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Chickens, Pigs, and Farewell Aotearoa
With our great South Island tour road trip over, we caught the ferry back up to Wellington. Here we spent a delightful three days...
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Jul 2, 20243 min read


3 Months on The Road: Part 2
I left off with our hike to the Welcome flats. Inspecting our car after getting off the trail we sighed with relief. There were signs all...
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Jun 28, 20243 min read


3 Months on the Road: Part 1
After spending a month in the wonderful Raglan volunteering with the Karioi project, swimming, hiking, and eating way too much sourdough...
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Apr 29, 20244 min read


Conservation in Raglan, NZ
Our first introduction to conservation in NZ was to be a day in the field learning how to trap mammalian predators. After eating a simple...
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Jan 14, 20247 min read


The Best Little Zoo in the World
While zipping back and forth across the country on the Chicken buses we had the wonderful privilege of visiting the Belize Zoo. The zoo...
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Dec 20, 20231 min read


Conservation on a Shoestring
Our plan for the day was to spend time at the community Baboon sanctuary, the reason for visiting Bermudian landing. We were one of two...
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Dec 16, 20235 min read


Into Belize
From Playa Del Carmen we caught a seven hour bus to Chetumal, the capital City of Quintana Roo, and on the border of Belize. This city...
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Dec 9, 20234 min read


Paradise Under a Zoo
After a rather adventurous journey to Mexico, we found ourselves in the bustling tourist town of Playa Del Carmen. The differences to the...
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Dec 7, 20234 min read


In which we miss the bus, get scammed, and wander the streets of Cancun at midnight.
After nearly three months spent in Costa Rica, it was now time for us to depart for Belize. We had plans to visit Honduras, but due to...
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Nov 27, 20238 min read


3 million dollar Cheese from Canaan
While we were in San Gerardo de Rivas, we stumbled upon a most pleasant surprise. We had walked down to the closest little town, Canaan,...
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Nov 10, 20233 min read


To the Top of the World
After our time spent in the hilly jungle region of central western Costa Rica, we made our way south towards the highest peak in Central...
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Nov 5, 20239 min read


Tamales in the Rain
October 17th It's 6:30 am, we are up and packing our bags and getting ready to leave. We got off a bus yesterday, spent the night in a...

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Nov 3, 20232 min read


In Which We Meet Mr. Silver Fox
A few years ago we met a man with silver hair and a keen smile, who had left an impression on my memory to this very day. Myself, two...
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Oct 19, 20239 min read


Riches from Disaster
7:30 am, 1968, La Fortuna Costa Rica the Arenal Volcano erupts killing 87 people across three surrounding villages making international...
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Oct 7, 20233 min read


Life in the Clouds
The last month has found us in the clouds of Monteverde Costa Rica. Our days have been greatly varied, containing all manner of...
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Sep 2, 20237 min read


In which we walk in the clouds and are (nearly) attacked by hummingbirds
Early morning bus ride through the fog, the world is a blur of gray and green. We're off to visit a Cloud Forest! Founded in 1972 by the...
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Aug 18, 20232 min read


In which we are nearly bamboozled:
It's 5:15 a.m. It's the perfect time to start a new adventure... It's off to the bus station! It's a relief to be leaving the craze of...
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Aug 9, 20232 min read


An eventful beginning!
We woke at 5 to depart on our grand Watson adventure. Today was the day. The excitement and expectation was palpable in the air. My dad...
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Aug 7, 20235 min read


Married on a Cliff !
After packing our belongings Mo and I set off from Berea, our summer home where I had been house sitting with my good friend Ian Paine,...
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Aug 4, 20233 min read


"I'm Never Applying for the Watson!"
I'm a good student. I pay full attention in class. Especially given my seat in the front row. OK. Never mind. Scratch that. To tell the...
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Jun 24, 20233 min read
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