In Aotearoa-New Zealand

I just got back from a weekend in “The Central Plateau” in the North Island of New Zealand. Namely a small, remote “desert” town called Turangi. Fifty kilometres southwest of Taupo and skirted by volcanic mountains; Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe and Tongariro,…

This past winter I was flying solo for 6 weeks.  My partner had realised his dream and was on his trip of a lifetime playing golf in Ireland and Scotland with a couple of buddies.   I have always wanted…