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TravelSkite: January 2015

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Been there, done that, still gloating. Friday, January 30, 2015. It hardly seems possible, but 1965 was 50 years ago, and I have connections with 30/1/65 (other, of course, than being so. No, what really struck me was hearing on the radio that there would be a 90-gun salute in England to mark the event, one shot a minute: ridiculously young. Naturally, it's not as black and white as that. Links to this post. Tuesday, January 27, 2015. I suppose the sun does shine at Auschwitz. Of course it does. ...In Ha...

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TravelSkite: May 2015

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Been there, done that, still gloating. Wednesday, May 27, 2015. I've written before here. The last time I heard that sound, exactly. That sound, was at the Anzac Dawn Service. Links to this post. Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Quite apart from the impossibility of getting my head around that figure - "in-country spend only" the brief clarifies - there's the moral issue here. How many people's eyesight could that much money restore? How many rhino protected from poachers? I'm happy to come for a gander.). But tha...

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TravelSkite: High and low

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Been there, done that, still gloating. Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Passing back through again this evening, there were more police with riot shields, standing aside looking faintly bemused as a noisy group of young women loudly demanded their rights in a pro-abortion demonstration, shouting, waving placards, lying on the road, one of them even topless and grafittied. Good for them. Can put together, and the first starts tomorrow, hosted by Chimu Adventures. Incidentally, the locals strongly prefer Cusco,...

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TravelSkite: Warning for arachnophobes - and everyone else

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Been there, done that, still gloating. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Warning for arachnophobes - and everyone else. Tame, tired, unimaginative, it's a low-key theme park for little kids that no way, no how measures up to expectations refined by Disneyland. It's faded, weathered, a bit battered, and very ordinary. And also, quite astonishingly expensive. Don't go. Instead, buy yourself a new set and stay at home to play with the real thing. So disappointing. I could hardly bear it. July 15, 2015 at 1:22 PM.

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TravelSkite: Waiheke Horse Tours: do it!

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Been there, done that, still gloating. Thursday, March 26, 2015. Waiheke Horse Tours: do it! Ok, so I went out today with Steve Old on one of his Waiheke Horse Tours. Along with a couple of Swedish girls, and we had lunch at Poderi Crisci. Which is an Italian vineyard on the island that has the rare distinction these days of using corks in its bottles (because they export to Italy where they're old school). I knew Steve already, from his Great New Zealand Trek. It was a lovely thing to do, and I recommen...

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TravelSkite: Canal algebra

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Been there, done that, still gloating. Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Miss Cree would be so disappointed in me. She was such an enthusiastic maths teacher, and today's problem wouldn't have given her a moment's hesitation, but I gave up on it, eventually. Here it is: if miles. Locks ÷3 = hours, and you took 7 hours to do 13 locks, then how many miles did you cover? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Skait) NZ/Austral. informal. vb. (intr.) 1. To boast. n. 2. Boastful talk. 3. A person who boasts. Thwarted cou...

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TravelSkite: Get knotted, mate

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Been there, done that, still gloating. Thursday, July 9, 2015. Get knotted, mate. So it was, our stern mooring rope, in a heap under the tiller – just as it’s been all week, causing no problems at all. We didn’t acknowledge him, of course, or even look at the rope till we were round the bend; but after that we did a survey of everyone else’s and, true, most of them were tidied in some way. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Skait) NZ/Austral. informal. vb. (intr.) 1. To boast. n. 2. Boastful talk. 3.

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TravelSkite: March 2015

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Been there, done that, still gloating. Monday, March 30, 2015. Cool dude on a hot day. Anyway, Broome Historical Walking Tours. Which has plenty of interest of its own, presented in that slightly ramshackle way that I really enjoy in a small museum. An excellent way to spend $35 and an hour and a half. Recommended. Links to this post. Thursday, March 26, 2015. Waiheke Horse Tours: do it! Ok, so I went out today with Steve Old on one of his Waiheke Horse Tours. Steve himself was riding a stallion, impress...

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TravelSkite: Farewell to Florence Edith

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Been there, done that, still gloating. Saturday, July 11, 2015. Farewell to Florence Edith. It’s only the stinky toilet that made me pleased that today was our last day on the canal. It’s really become quite breath-taking. But otherwise, it’s been such fun. So much busier than I expected, and challenging, and a bit fraught now and then – but there’s been achievement too, and satisfaction, and pride. He couldn’t fault my tidy rope, though. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). To boast. n. 2. EM Forster] - ...

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TravelSkite: December 2014

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Been there, done that, still gloating. Wednesday, December 31, 2014. People and places. But mainly people. So, here we are on the last day of the year - again! Certainly, in all the long-haul flights I did this year, there wasn't a moment of disquiet, not one. But I'm not going to list them all, or count the different airlines, or countries, or modes of transport (helicopters! I really liked Tehei too, at Taoahere Beach House. Then there was Dan, our guide in northern Australia. The second time I went to...