We’re almost done gearing up in Auckland for our one-month car tour around New Zealand’s North Island. See a reminder of the kind of beauty we’ve already seen so far at https://hopperguy.com/PhotosandFilms/?p=159. Hover your cursor over a photo to get a description: date, place, and subject. Click on one...
Oahu, HI
Animal Friends We Met So Far
We’re back in Auckland, a town we visited before, so we may not post a lot of sightseeing photos. But no worries! Look back with us at the wildlife we saw in the first part of our journey. (You have to open the post first by clicking “Continue Reading.”)...
But, yeah, there’s fun too.
Yesterday, we rented a car and drove around the island. They upgraded us to a convertible. Very fun. We saw a Japanese temple, beautiful landscapes, and lovely beaches. Mary loves the color of the water here. We don’t have photos of everything fun that we did. But there was...
There’s still laundry to do.
I think it is easy to fantasize about the places we are traveling or about a life of travel to exotic places. But they are only exotic to some. To natives, they are merely home. It is easy when writing a travel blog to set up the perfect shot...
State of Hawaii
I like flags. I was surprised to see one here that I did not know. I first saw it like this. Later, I learned that this is the flag of Hawaii. Not the state but the State. Hawaii was a sovereign nation, with a sovereign, King Kamehameha. This statue...
Rainbows and coastline
It must be Hawaii. Well, it’s been a whirlwind first 48 hours in Hawaii. We’re many hours behind mainland time and sleeping 9-6 from jet lag. I’m hoping things slow down a little soon, so I have time to write more. Thanks for following!
Aloha
We’re off to Hawaii. I remember as a kid being fascinated by the notion that a word could mean both hello and goodbye: aloha in Hawaiian. Different languages have different ways of making sense of the world, and I think this notion that hello and goodbye are related is...
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