Everyday is a new adventure: 04/01/2009

Everyday is a new adventure

Tall one and Small one met in New Zealand, in the kiwi fruit orchards of Tauranga back in early 2009. From there spent 2 years travelling across Australia together; penniless in Sydney, 15 hour shifts in a Blue Mountains Hotel, picking Blueberries with spiders in Coff's Harbour – watermelons with snakes in Charters Towers, pushing their campervan, 'Tony' through the flood waters of Miriam Vale, breaking down in every state through the outback, and working and drinking side by side in an Irish Pub and Backpackers in Melbourne.

Across the globe through Vietnam, Thailand & Moscow before spending a year in Canada; through the seasons in Toronto, 35 hour Greyhound buses across the provinces, dog sledding in the Rocky Mountains, shovelling 3 foot snow in the Yukon, Kayaking in Haida Gwaii, sharing a beer among the icebergs of Newfoundland and spotting whales in Nova Scotia.

Before returning to New Zealand in Oct 2012 to live the beach life in Mount Maunganui, experience the earthquakes of Wellington and finally getting married on Te Ahumairangi Hill, Wellington in Oct 2013. Finally on 2nd Oct 2013 they embarked on an 80 day honeymoon back across the globe, through the south island of New Zealand, up to Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and finally through north India before returning to Ireland, where they are now attempting to make a home in Galway. Many miles travelled together, many sights shared together, everyday is the start of a new adventure.

Please feel free to contact us about our 5 year trip around the world - conorhegarty81@gmail.com

Videos: Travels with the small one

India, Nov-Dec 2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfYGNS1AfbU&list=UUrCPNU2ovWou_mtSFa-tRiA&feature=share&index=1
South East Asia, Oct 2012 & Oct-Nov 2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9CSjd1BmB4&feature=share&list=UUrCPNU2ovWou_mtSFa-tRiA&index=2
New Zealand, Oct 2012 - Oct 2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4EctknC6mA&feature=share&list=UUrCPNU2ovWou_mtSFa-tRiA&index=3
Our wedding day, October 1st 2013: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GD7fesok-Os&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGD7fesok-Os
Canada, July 2011 - July 2012: http://youtu.be/SKu27zk6aAc
Ireland, June-July 2011: http://youtu.be/5_SPpjAhaqQ
Moscow & London, June 2011: http://youtu.be/5jkz1YH6PpE
Thailand, June-July 2011: http://youtu.be/sYZreNtmGmg
Vietnam, May-June 2011: http://youtu.be/ZkQ7E_aSIXY
New Zealand, May 2008 - April 2011: http://youtu.be/0xXvMRFa2dE
Australia, May 2009 - April 2011: http://youtu.be/W_VnrvqTa-QI

The Lake Isle of Innishfree

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, and a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made. Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee, and live alone in the bee-loud glade. And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, dropping from the veils of the mourning to where the cricket sings. There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, and evening full of the linnet's wings. I will arise and go now, for always night and day, I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore. While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey, I hear it in the deep heart's core.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Saturday night on the Strand

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Another day in the nut factory

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

A wee update FROM the life of Paddy

Even the longest of journeys begins with the 1st step!

Tauranga - Vinetech Group Photo- April 2009