The Year When Winter Totally
Happened, They Just Called It Summer
The Year of Small Children
The Year of Potatoes Cooked
Every Way Possible
The Year of Epic Profile
Pictures
The Year of Jumping Off of Tall
Things
The Year of Cats
The Year Without Books (Almost)
The Year of Living Dangerously
The Year of Living Nomadically
The Year of Living Frugally
(Mostly)
The Year of Never Having a
Camera
The Year of Never Writing
Anything Down
The Year of Riding Buses
The Year of Impossible Places
The Year of No Solitude
The Year of Imagined Places
The Year of Dangerous Things
We’re Not Going to Tell Our Parents About
The Year Without Puppies
The Year of Thomsons
The Year Without Bears, Wolves,
Bobcats, Snakes, Alligators, or Anything Else That Might Want to Eat Us
The Year Without Chic-fil-a,
Steak ‘n’ Shake, or sweet tea
The Year of Sheep…and More Sheep
The Lifecycle of the Average
Kiwi
The Year That Was Only Six and a
Half Months Long
When you go to New Zealand…
Look into buying a car before
you arrive. It can be economical and convenient, but you’d want to set it up as
soon as possible.
Check out Stray buses and Kiwi
Experience buses. They cost more than normal bus tickets, but they take you to
cool places and have passes that let you get on and off wherever.
Find a Pak’n’Save (grocery
store). It’s so much cheaper than New World or Countdown (more expensive
grocery stores).
It’s ok to depend on the
kindness of strangers. Kiwis are hospitable and very willing to help if they
can.
It takes about a week to get
used to a new place and a new group of people. Don’t rush yourself.
Do the things you want to do,
regardless of whether or not they are popular.
Don’t try to do everything.
You’ll burn out really quickly.
Always know where your towel is.
Find the library.
Use the I-Site.
Use the McDonald’s free wi-fi.
Find a ‘home’—a place where you
feel comfortable and, ideally, where you can return at a later date in your
trip when you get tired and homesick.
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