http://kristinstravels.com Is this all I'll need for 3 months in New Zealand? I guess I'll find out... Sun, 08 Jun 2008 06:25:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This got lost in the kerfuffle of my rough move to Perth...but I actually won third prize in the Solas Awards' Young Traveler category for my story Why I Beat a Girl With a PVC Pipe. Not too bad, considering I entered it quickly without any time to edit it! ... http://kristinstravels.com/2008/06/08/igougo-updates-the-solas-awards/ I finally have internet at home! It got connected on Wednesday...so I can do things like upload pictures and update my blog without having to trek into town and pay to use the internet cafe! Hopefully in the next few days I'll have quite a few entries as I catch ... http://kristinstravels.com/2008/06/08/a-weekend-in-brisbane/  So, I've been in Perth for about 6 weeks now. As I mentioned in my previous post, the thought of coming over to Perth, 1,800 miles from any other sizable city and closer to cities in Asia than those on the east coast of Oz, was a bit daunting given ... http://kristinstravels.com/2008/05/14/a-little-bit-about-perth/ Even though it took me a long time to feel up to updating this blog again, I continued to upload photos, since it's generally a pretty mindless activity. I've finally made it through my entire backlog of New Zealand pictures, meaning that after this post, there will be no more ... http://kristinstravels.com/2008/05/04/the-massive-photo-post/ So I know it's been a really long time since I've updated the blog. I know it seems a bit odd that I could do so well at updating while running myself ragged in New Zealand and then not get anything posted for the month that I've been in Australia. ... http://kristinstravels.com/2008/05/02/its-been-a-while/ Well, the dream that was my 10-week trip to New Zealand is now officially over. You blog readers are lucky though, because while this entry describes my last days in the country/my exciting plane trip over to Brisbane, it won't be my last entry...since I have a good portion of ... http://kristinstravels.com/2008/04/01/relaxing-in-hanmer-springs-business-class/ I had a few choices of what to do yesterday in Franz Josef, but they slowly got narrowed to one by quite a few different circumstances. I thought kayaking on nearby Lake Mapourika might be cool, since it's supposed to have awesome reflections of the mountains (although it's probably best ... http://kristinstravels.com/2008/03/27/mucking-about-on-quad-bikes/  Yesterday, I figured I might as well continue with the string of firsts that I've done on this trip--first overnight hike, first cruise, first helicopter ride, and now...first ice climbing. I went on Franz Josef Glacier with the Franz Guides company rather than trying it out on the fake indoor ice ... http://kristinstravels.com/2008/03/26/ice-climbing-on-franz/ It seems like every time I write in this blog lately, I've gotten further and further behind and have loads to update everyone about. I've managed to write the beginning of an entry about the Milford Track but haven't gotten much further than that since I've been keeping myself ... http://kristinstravels.com/2008/03/24/lots-of-flying-contraptions/ I'm very sorry about the sheer lack of updates recently. I've been running around doing everything I can possibly do in Fiordland before I leave tomorrow, and it seems like the only spare minutes I've had I've been so exhausted that I didn't feel like writing anything. Unfortunately I don't ... http://kristinstravels.com/2008/03/20/the-end-is-nigh/