With 12 hours to spare between flights (I was headed to Taiwan, a wee side trip on my way to New Zealand), I braved the amazingly efficient public transit and wandered about the streets of Hong Kong for a day. This was my very first taste of Asia, and I didn’t know what to expect. I found [ Read More ]
When I purchased my ticket to New Zealand, I learned I could take a side-trip from my stopover city anywhere my airline flew. As I was flying on Cathay Pacific, transferring planes in Hong Kong, I was able to visit Kaohsiung, Taiwan where my friend Alex had been living for the better part of a [ Read More ]
While living in New Zealand, I popped over to Melbourne twice to visit my friend Stephanie and to head off to Rainbow Serpent, a massive “arts and lifestyle” festival. The first time I went was in January 2009, three months after first landing in Auckland. I was feeling pretty unhappy with how things were going [ Read More ]
