Archive for November, 2005



Bay of Islands

Published on November 30, 2005

Nov 27 - 30
So my first day didn’t go quite as planned… Breakfast was fantastic, but I forgot the bike needed petrol, so I missed the cruise I had planned on taking for the day. Instead, I bought a ticket for the next day and wandered up to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. The Waitangi […]


The flight…

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Well, aside from some issues in Chicago, I made it to New Zealand ok. It was snowing when we left Chicago, so the flight was delayed for an hour and a half. The 12 hour, 25 minute flight from Los Angeles to Auckland was not as bad as I’d anticipated. I watched the first movie […]


Off to New Zealand!

Published on November 25, 2005

Well, it’s finally time for me to leave for New Zealand. I fly out of Albany at 2:17PM, and arrive in Auckland at 7:30 AM Sunday Morning (that’s 1:30PM Saturday here in New York - New Zealand is 18 hours ahead of the East Coast). Hopefully this flu I’ve been fighting has run its course […]


Photos posted!

Published on November 9, 2005

I’ve posted some of the photos I’ve taken over the past year to my gallery.


My first iPod!

Published on November 7, 2005

FedEX dropped off my new 60GB iPod as I was heading out the door for work. Guess I’ll be stopping by the Apple store on the way home from work to pick up a couple accessories I’ll be needing (camera connector, power adapter, and Firewire cable for my USB 2.0 challenged Mac). Damn, it’s gonna […]


Hello world!

Published on November 6, 2005

So I finally got off my lazy ass and have set up a web site again. I’m not really a big fan of blogging, but I figure this could be a useful forum for documenting my upcoming trip to New Zealand. I’m not sure whether I’ll be able to post much during my trip, but […]