Kinda like that, yeah. It’s been raining horizontally of late. At least there were no floodings or jetskiing on the streets this time around. Went on a trip to Akaroa, with the intention of going on a boat trip and hopefully seeing dolphins. But the weather was too stormy for…
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Mount John Observatory
I joined a couple of observers on their trip to Mount John Observatory for a few nights. What a place of science, beauty and adventure! Running around on a grassy mountain, swimming in a clear and cold Lake Tekapo, watching an absolutely gorgeous night sky. The southern sky really is…
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Crazy birds
Early morning somewhere in the mountains of Arthur’s pass. The greyish light of a world about to dawn outside the tent. I wake up to a piercing scream that makes the blood curdle in my veins. It sounds like the creature vildvittra from the Swedish movie Ronja Rövardotter. Nightmareish, bird-like creatures…
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How not to climb a mountain
Lessons learned today: Me and busses still isn’t a dependable combination. We ended up on the other side of the mountains we were intending to scale, far from any footpath. Mountains are always steeper than they look. Just because it looks like a path it doesn’t necessarily lead anywhere. There are wiser…
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New Zealand adventures of the fantastic kind
Writer’s block, eh? We meet again. Anyway, what I’ve been wanting but failing to write about for the past couple of weeks are adventures of a geekier kind. Y’know; fantasy, roleplaying, boardgaming, LARPing… that kind of stuff. The kind of stuff I live for. This place isn’t New Zealand so…
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More New Zealand yayness
I like dreaming. And I do it a lot. About realistic things, unrealistic things, and things that are completely bonkers. Going to New Zealand was one of my dreams for so very long, so realistic that it bordered on a plan. And now here I am. It seems to be…
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New Zealand
Long time no see, huh. This writer’s block is a funny thing. The longer I put it off, the more I get to write about, and the more difficult and for some reason embarrassing it gets to actually do it. It’s not like I couldn’t have taken the time to…
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My adventures in Kuala Lumpur
On my way to New Zealand I spent a week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Staying with a friend to the family at their fantastic residence and getting treated like a total princess, I had a great time despite various physical distresses. Located at two degrees north of the equator, Kuala…
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From Yggdrasil to Kuala Lumpur
LARP survived and greatly enjoyed. For a weekend I once again became wizard Vidar Hjelm at Yggdrasil, the nordic school for magic. So much fun was had, and I didn’t feel the slightest hint of panic, for once. Clearly I have leveled up my social skills, woo! And now I’m…
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Running up that mountain
I talked a lot about love in my new year’s post. I failed to mention an important one, though. Last year it finally happened: I fell in love with running. Absolutely and totally head over heels. At the beginning of the year I was still struggling with getting my good…