Trav's Travels

On Sunday, the 12th of October Anita and I went to Macau. After about an hour on the ferry, we got off the boat and hoppe...

Over the last couple weeks I have managed to pick up some teaching work to get me by until I start my permanent gig at Yu ...

On Thursday, the 2nd of October a bunch of us went to eat at a floating restaurant called Jumbo Kingdom. After having Dim Sum for lunch, ...

On Wednesday, the 1st of October I went to Sai Kung with Anita. After arriving we took a boat to Sharp Island and walked around. The firs...

On Monday, the 29th of September I was walking back to the home of my host family in Mong Kok and I saw many protesters setting up to sle...

Over the last week I have seen and eaten some strange things. No, I didn't eat the cat in the picture above, but it did seem strange ...

On Sunday, September 14th I went surfing with my new friend Colten at Big Wave Bay - a bay which, despite the name, didn't have very...

On Monday, September 1st I spent the night in Changi Airport in Singapore. The next day I arrived in Hong Kong and met my friend Anita a...

On Wednesday, August 20th Cheeseman held the "Accountants vs Lawyers" race and from there we continued into the next week. On ...

On Monday, August 18th I went to town and sold my motorcycle. The next night I was back up on the mountain in time for the ski weekers...

For two days following Wednesday, August 13th I did my duties, including my weekly drive to town, and did as much skiing as I had time f...

On Sunday, August 10th we returned to the mountain for opening day. The next day we had a blizzard and the following day we had a staff ...

For the first few days in August I camped out at Chamberlains Ford and used the nearby library in Lincoln to kill some time writing. On M...

On Saturday, July 26th I took off on a two to three hour road trip to Sylvia Flats Hot Pools in Lewis Pass. Unfortunately, I got such a l...

On Thursday, July 10th I returned to Christchurch and found that Arthur was on holiday. So we decided to go mountain biking at Bottle Lak...

On Saturday, July 5th one of our ski patrol had an accident and had to be flown out. Two days later we were told to leave the mountain un...

On Friday, June 20th I moved on from Dunners to Christchurch - about a seven hour ride! After essentially spending the whole day in a win...

On Saturday, May 10th I met up with Aaron from Waikanei, got pizza and went up Mt Victoria.For the next week and a bit I got back to work...

On Tuesday, April 22nd my group won the final quiz night and came in second overall. On Saturday we all had a going away potluck and, fi...