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Oops – We Have Building Report Issues
Darn – I spoke too soon. Agents always say you haven’t bought or sold a house until you are unconditional – and we had a building report as a condition on this place.I went with the builder partly so I...
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Building Report – Round Two
Well in my previous post I mentioned that the building report for our dream house and raised serious moisture issues.Today we went back to figure out the cause of the moisture – and the damage behind...
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We’ve Bought the House By The Sea!
We’ve gone uunconditional on our house! In New Zealand you have a binding contract to buy once your conditions are met – we just bought a house in Titahi Bay!We had until today to sign off our...
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Road Tripping in the Eastern USA – From an Australian/NZ Perspective
We drove 4300 miles over 4 weeks from Philadelphia and back via the Atlantic Coast, northern Florida, New Orleans and the Appalachians. It was quite a different experience – and because much of what is...
View ArticleSouthern Vietnam: Costs of Independent Travel
We’ve just returned from a short 2.5 week trip to southern Vietnam. Given that Vietnam seems suddenly being promoted to New Zealanders (thanks to the many more options of flying there) I thought I’d...
View ArticleWhat Happens To Tourists in New Zealand After An Earthquake
Earthquake Damage, Lyttleton, New Zealand As I write this we are tidying up after a massive 7.6 magnitude earthquake in New Zealand. The sensational reported by both local and overseas media makes it...
View ArticleVietnamese Visas for New Zealanders
My Vietnamese visa issued on arrival at SGN Short answer - yes you need a Vietnamese visa if you travel on a New Zealand passport. (If you are a dual citizen of the UK or some European countries - you...
View ArticlePlanning a Silk Road Itinerary – 3 Months Travel Along the Silk Road
UPDATE Well our Silk Road trip is over – 8 days after landing in Shanghai – we were landed in an emergency room of a hospital in Lanzhou – a city I never planed to overnight in… When your partner...
View ArticleBest Currency Card for Travel
UPDATED August 2019 Often living in a small country at the end of the world is advantageous. But not when you are looking for a great deal on cards to use when travelling. Americans and Europeans...
View ArticlePacking for Cold Weather in China – Carry On Edition
Packing for a trip to China’s Western Sichuan province has been challenging. Most of the trip will be at altitudes over 3000m – in mid-late October the temperatures are looking at zero to mid teens...
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