The adventure continues…
Chiounard says that the word “adventure” is overused. Something like “when everything goes to hell in a handbasket, that’s when the adventure starts.” The adventure keeps rolling right along here. […]
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Northbound
Souvenirs – our room key from the Grand Chancellor We’re in Christchurch briefly, between flights that will take us on to Auckland later this evening. Have I mentioned how Air […]
longer update, now that I’ve got a keyboard
Okay, to recap, now that I’m ensconced at an internet cafe with a real keyboard: We were on the outskirts of CHCH when the earthquake hit, with our rain gear, […]
update – Wanaka Southbound
We’re safely in Wanaka with Polie friends. Buying some basics, then on to qtown for the night. Sounds like the Grand Chancellor back in CHCH is about to collapse with […]
we’re okay
We were on a boat South of CHCH when the quake hit. Our stuff is all back in town, inaccessible on the 20th floor of the possibly damaged GC hotel. […]
Absolute Elsewhere
Amid the crazy bouncing of the cheek-to-jowl-to-banging your head on the roof as we careen our way back to town in the back of the Delta, I put my head […]
Uh, uh, uh…
Okay, as I said, this is going to take some adjustment. People had warned me about sensory overload when I got to CHCH, but didn’t say anything about McMurdo. I’ve […]
Airborne – Northbound
That whole “slipping away” thing didn’t quite pan out the way I’d thought. Tina called “Pole Three” while I was finishing lunch, and pretty much everyone at the table got […]
Last Day
Taking Streetview-style panoramas with “Sock Cam” – a borrowed D90 insulated against the -30F temps by being stuffed inside a sock filled with hand warmers. Time to pack and go.I’ve hinted at it, but I […]
"Don’t look up"
Irene: “How many launches are there each day, Vincent? A dozen?” Vincent: “Sometimes more.” Irene: “You’re the only one that watches all of them. If you’re going to pretend like […]
David Pablo Cohn 