work as an artist and often in the locations I choose to settle in for a period. I am about to travel in two weeks time to Cambodia for the first time and onwards to South India, where I have not been since I had a bad accident there thirteen years ago. I am both excited and apprehensive about this trip. ... full info
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