Day two of our solo adventure begins! Looking forward to our adventure today. Leafeon would have loved to roll around in this grass. But first a little snack brought to you by Vinamit, local producer of dried fruits. I bought this packet from Ben Thanh Market for VND120, 000 afterContinue Reading

Gosh it has been so long, almost exactly one year since this blog has seen any action. I am so sorry for not keeping up. Between work, family and a little me time, I’ve had little bandwidth to keep up with this hobby of mine. But there is a goodContinue Reading

We started the day really late today as Theo was busy at work so I brought the children out to the beach to have some fun in the sand and sea. We ended up missing the Maori village part of our trip and went direct for the Wai O TapuContinue Reading

This morning we checked out of the chalet at Ohakune and made our long way to Waitomo for the glow worms. We stopped en route at the Stoked Eatery in some dilapidated town of Te Kuiti. Have to say that it served one of the best local meals I’ve eatenContinue Reading

This morning I was awoken way too early by the kids before 8am. While I had wanted to sleep in till 9am, Ephraim was already dragging me off bed so it was an early start for us. Headed out for Whakapapa Village at 10.30am and started our 6km Taranaki FallsContinue Reading

I woke up late too today at about 10am after replying to work emails till 3am last night. The body is seriously not yet tuned into NZ time. We made quick time to pack up, dress up and have breakfast and checked out of our first house by 12noon. FirstContinue Reading

Woke up late this morning close to 10am. Thank God the running nose is gone so I was able to start the day pretty fresh. The children were very cooperative and got ready within the hour, all dressed and breakfast done. We left for the zoo at exactly 11am, anContinue Reading