Saturday morning started with a shock. I was up early to capture Mt Ruapehu in sunrise and was attacked by one of NZ’s most dangerous animals on our terrace: This is a carnivorous snail and it can catch and devour its prey in seconds – don’t let the harmless appearance fool you! Sunrise was nice…
Decision time, again. Too many decision times on this vacation for my taste, but what can you do? At least I’m good at making decisions. My body is fat and untrained and ugly and white, I don’t have any tattoos or piercings, I don’t know how to shoot a gun, I’ve never beaten a woman,…
The only good thing about “weather events” like this storm is that there’s a good chance of dramatic sunsets, and the Taranaki coast is of course just the right spot for watching it. So I tore myself away from the horrible news and we went off to enjoy 45 minutes of the best nature has…