Waitomo, New Zealand
ON MARCH 12, 2019 BY REDPATHATEASEIN NEW ZEALAND We woke to share our last breakfast with our gracious Affordable Travel Club hosts, Gerry and Maria. They were kind enough to allow us to share their home for three nights and to share some stories of their [...]
Rotorua, New Zealand
ON MARCH 11, 2019 BY REDPATHATEASEIN NEW ZEALAND We were up early had breakfast, and went on our way to the start of today’s adventures. We headed back toward Rotorua and beyond what’s known as Hell’s Gate. We came for the mud and sulfur baths that [...]
New Zealand Epilogue
ON MARCH 10, 2019 BY REDPATHATEASEIN NEW ZEALAND What an amazing, awesome inspiring month this has been in the “Land of the Long White Cloud”. We have traveled from the far end of the south island, including a jaunt over to the “third island”, Stewart Island, [...]
Rotorua, New Zealand
ON MARCH 10, 2019 BY REDPATHATEASEIN NEW ZEALAND Our hosts had breakfast for us, then we headed out for the day. The town of Tokoroa where we are staying is a bit further away from the center of activity than we had estimated. Took us a [...]
Kidnapped Cambodia Escapes and become Airbnb Host
By Francine Curran Maden is the 4th of 10 children, one of 3 boys. He was born during the time of the Khmer Rouge, and his mother pretended to be mentally ill in hopes of not being arrested, but both parents were arrested, and he was [...]
Christmas: A Time of Special Traditions from Around the World
Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, although it has never been seriously claimed that December 25 was his true birthday. Before the forth century, it was celebrated in April or May, which more closely matches the scriptural account. As Christian festivals were substituted for [...]
Celebrating Lunar New Year
For anyone who has traveled through Asia during the lunar New Year, they will be aware of this huge holiday. My first experience of it was when I was in Hawaii years ago. I was staying with some friends who ask me if I wanted [...]
Exploring South Africa
It was eighteen years ago that I first ventured to Africa. I went on several safaris and fell in love with seeing the wild animals in their own environment. When you’re in Africa, it is the people who are in the cages of their vehicles, [...]
Seeing the Netherlands From A Bike
I just returned from a seven-day bike ride through the Netherlands. My desire to visit there came 10 years ago when I met with Daryl and Hank Hoole. Hank and Daryl both have Dutch ancestry, and they shared with me their love of the Netherlands. [...]
