The National Religion

Rugby. Last night, Tim and I finally got to see the major focus of the NZ national Religion: we went to a pub to watch the All Blacks play.  The All Blacks are the NZ national rugby team.  The entire nation worships them.  There are “All Blacks” shops in every town in the country.  I’ve [...]

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Grab a Shovel!

So, New Zealand is an odd place.  It’s a bit like Hawaii if the British invented it.  Yes, the reputation is true, there are a LOT of sheep around here.  Millions of ‘em.  They cover the rolling hills, leaving the hills grassy and green, resembling the nicer areas of rural England or France.  On top [...]

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Rotorua: Where Nature Does Its Business

In Space, nobody can here you scream.  Well, in Rotorua, nobody can smell you fart. This is the place where nature exhudes interesting smells, colored waters, and a whole lotta heat.  The entire town smells like rotten eggs… or worse.  It makes having a garlic dinner much more socially acceptable, though, so I’m 100% in [...]

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Jumping Out Of Planes…

So, contrary to vicious rumors being spread about how “Tadhog’s not really in New Zealand, but working for Lenscrafters as a male model” (see photo), I’m here in Taupo, NZ. This morning, Timmy and I jumped out of an airplane. This may seem like a bad idea, however, the guy who’s harnessed to my back [...]

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Kia Ora!

Hello from New Zealand!!  And it’s true what the tourism posters say – it is better than old Zealand.  I arrived here in Wellington the day before yesterday, and immediately met up with my buddy Timmy.  We have since proceeded to sample many of the local beers (and the beer here is really really good), [...]

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