One thing that any expatriate will tell you is that neither your immigration status, nor the most concerted efforts to assimilate can change the fact that you give away your heritage as soon as you open your mouth. In a country with four million people and two million tourists each year, it’s hard to give [...]
Living in New Zealand has it’s challenges; you’re pretty far from your family, visitors are few, trips home are expensive – I guess that’s the price you have to pay to live in the most naturally beautiful places in the world. One thing I noticed is that you don’t get too many phone calls from [...]
If you read my earlier post, I was flying from Chicago to San Francisco to Auckland to Christchurch, New Zealand on a ticket booked through Air New Zealand. I would check-in with partner United Airlines which is where the trouble starts. United Airlines’ baggage policy for international flights states that you may have two bags, [...]
It’s not a secret anymore, Julie and I are moving to New Zealand. She’ll be studying for a PhD in Forest Economics, the details of which require an entire post of their own. It should come as no surprise that we’re planning to take our bikes along with us, hence the bike cases I mentioned [...]
