http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wairarapa/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , New Zealand , North Island , Wairarapa en-us Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:57:51 BST Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:57:51 BST Unfortunately academics have kicked into high gear as of late at Victoria University with the onset of midterms which has severely limited my adventuring activities. However I do have one of note. Which was kind of a relief because in all honesty ever since starting a blog I've felt this strange pressure to be more interesting. Anyways on this particular outing along with others in my study http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wairarapa/blog-309921.html Hi everyone Well I feel like now Sa's written a blog I should really get started I've been in NZ just over a week now and I already think it's my favourite country that we've visited. The journey from KL to Singapore was okay although there were a few times I felt I might not get there like when the bus driver told me I had to get off as soon as we arrived over the border and get on another http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wairarapa/blog-298198.html My departure from Kaikoura happened very quickly in many ways I was sad to leave. I'd felt like I was ready to go for a while but I'd settled in there and was starting to feel almost like a local well almost. I will be back there in roughly a month but I don't know yet how long I will stay. I'm going to miss Max and Kd having lived with them for over four months and become very involved in http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wairarapa/blog-269154.html First off. Thanks for all of you who wrote comments. I'm unfortunately an idiot and didn't know that the comment system forces me to actively accept them in order to show up. Now that I know feel free to continue commenting and I'll be sure to accept them quickly. Gaddang spammers ruin the Internet for everyone. It occurs to me that we are terrible bloggers. Either that or we've been really http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wairarapa/blog-163166.html This weekend we had a major show down south on the North Island so we drove down last week. Not long after we pulled out I got accosted by this tiny bird that had gotten itself trapped in the truck it kept flapping in my face and I was laughing and screaming so couldn't get it out. Luckily someone rolled the window down so it escaped. At the end of the weekend we had a party with those of us who http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wairarapa/blog-104578.html First off before i begin i have to admit that despite the claim we were not actually in Wairarapa in fact i have never even heard of the place. Its just that River Valley the place we actually stopped is so small that it didnt warrant a mention on this site or seemingly on any map. To make matters worse the whole reason that we were going to the place white water rafting was cancelled due to e http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wairarapa/blog-83153.html Back at work now plenty of IT opportunities yet more downtime so time to catch up with some more bloggin. It is not every weekend that we manage to do something exciting enough to warrent its own blog but last weekend we decided it was time to get back on the road and see a bit more of the north island.In fact when we arrived back in Wellington one day when we decided to avoid the post holida http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wairarapa/blog-74981.html