My neighbours and I heard the fireworks this evening and headed out into our back yards to look over at the city skyline. I was invited up to their upstairs balcony to get a better view.
Month: January 2008
9 years since Micronesian Odyssey
This month marks the 9th anniversary of my escape to the mid-northern-Pacific Micronesian islands. I picked up a cheap ticket on Air Nauru, and took a 10 day trip to the islands of Guam, Rota (Northern Mariana Islands), Pohnpei (Federated States of Micronesia), with a 12 hour stopover on Nauru each way.
Off for a tramp in Tongariro
Instead of doing Australia Day holiday in Australia, where better to do it than in New Zealand, and then spend the week tramping around a North Island volcano? Instead of doing the Tongariro Crossing, which is a one-day hike that all of the tourists seem to do, we plan to spend four days doing the Tongariro Northern Circuit.