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Out of India
We arrived back in Auckland a few days ago and are currently holed up in one of the NZ government Managed Isolation facilities. Thankfully the NZ government provides quite a…
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Abandon Ship!
We’ve been ‘stuck’ in India now for almost eight months – four months longer than we intended. According to the “original plan” we should already have enjoyed May and June…
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Six Months In A Leaky Boat!
I grew up thinking “monsoon” had a mysterious and exotic ring to it. It’s true that in NZ we can experience a taste of “four seasons in one day”, but…
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Money Money Money!
I’ve been brought up to treat money as a personal matter and so it feels a bit strange writing this blog. But, since we get a lot of “I wish…
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Unlocking Tiny Living
On June 8th, 2020 India moved from Lockdown 4.0 to Unlock 1.0. To save you working it out, that’s a total of 77 days of movement restrictions. 77 days where…
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Getting Creative
I’ve never been too good at sitting around watching the world pass me by, so when lockdown came I decided to add “re-learn how to sketch” to my daily routine…
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Paw Patrol
Right back at the very start of February, we spotted a distressed-looking stray bitch, frantically carrying tiny pups around the marina grounds seemingly looking for a safe place for them. …
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Life and Laughs in Lockdown
We have now been in lockdown in India for 7 weeks, so seems like a good time to reflect on how we have been coping and what we have been…
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Keeping Cool During Lockdown
Last week I got permission to go out for “essential” supplies and ventured out of the marina into the big wide world. Though the original 21days lockdown imposed on 24th…
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Being “Half Indian”
Finding a few weeks ‘free’ in our calendars about a month ago (before the current coronavirus lockdown), we planned a quick trip up to Hyderabad- just over an hour’s flight…
The next chapter in life
