Category Archives: Travel

We weren’t homeless on Thanksgiving! We were thankful to have found a job getting Hans and Winnie’s house ready for an annual neighborhood BBQ. We’re in Havelock North in Hawke’s Bay for a week. Brittany has been looking at real estate, that’s how much she likes it here.  Hans and Winnie are from Holland andContinue reading “not homeless.”

As of this morning, we don’t know where we are going next. People are renting the lodge we’re in now, and we don’t have a job lined up until Friday. I just talked to a guy named Mark about working on his pheasant farm and he had lots to say, but in a way whereContinue reading “homeless.”

I’ve been in kiwi country for over two months now and the only things I’m sick of are the clothes in my suitcase. I love the new towns and ever-changing views, the new people and their accents, the strong coffees, and the variety of work. It’s a constant stream of hellos, getting used to things,Continue reading “cutiepatootie.”

We almost stayed in the smelly city for a couple weeks of retail work. The thought of it made me a bit nauseous, but the thought of making some money was appealing. Just in time, we received a reply from a couple in Central North Island saying we could come that very day (Saturday). SoContinue reading “chasing waterfalls and cleanliness.”

Kasey’s favorite waterfall in North Carolina is called Bridal Veil Falls. Our new favorite waterfall in New Zealand shares the same name. Here is the beautiful bride: Here are a few other pictures from Auckland (underrated city for sure. So many cool towns that are right on the water and also minutes from downtown). AndContinue reading “the bride’s veil.”

While doing help exchange, sometimes you end up in a general practitioner’s house with a hot tub, pool, and extravagant library, and other times you have to be strategic about using public bathrooms when you’re out so you don’t have to use the filthy bathroom at the place you’re staying. And that is the joyContinue reading “bacon.”

As I said when I first arrived, Wicked the Broadway Musical is playing in downtown Auckland. I’ve had some of my favorite evenings ever at Wicked (every time with Carlee Macon Buchanan who has changed me for the good). It’s been showing here for two months now, and if I hadn’t paid that $400 beefContinue reading “defying gravity.”

The weather in Northland turned very very ideal in the past few days, so we’ve been out by the pool and trying out new beaches and hiking to waterfalls. Here are a few photos:

We saw a sign for R&B music playing on Saturday evening, so we put actual clothes on (not bathing suits or pajamas or workout clothes) for the first time in a while and hit the town. The pub is also the restaurant that serves brunch all day and it’s attached to the hotel. So it’sContinue reading “ups and downs. prepare.”

At a couple of our jobs so far, we told our hosts that we aren’t pros at driving a stick shift, and because of this, we’ve walked distances we wouldn’t’ve chosen to walk since we couldn’t take the car. Well, Jan left her manual car and it’s the “dirty car” that goes to the beachContinue reading “Kasey can do it all.”