Category Archives: Travels

Here Be Goblins (1)

Posted on January 26, 2021 by krikitarts

I’ve been off the website for a week: We made an adventuresome excursion to New Plymouth, on the northern edge of the peninsula formed long ago by the eruption of the volcano known as Mt. Taranaki. We spent three days … Continue reading →

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Isolation Antidotes (18): Whitepark Bay

Posted on May 6, 2020 by krikitarts

As we continue at Level 3 Lockdown, I’m combining my project of going back through my archives with a request by my long-time photo buddy Vicki to post more from my travels to the northern UK. This is one that … Continue reading →

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Isolation Antidotes (16): The Mysterious Monk of Granite Island

Posted on May 4, 2020 by krikitarts

A little over a year ago CD and I had the chance to spend a couple of weeks in Australia with Batty and her family. We started in Melbourne and did a most memorable road trip along the Great Australian … Continue reading →

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Serenity (and sadly, sobering, self-isolating) Sunday

Posted on March 22, 2020 by krikitarts

The implementation of cautionary measures is escalating daily here and life, as we’ve known it, is changing rapidly. They have—so far—not been as drastic as in other places in the news, but the status is no longer quo. Internationally-arriving passengers … Continue reading →

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Flashback Friday: Canterbury Moon at Dusk

Posted on March 6, 2020 by krikitarts

My life twenty-four years ago today found me on one of my first journeys to New Zealand. I had finished conducting the day’s business in the vicinity of Greymouth, on the northwest coast of the South Island, and I was … Continue reading →

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Flashback Friday: Twenty Years Ago Today

Posted on February 7, 2020 by krikitarts

Twenty years ago today I had just arrived in Japan on a work trip, eagerly carrying my first-ever digital camera, a bulky, 1.9-megapixel, Nikon Coolpix 950, with a 3x zoom lens, which I had bought between Christmas 1999 and the … Continue reading →

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For the Birds–Again

Posted on December 12, 2018 by krikitarts

I have written about Muriwai Regional Park several times before, and it holds a very special fascination for me. It contains a magnificent beach on the western shore of the North Island, in the Waitakere Ranges, a little less than … Continue reading →

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Marvelous Muriwai

Posted on March 10, 2018 by krikitarts

Batty had a college roommate, a very good friend, visiting from the US for a few weeks, and one of the places she wanted to share with her was my favorite beach in the area, near the community of Muriwai … Continue reading →

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Snappy Snorkel

Posted on March 7, 2017 by krikitarts

A little less than a week ago I had a chance to go for a swim with Squiddy in Goat Island Marine Reserve near the town of Leigh, a drive of a bit more than  an hour north of Auckland. … Continue reading →

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A Trio of Travelers

Posted on February 4, 2017 by krikitarts

Being a traveler here myself, I can well appreciate the attraction that this magical land holds for many others, and I’m planning to spend much more time in New Zealand in the future. But it has attracted many other foreign … Continue reading →

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