CHRISTCHURCH

The Kiwi’s here showed us how to hang out NZ style. We woke up having no idea what we would see or do. We would frequently drop everything to go surfing, skate or do something new. There was no ego about it, anyone could do anything and everyone threw in to it. Each moment made me feel more and more alive. Couchsurfing was definitely the best way to travel this country.

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Nelson>Christchurch

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En route from Nelson to Christchurch.

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Nelson > Christchurch

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Why I'm Trading A House And Salary For A Motorcycle And Map

A lot of us have stupid wild dreams. A lot of people who I might look at and take as pretty conservative and safe on the surface have some amazing stories to tell. And as I shared, they shared.

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"Make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty."

- Chris McCandless

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I was always looking out, looking at others, observing how they were relating to what I was doing or what I was saying. For the first time, it seemed my life was totally honest. I wasn’t wearing certain clothing as I was expected to do in the business world. I had no make up. My nose has peeled a dozen times by now. There was no pretense— no ego fighting for attention. In the group there was no gossip or anyone trying to out maneuver someone else.

Without a mirror to frighten me back into reality, I could experience feeling beautiful. Obviously I wasn’t, but made me feel included, and unique and wonderful. I was learning how it felt to be in a state of unconditional acceptance.
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- Marlo Morgan

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"Travel. Don’t book a hotel. Don’t have an agenda. Just pick a place, buy a ticket, and go. It will never be easier then it is right now."

- Gentlemen’s Wisdom

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"I beg young people to travel. If you don’t have a passport, get one. Take a summer, get a backpack and go to Delhi, go to Saigon, go to Bangkok, go to Kenya. Have your mind blown, eat interesting food, dig some interesting people, have an adventure, be careful. Come back and you’re going to see your country differently, you’re going to see your president differently, no matter who it is. Music, culture, food, water. Your showers will become shorter. You’re going to get a sense of what globalization looks like. It’s not what Tom Friedman writes about, I’m sorry. You’re going to see that global climate change is very real. And that for some people, their day consists of walking twelve miles for four buckets of water. And so there are lessons that you can’t get out of a book that are waiting for you at the other end of that flight. A lot of people — Americans and Europeans — come back and go, “Ohhhh.” And the lightbulb goes on."

- Henry Rollins

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