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The New Zealand Honeymoon of Necessity
The original plan for our 25th anniversary was quite simple; I bought a pair of tickets to see Book of Mormon at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney and started looking for a nice place to go to dinner. Danielle would tough it out alone on the boat while we spent Read On..
Also posted in Customs & Immigration, New Zealand, Penguins, South Island
Tagged Christchurch, New Zealand, Oamaru, South Island
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Oh Goody, More Upwind Sailing
Wind Messing With Us Some More For a while yesterday the wind disappeared and we powered up the engine and actually made progress directly the way we wanted to go ? one mile forward = one mile closer to our destination. How unusual. But it wasn’t to last, around midnight Read On..
Also posted in New Zealand, passages, Whales
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