How many stories have I penned over the years about my adventures alone around the world? Backpacking in Asia solo? Hiking around New Zealand on my own? Running away to charming cabins in the mountains to think and write? Growing…
Scott. Shackleton. Hillary. All synonymous with adventure and Antarctica. Of polar exploration. Of courage and inspiration. Of bygone years when there were still unchartered corners of the world. But there’s one more name that belongs with these giants that has…
Lockdown in New Zealand 2.0. OMFG. Here we go again. Just a few days ago, I was talking to my partner Giulio over coffee, saying I just had a spidey-sense we were about to be hit with COVID again. As…
For hundreds of years, Māori lived and traveled along the coastline of the top of the South Island, living, loving, and dying. Isolated and “undiscovered” by Europeans, New Zealand was one of the last colonized places in the world. In…
West coast best coast! Nothing beats New Zealand’s West Coast; it’s still one of my favorite places on earth after all of these years. I’ve written about it many times – don’t expect me to stop anytime soon! Earlier this…
