Monthly Archives: November 2009
Status: November 29
Location: McDonald’s in Alice Springs, Australia Time: Breakfast! 9:13 a.m., 15.5 hours ahead of CST. (Weird to be on a half-hour time change increment.) What’s Up: We arrived yesterday and took a late afternoon drive to the West McDonnell range … Continue reading
Filed under Australia, Status Updates
Reading List Update
When it comes to reading, it seems to be feast or famine, depending on two things: 1. Whether Mr. Farmer is also trying to use the Kindle 2. Whether the book is good On The Road was a huge snore. … Continue reading
Filed under Status Updates, Trip Planning
Uncover what’s up…
I didn’t catch on for a couple minutes when we were on the plane. Clever!
Filed under New Zealand
It Feels So Wrong
Mr. Farmer has been a super trooper driver this trip, and I think he’s gotten used to driving on the “wrong” side of the road. At first the whole thing was mind boggling. And I still haven’t figured out which … Continue reading
Filed under New Zealand
Back In The Saddle
I hate it when it’s been so long since I’ve written something meaningful that I can’t figure out where to start. We’ve done a lot in New Zealand in the past couple weeks. I’ve picked out a few topics to … Continue reading
Filed under New Zealand
Status: November 21
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Time:10:40 a.m. What’s Up: Thanks for the birthday wishes! I think it’s officially my longest birthday ever, at 43 hours (considering that I started on New Zealand time and officially ended it on CST). We’re currently … Continue reading
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Status: November 17
Location: Sandfly Cafe in Te Anau, New Zealand Time: 1:38 p.m. What’s Up: Mr. Farmer and I finished the 33.5 mile/4-day Milford Track hike yesterday afternoon — we’re very proud! Actually it wasn’t bad from an exertion standpoint (despite carrying … Continue reading
Filed under New Zealand
Textile Class in Ubud
On Tuesday Mr. Farmer left first thing to go diving, so I was on my own for the day. Up to that point we’d literally only been apart when one of us was in the bathroom since the beginning of … Continue reading
A Bike Ride in Bali
[Note: I have like 4 minutes to get this post up, and since it takes forever to insert photos into posts, I'm lumping them together at the end in chronological order to do it in the fastest way possible.] On … Continue reading
Filed under Bali