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Published: April 25th 2008
Tui Meets Bomun's Van
After a stormy night on top of a hill overlooking Christchurch, the vans hung out, as Kirby and I got to know Bomun.Enjoying Christchurch ever so much, we stayed around for another week. In the large downtown park we flocked to, we ended up meeting Bomun, who just moved from Seattle to New Zealand in December. He had locked his keys in his van and we ended up talking and waiting with him until AA arrived.
We continued our conversation late into the evening, learned all about permaculture (giving back to the land more than you take as an oversimplified definition), and watched a documentary called A Crude Awakening with him that evening in his van. We aren't sure if Bomun had named his van, but Tui, Kirby, and I enjoyed a travellers friendship and went on our own ways the next day.
We spent a number of hours downtown, especially at the library, in the days that followed, and at night we slept high in the hills overlooking Christchurch and its suburbs. We shopped at outlets, tied in a fun round of Pirate Mini Golf, read books, and listened to music in town center. In a few cities we have seen the life-size chess boards, but this was the first we watched people play.
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Betty A
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What amazing sites you do see!! Our snow is now gone for the second time, and we've had 2 days of gentle rain. It's making the farmers later than usual, but they're happy with the moisture.