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Welcome to my personal travel journal! If you don't know me, that's OK! I hope you'll enjoy reading about some of my adventures and misadventures, and hopefully learn something new about a corner of the world.

Recent updates:
2015-10-06: Day 8 of Niue in 2011.
2015-10-05: Day 7 of Niue in 2011.
2015-09-29: Day 6 of Niue in 2011.

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Friday, June 17, 2011

17 June 2011 (-1 in time zone):

Night view from my fale. You can see the crashing waves under the the puffy moon-lit clouds, the Southern Cross, and the Milky Way.

Rough notes:
http://mandarinmanmarktravelnotes.blogspot.com/2011/06/2011-nz-to-sf-day-35.html
17 June 2011 (-1 in time zone):

Spent the entire day on the beach. Discovered very high hostility between the resorts, and arranged my ride to the airport, resulting in a hostile indirect bidding match I had to stop. Met the owner of the resort I am now located at (uncle of the owner of Taufua), when he walked out of the toilet and shook my hands. No place to wash hands there. Lots of drama, in addition to a relaxing day at the beach.

Rough notes:
http://mandarinmanmarktravelnotes.blogspot.com/2011/06/2011-nz-to-sf-day-35.html
17 June 2011 (-1 in time zone):

Found one of those ubiquitous Samoan chocolate pancakes to try! Apparently in Samoa, they are called Chinese pancakes. I can see the resemblance to Chinese desserts. Maybe this was introduced to Samoa by Chinese immigrants. Delicious, like a moist but crumbly cocoa cookie.

Rough notes:
http://mandarinmanmarktravelnotes.blogspot.com/2011/06/2011-nz-to-sf-day-35.html