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	<title>Where is Darran?</title>
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		<title>Milford Sound, Ride to Queenstown, Quiet Night – Queenstown, New Zealand  (Day 24)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Milford Sound bus operated by Kiwi Experience departs from Queenstown in the morning. Because we spent the night just outside Milford Sound in Te Anau we got to sleep in and catch the bus headed from Queenstown. Vincent and I had breakfast overlooking Lake Te Anau.

On the way to Milford Sound

When you gotta go&#8230;.



Some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whereisdarran.com/2010/03/milford-sound-ride-to-queenstown-quiet-night-%e2%80%93-queenstown-new-zealand-day-24/</link>
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		<title>Back in Austin &#8211; Austin, Texas, USA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I arrived back in Austin on February 8th, 2010 around 6 PM CST. Everything was very smooth and I have been settling back in. Currently, I am residing at my parents house in Northwest hills. There might be a post on how/why I ended up leaving New Zealand, but for now I am going to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whereisdarran.com/2010/03/back-in-austin-austin-texas-usa/</link>
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		<title>Stop at Southland Museum to Visit Tuatara Exhibit, Fiordland Paua Shell Factory in Riverton, End of Road, McCracken&#8217;s Rest, Lunch at New Zealand Sausage Capital, Viewpoint Stops, Manapoura Power Scheme, Bird Sanctuary, Grocery Shopping, Dinner at The Ranch, Drinks and Games on the Back Deck, Early Rest  – Te Anau, New Zealand  (Day 23)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today started with a Subway sandwich for breakfast and a visit to the Tuatara exhibit at the Southland Museum.


The next stop was at the Fiordland Paua shell factory in Riverton. Here we got to see how they turn a natural Paua shell into a finished product for jewelry and other items.
New Zealand is full of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whereisdarran.com/2010/01/stop-at-southland-museum-to-visit-tuatara-exhibit-fiordland-paua-shell-factory-in-riverton-end-of-road-mccrackens-rest-lunch-at-new-zealand-sausage-capital-viewpoint-stops-manapoura-power-sche/</link>
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		<title>Baldwin Street, Breakfast at Kaka point, Seals at Nugget Point Lighthouse, Sea Lions, Waterfall, Look for Cave, Hector&#8217;s Dolphins, Yellow-eyed Penguins, Dinner with Gang at Speight&#8217;s Ale House &#8211; Invercargill, New Zealand  (Day 22)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know if I have said this already, but I reckon this was my favorite day for sightseeing. It was full  of things to see and do.
The day began with a short ride to the World&#8217;s Steepest Street, Baldwin Street.

Next, it was off to a nice bar and restaurant at Kaka Point for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whereisdarran.com/2010/01/baldwin-street-breakfast-at-kaka-point-seal-viewing-at-nugget-point-lighthouse-sea-lions-waterfall-look-for-cave-hectors-dolphins-yellow-eyed-penguins-dinner-with-gang-at-speights-ale-hous/</link>
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		<title>First Day on Bottom Bus, Dunedin Railway Station, Otago vs Auckland Rugby, Noodle Canteen, Speight&#8217;s Brewery Tour &#8211; Dunedin, New Zealand  (Day 21)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was the first day on the Bottom Bus. Because the majority of tourists don&#8217;t visit the very south of New Zealand there is a separate bus system for these parts. The Kiwi Experience labels their service Bottom Bus. That out of the way, the first stop with the Bottom Bus is Dunedin. The drive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whereisdarran.com/2010/01/first-day-on-bottom-bus-dunedin-railway-station-otago-vs-auckland-rugby-noodle-canteen-speights-brewery-tour-dunedin-new-zealand-day-21/</link>
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		<title>A Quick Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2010 Status Update (2010 is 5% over! I left home 554 days ago!):
Unfortunately, a plan for the 2010 goals at the bottom of the page is not complete yet, but I have already failed on a few goals already&#8230;oopsy. I got pretty lit Friday night to send off a few backpacker friends and I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whereisdarran.com/2010/01/a-quick-update/</link>
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		<title>Some Options</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By now I would have expected to have posted the 2010 v2 plan, but it is taking longer to flush out. In the meantime I have been presented with a few more options to consider.
Yesterday, I got three contacts considering work. The first was from Sammy the Support Manager at NetQoS (now CA) considering a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whereisdarran.com/2010/01/some-options/</link>
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		<title>2010 v1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had expected to have a timeline, budget, and a few decision branches outlined by now. However, I have only got as far as assigning priorities to current 2010 goals. Goals are prioritized by Tiers and roughly prioritized within Tiers. Aforementioned expectations expected to be delivered within the coming weeks.
Tier 1 Goals
Daily discipline – This is mainly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whereisdarran.com/2010/01/2010-v1/</link>
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		<title>2010 for the Win</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With a new year comes new initiatives. Learning from past experience, we can develop plans for future success.
Looking back:
A quick review of highlights from the past five years:
May 2005: Graduate UT Austin
June or July 2005: Travel Mid-West US solo
July 2005: Begin work with MAXIMUS
November 2005: First Running Event
February 2006: First Marathon
May 2006: First Triathlon
September 2006: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whereisdarran.com/2010/01/2010-for-the-win/</link>
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		<title>Easier Said than Done</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a bunch of things that have been meant to be put on the blog but haven&#8217;t ended up here. Still planning on finishing the daily diary of the Kiwi Experience tour, but for now here are some recent happenings.
New Wheels
After 6500 kilometers on the Trek 1200, she has a gnarly break in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whereisdarran.com/2009/12/easier-said-than-done/</link>
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