Dec 2015 – Jul 2016

Year-off

A 226-day adventure by Anna and Greg Read more

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December 16, 2015
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- Day 1
- Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 12:00 PM
- 🌙 23 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- Thailand Ko Lanta Yai 7.55277, 99.05917°33’10” N 99°3’33” E
Koh Lanta La Papaya
December 16, 2015 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
With French chicks
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- Day 12
- Sunday, December 27, 2015 at 11:00 PM
- 🌙 28 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- Thailand Khlong Bang Thao 7.99068, 98.29177°59’26” N 98°17’30” E
Borsht & Grechka a la Phuket
December 27, 2015 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
How to meet your parents friends
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- Day 27
- Monday, January 11, 2016 at 12:00 AM
- 🌙 23 °C
- Altitude: 870 m
- Thailand Huai Nam Rin 19.47648, 98.2985819°28’35” N 98°17’55” E
Hibiscus wine and drunk teenagers
January 11, 2016 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
In hot springs
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- Day 28
- Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 1:00 PM
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 895 m
- Thailand Ban Khun Huai Phrachao 19.12441, 98.7040819°7’28” N 98°42’15” E
Mae Taeng District, Thailand
January 12, 2016 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Coffee Break after the most painful scooter ride
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- Day 28
- Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 9:51 PM
- 🌙 18 °C
- Altitude: 301 m
- Thailand Mae Ram Orchid & Butterfly Farm 18.80508, 98.9910118°48’18” N 98°59’28” E
Alternative to Bangkok, Chiang Mai
January 12, 2016 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
And Greg's shave
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- Day 30
- Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 8:39 PM
- 🌙 28 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- Thailand Langsuan 13.74066, 100.5413213°44’26” N 100°32’29” E
11h train from Chiang Mai to Bangkok
January 14, 2016 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
11 hour train ride in Thailand - check
I think it smell better than US train Boston-New York that we took in September
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- Day 35
- Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 3:00 PM
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 228 m
- New Zealand Okaihau -35.31948, 173.7761535°19’10” S 173°46’34” E
Twin Cycle Trail: a ride from hell
January 19, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
15km on beautiful rural roads of northern new Zealand with a little twist of a broken bike on the last 2 km
Greg and his beautiful biking show off skills in front of the 12yo maori kids led us into 18km bike walk under the heat on the magnificent new Zealand highwayRead more
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- Day 35
- Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 7:00 PM
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- New Zealand Matauwhi Bay -35.26286, 174.1223635°15’46” S 174°7’20” E
First NZ oysters success @ Russel
January 19, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Well deserved oysters(or not?)
Ferry ride
first Nz bubbly
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- Day 36
- Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 1:00 PM
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 313 m
- New Zealand Manaia -35.81801, 174.5161135°49’5” S 174°30’58” E
Mount Manaia
January 20, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Thought climb up on the mountain with beautiful view
430m high
1008 steps to go up
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- Day 36
- Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 8:00 PM
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 49 m
- New Zealand Grafton -36.85907, 174.759436°51’33” S 174°45’34” E
Auckland hipsters dinner Ponsonby
January 20, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
After the drive from bay of islands to auckland
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- Day 37
- Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 2:00 PM
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 25 m
- New Zealand Matenga Point -36.78651, 175.0171636°47’11” S 175°1’2” E
Wine and bike trail at Waeheke
January 21, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Wineries are pretty
Found new place for the wedding
Scenery is gorgeous
Beaches and water are nice
Biking is kickass hard on slopes
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- Day 39
- Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 9:40 PM
- 🌙 16 °C
- Altitude: 857 m
- New Zealand Fitzpatrick Gully -44.93001, 168.6113344°55’48” S 168°36’41” E
Bungy jump 140m 8 secs of your life
January 23, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
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- Day 40
- Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 3:00 PM
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 267 m
- New Zealand Freshwater Basin -44.67158, 167.9256244°40’18” S 167°55’32” E
Milford sound in the rain
January 24, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
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- Day 40
- Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 7:00 PM
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 334 m
- New Zealand Grindstone Creek -44.86393, 168.3508444°51’50” S 168°21’3” E
Road to milford sound
January 24, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Beautiful views, uncharged car battery, helping Australians and nap times and feeding the parrots
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- Day 41
- Monday, January 25, 2016 at 11:00 AM
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 307 m
- New Zealand Halls Creek -44.09574, 170.8277344°5’45” S 170°49’40” E
Shotover Jet in Queenstown
January 25, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Ouuupouppp and 360 and uncharged goPro so no video
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- Day 41
- Monday, January 25, 2016 at 4:00 PM
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 539 m
- New Zealand Glentanner Airport -43.91229, 170.1294243°54’44” S 170°7’46” E
The most emerald lake ever
January 25, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Freaking breathtaking view that I've ever seen
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- Day 41
- Monday, January 25, 2016 at 5:00 PM
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Altitude: 712 m
- New Zealand Black Birch Creek -43.73245, 170.1108543°43’57” S 170°6’39” E
20km later glaciers and hell weather
January 25, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Hell of the weather that's what's up there
Mountain Cook
And Kea peek without and keas!!
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- Day 42
- Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 12:00 PM
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 161 m
- New Zealand Okuti River -43.77957, 172.8142843°46’46” S 172°48’51” E
Tekapo lake hike
January 26, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
There s a lake and pine trees
And then 4h drive to akaroa to find penguins
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- Day 43
- Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 6:00 AM
- 🌙 17 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- New Zealand Flea Bay -43.86778, 173.005243°52’4” S 173°0’19” E
Akaroa, got penguins didnt charge gopro
January 27, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
+10C kayak in the ocean looking for dolphins and checking out penguins and seal in the freaking pouring hell rain
Penguins really deserved it!!
French guy was surprisingly nice and fun(who would have thought?!)
Weather sucked big timeRead more
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- Day 44
- Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 10:00 AM
- 🌬 12 °C
- Altitude: 21 m
- New Zealand Kaikoura -42.40077, 173.6813942°24’3” S 173°40’53” E
Kaikoura - like never seen it
January 28, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
Weather was shit!! Like shit!!! Except doing fresh laundry and eating disgusting huge mussels - nothing oh yeah and $140 crawfish???!!! Screw that, lobsters in Boston are the bezt
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- Day 44
- Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 1:00 PM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 3 m
- New Zealand Tahunanui Beach -41.28672, 173.2368241°17’12” S 173°14’13” E
Nelson Lake Hike and ReHike
January 28, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Kiwi buses
Nice easy hike needed up with 14km walk
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- Day 45
- Friday, January 29, 2016 at 11:00 AM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 503 m
- New Zealand Table Creek -40.92897, 172.9859240°55’44” S 172°59’9” E
Abel Tasman 7h kayak and hike
January 29, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Finally lucky with the weather!!! Awesome place!!! Loooong walk
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- Day 46
- Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 2:00 PM
- ⛅ 31 °C
- Altitude: 40 m
- New Zealand Mahana -41.24822, 173.0681941°14’54” S 173°4’5” E
Wine and bike in Nelson
January 30, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
32km bike ride with couple stops at wineries. Maaaaaaan those hills were steep to go up. We can barely walk the stairs. So is it a great idea to wine and bike?
Pros:
You bike and it's already awesome
You can drink and bike
You can make your own itinerary
You exercise so you kind of deserve that wine you get after
You exercise! And you bike with purpose, a really good one
Cons:
It's hard, reaaaaly hard sometimes especially after several gulps
WINERIES can be far from each other so you might bike a lot before the next one. So you might not try too many wineries. Which might be a good thing
Is it actually good to exercise when you are tipsy? Sometimes when you bike those hills up you wish you didn't do it, but then you arrive and after the first sip you forget, and it's all over again

