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A white truck pulled up and Jamie got out of the car. He seemed like a really nice guy and emediatly released me from my big backpack. We...

The bus drive wasn’t too bad. The driver (called Romeo) made a lot of stops and told us all we needed to know about certain areas....

After the whale watch there wasn’t a lot of time to process what I just experienced because I had to hit the road. It was wintertime...

Originally we would have left Wanaka last night to head up to Mt Cook but we were recommended to do it in the morning. Apparently the...

Looking at the map of Wanaka, something spotted my eye, ‘Wastebusters oppshop’. Anyone who knows me well understands that this is...

2 weeks we had left together until we were going to split up. And 10 days before we were going to sell our Steve. The day we were...

Counting down the days to freedom… but to quit my job and going back to living in a van does mean missing out on a lot. So these couple...

For a week I was thinking about my birthday. For the first time in 18 years, I wasn't going to be woken up by my family singing happy...

I'm grateful for everything that I have. The Jobs I got, the place where I can live, a warm shower once in a while, a stove to cook...

My birthday was coming closer and I discovered that I would have to work the whole day... My original plan was to do a big hike, one of...