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By the time you read this I’ll be over the Pacific ocean winging my way back to Auckland. But just thought I’d share a bit about my visit into the Korean Demilitarized Zone, and out to the Panmunjom Joint Security Area (that’s the place you see in photos where South Korean soldiers guard one side [...]
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A full day of walking around, sightseeing and shopping. In the morning I checked out the Gyeongbukgung Palace, the National Palace from the Joseon era. I was there in time to catch some of the guards in full costume changing around.
In the afternoon I walked down to Namdaemun Market – it’s filled to the brim [...]
So yesterday I left the Anglophilic bubble of the Grand Hyatt, where our conference was, and stepped out into the authentic streets of Seoul for three days of sightseeing.
I had my Googlemaps directions at the ready, and it told me to get to 9beonji Jongno2-ga, Jongno-gu by using two different subway lines. However when I [...]
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Well we’re back in cold and wintry Auckland – it’s good to be home! You can only spend so much time in the Gold Coast before your money starts to run out…
Over the course of the week we picked up a few insider tips on getting around the place:
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Waiting in line at Movieworld, and we’ve just done the Superman Escape. Undoubtedly the best ride we have been on! And pretty fickle too – the ride closed after about an hour into the day to deal with “electrical faults”.
Some photos:
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Blogging this from the back of the bus headed to Dreamworld.
We’ve so far had a grand time here on holiday in the Gold Coast, Australia. We landed on Sunday morning and explored Surfers Paradise for the day. Some photos and comments below:
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It’s been pretty mad at work for the last wee while, so I was glad to take some time out and visit the hairdresser for a bit of hair modifying.
So now I find myself sitting in a chair with a showercap on my head, and a weird hairheating contraption that attempts to placate your protests [...]
I took a day off work today and spent the day driving around with Cheryl. We made it as far as Tauranga for lunch and a basic trek before coming back via Waihi and Paeroa (and yes, there was the obligatory L&P bottle shot). I have to say that climbing mountains is exhilarating when you [...]
Was good. Our tent (the white one) didn’t leak, which was pretty good for a $50 trademe no-brand 3-person type. Relaxing drive up to Goat Island, 80-cent ice-creams, pasta cooking, card games under torchlight, good friends.
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Some random musings from the streets of Sydney:
There’s more mentally ill people on the streets than in Auckland. I think one reason could be that Sydney is so busy and stressed (compared to NZ) that perhaps people that can’t take it fall by the wayside. You have the regular homeless/bum-types that sleep on the sidewalk [...]