So, in summary, I think it's better to bike and wine than only wine ( right?) Kill two birds with one stone plus it's been proven that wine is good for you

P. S. Also Nelson and motueka are really nice places to retire. Its a heaven for food and scenery. We tried all the berries here - and we've never had anything betterRead more
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- Day 47
- Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 3:00 PM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- New Zealand Tipi Bay -41.22799, 174.2732441°13’41” S 174°16’24” E
No dolphins in Picton
January 31, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
This is our third attempt to find dolphins - and we didn't have any luck
Were supposed to swim with them in the wild!!!!! And nothing EXCEPT we saw the tiniest dolphins - Hector Dolphins which we hoped to see in kayak in Akaroa
The whole morning was doomed - ask Greg how to get a fine for $300 from NZ cop and not because you drove on the wrong side if the road. Which we did 4mins before. I mean seriously - 5.30am cop catching you for speeding?!!! But we can call it another bucket list check - interaction with police in a foreign country. You haven't experienced the country if you didn't interact with authorities. Even if it's taking a pic in times square with NYPD.
So what can cheer you then? Right - WINE!!!
15 wines were tasted, 3 wineries explored.

2 morals:
screw big preplanned tours - they are always underwhelming and disappointing(except bungy)
go to smaller wineries - people will be muuuuch nicer and experience will be more unique even if the wine is not that good. Which never happened to us. Smaller wineries we're the best. Don't you dare to go to oyster bay!

And we are on the ferry to Wellington from Pikton. Entering the same waters twice todayRead more
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- Day 48
- Monday, February 1, 2016 at 2:00 PM
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- New Zealand Lambton Harbour -41.27712, 174.7807341°16’38” S 174°46’51” E
Wellington=Brooklyn+SanFran
February 1, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Nice walking day in Wellington with terrible sushi choice
Very windy
Super nice city
Small hike to the view point
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