Hotel View

The view of downtown Auckland from my hotel. The town grew on me. The locals and kiwis in general seem to enjoy complaining about the place, but I just liked it.

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Kiwi Silence - Kiwi Noise

October 27th 2011
Start Again Start again. Start Again. With a calm and quiet mind. Alert and attentive mind. Balanced and equanimous mind. This is how S. N. Goenka begins the instruction sessions in the morning and afternoon during a ten-day Vipassana course and it pretty much explains why I chose to start this trip by sitting down and shutting up for ten days. But let me start by ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Raglan

The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

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