Generally speaking, storytellers do well at dinner parties. Like, sometimes I hear myself talking to someone I barely know, and I think, “Seriously Jo, you should shut up and tell normal stories.” But I love telling stories, and I love hearing them. And I have a guilty pleasure in matching the best stories from my…
Tag: Roadtrip
[New Video!] Roadtrip across New Zealand
So, those travel vlogs that always take so long to make but are loads of fun? I don’t know if you saw the last episode we made [here!] but we crashed a drone and did a few other stupid things (including meeting large bugs in the dark….) And now we finally have new episodes! Including…
Episode 6 – Our Road trip videos through New Zealand – A journey in the dark
In this episode, as the blatantly Tolkien-esque episode title suggests, we go underground, into the dark old goldmines that pepper the Coromandel region of New Zealand. We find some terrifying native creepy crawlies, and we crash a rather expensive piece of equipment. All in a day’s work for the Expeditionists 🙄😅😂 With love from this…
Episode 5 – Fire and Water (A video about mosquitoes, volcanoes…and my crazy driving)
Okay, so my first Christmas Eve post shall be to catch up with the webseries episodes that I’ve missed sharing! So, in case you missed it, here is episode 5 (don’t forget to subscribe when you click through!) With love from this side of darkness, J R Manawa 🖤🖤🖤
Episode 4 – The Old Forest & the myth of creation – New Zealand Roadtrip Video
For me in particular this leg of the journey was quite an emotional one. Maybe I’ll write a proper tale about it sometime to document the stories and myths that it evoked in my mind. Seeing the hordes of glow worms dwelling inside the Waipu Caves was awesome, but for me it was the journey…
This side of darkness 