Today, we went to a brewery on Rarotonga. It was called Matutu brewery. It was quite interesting, considering the fact that the brewery was very small, had only 2 fermentation barrels and that there would be no other brewery that I would visit that would work quite like this one. It used old machinery and …
My life in the cook islands
For the past few days I have been living in the Cook Islands. They are a protectorate of New Zealand but they have their own parliament and police force. In the time that we’ve been here It’s been hot, humid and rainy, but other than that it has been a very interesting time. The island …
The amazing Rarotonga
We arrived in Rarotonga on October 8.When I stepped out of the plane the first thing I noticed was that the air was muggy and humid and that it was difficult to breathe because I wasn’t used to it. One of the many things I noticed on the first day was that almost nothing is …
Lift-off
Well, we're off! Rowan had a final shave... And we all got up very early for our flight out of Saskatoon - although we look amazingly awake for 4 in the morning. My mum and Tristan got up to make us tea and send us on our way with hugs and best wishes. Next stop …
Can’t wait!
Can't wait for our trip to start! I'm really excited to see all the cool new bugs around the world! It's going to be awesome!
Countdown to take-off!
We are down to our last few days before we leave for our 10 month around-the-world trip! Hard to believe! Rowan is madly finishing off schoolwork, Neil is getting some final jobs completed around mum's house, and Pippa and I have the responsibility of setting up this blog. So any criticisms of the design, send …
A year of discovery 