8/21-22 and 9/12-14/03
DUNEDIN, OTAGO
Dunedin is the Scottish city of New Zealand.
In fact, its name means Edinburgh in Gaelic.
The story goes that when they were building the city,
they put the map of Edinburgh over the map of the land of Dunedin,
and every single street in Edinburgh was put in the same relative location in Dunedin.
However, they didn't check out the topography of the land first,
thus Dunedin was left with one very impractical street, Baldwin Street,
now known as the steepest street in the world
(as per the Guinness Book of World Records).

Dunedin houses some amusing attractions
including the Cadbury Chocolate Factory,
which i didn't visit because i went to their other factory
in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia and the Speights Brewery -
that i DID check out (when in Rome...)
Speights is one of the most popular new zealand beers,
and you're just not allowed to stay in new zealand unless you drink one.

The greatest highlight, though, was the Otago Peninsula -
a wildlife wonderland with an immense amount
of birdlife, marine mammals, and of course, sheep.
I sucked it up and went on an Elm Wildlife Tour,
because as it turned out, the best spotting sights were on private farmland,
and when we tried to go and see wildlife on our own,
all we saw was one dead sea gull and two dead sea lions.

we also experienced an earthquake while visiting this land of Scots,
7.2 on the Richter Scale and rough enough to wake us up in bed.
Suzi was getting a little panicky and was trying to get me
to confirm her earthquake suspicions.
In my sleepy delirium, my initial thought response was
"are you sure that guy on the top bunk isn't just having a wank?"


The Steepest Street in the World


 
a sign of the times
 
explaining the phenomenon
 
looking up upon Baldwin Street
 
looking down upon Dunedin
dead on view of a house on the street
     
 tilt of the house when street is accounted for

The Otago Peninsula


 
a pack of male Hooker sea lions
 
a nursing new zealand fur seal
 
a momma and her babies
      
a stoic yellow-eyed penguin

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