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Travelling whilst standing still

Published: 26th October 2010 by Laurence Norah4 Comments

One of the great things about travelling for the longer term is the ability to stop for a while, settle a bit, and find out more about the place you are calling home for the next section of your life. … [Read more...]

To Tongariro

Published: 24th October 2010 by Laurence Norah4 Comments

It turns out our aforementioned decision to go arbitrarily North was approximately 100% the opposite direction to that which we needed to go to find work. Luckily however, New Zealand isn’t that big … [Read more...]

Northward bound

Published: 20th October 2010 by Laurence Norah2 Comments

Having spent some time setting up Bernie, we have now finally left Auckland. I suspect it was about time to do so. As a farewell gift, the city provided us with a drunk who attempted to clean our rear … [Read more...]

Photography Composition Tips

Published: 12th October 2010 by Laurence Norah3 Comments

In today’s photography tips article I’m going to be sharing with you a number of tips to help you compose better photos. Improving your photography composition is an easy way to take better photos – … [Read more...]

Auckland’s volcanoes

Published: 10th October 2010 by Laurence NorahLeave a Comment

Auckland, I have learnt, is a city built on no less than fifty volcanoes, not all of which are dormant. This means two things. One, that I could get blown into tiny lava covered pieces of myself at … [Read more...]

Shanghai for a day

Published: 8th October 2010 by Laurence NorahLeave a Comment

Our trip to New Zealand is a bit of a mammoth venture, going via both Shanghai and Sydney, with fairly lengthy stopovers in both. Since we were in Shanghai for 13 hours, it seemed to make sense to pop … [Read more...]

Berlin – the rest of the story

Published: 4th October 2010 by Laurence NorahLeave a Comment

Berlin, you will not be surprised to hear, is about more than just amazing street art. So whilst the street art was certainly a highlight of my trip, it wasn’t the whole thing. Here therefore is … [Read more...]

An alternative tour of Berlin

Published: 2nd October 2010 by Laurence Norah6 Comments

There is a chap, I am told, who wanders around Berlin by bicycle painting the number six everywhere he can. He has been doing this for a very long time. When questioned, at length, and the layers of … [Read more...]

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