With a need to keep the heart rates up and build some leg muscle for the Camino, I do my best Phineas Fogg impression and propose a race around the island between Alissa and myself.
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Day 10 – Coffee and ice cream
Food is great here, it’s not like Norfolk Island where there’s no local agriculture and everything is shipped in. Local food is fresh and reasonably priced. I’m obsessed with the local tomatoes versus the shipped in NZ ones, there is no competition.
[Read more…] about Day 10 – Coffee and ice creamDay 9 – Slow it down
A slow day as everyone feels a bit rundown from working so hard in the heat the day before. The boys spend the morning editing gopro footage into what they believe to be high comedy.
[Read more…] about Day 9 – Slow it downDay 8 – Training begins in earnest
Now that we’ve settled the realisation arrives that we need to start preparing for the Camino de Sanitago. We’ve got the gear, just have to start to get our legs under us.
[Read more…] about Day 8 – Training begins in earnestDay 7 – A week in
A slow start by bowling down to the local coffee joint and having a yarn with Neil.
[Read more…] about Day 7 – A week inDay 6 – Ocean travellers
A conversation with the coffee bloke over the road gives us the idea to see the arrival of a major ocean going vaka coming back from restoration in NZ.
[Read more…] about Day 6 – Ocean travellersDay 5 – Avarua exploring
We’ve had a few days now and have hit a groove. Alissa had the idea of bringing the bikes as a way of getting around to save the expense of renting a car for all of us.
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The only good idea I’ve had for a book is “Sun Tzu and the Art of Parenting” in which I demonstrate that raising children should be treated in the same manner as fighting a great war [Read more…] about Day 4 – Tour de Raro