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Stray Bus |
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In New Zealand I'm a tourist. In a country filled with tourists doing touristy things at touristy places I've fallen right into it. This has to do, in large part, to the fact that I got on a backpackers bus tour called the Stray Bus. There's a few different companies here |
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Gollum |
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I met a guy who was a boom operator for the Lord of the Rigns. He told me that Allen Serkis, the actor who played Gollum, was the hands-down best actor in the world. He was literally awe-struck by his talents. He told me this story.
In the upcoming, third movie there's |
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A Bulleted List |
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Things I've Done
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- had a surfing lesson on a big styrofoam board. I was riding waves by the end of the afternoon.
- went whitewater rafting. We went over three waterfalls of 1, 3 and 7 meters. We capsized on the 1 and 7.
- went blackwater rafting. This consisted of hiking and |
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Pure as the driven snow |
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I met a guy on the Queen Charlotte's trail, a newly retired American who lived on his sailboat with his wife and was spending a year in New Zealand. He was an interesting guy and very eager to chat so we walked together for a while.
He retired from the fire department, |
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