Roving Rant Day 6 - Ban Khlong Yai through the Cambodian border (yay!) to Battambang
We woke reasonably early & left the estate as quietly as we could. Pierre had kindly offered us coffee in the morning before we departed,...
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RiK
- Feb 28, 2018
- 4 min
Roving Rant Day 5 - Ban Khlong Yai border country
Going to sleep & waking up to the deafening sound of cicadas is something I’d forgotten - they simply don’t get that loud in New Zealand....
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RiK
- Feb 27, 2018
- 4 min
Roving Rant Day 4 - Khlong Yai to the Cambodian border (attempt 2)
So after our failure to cross to Cambodia yesterday, we had a leisurely start to the day & after leaving our motel, headed a little...
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RiK
- Feb 26, 2018
- 4 min
Roving Rant Day 3 - Chao Lao to the Cambodian border (attempt 1)
I don’t know what’s more naive. The fact that I never expected too much trouble with our border crossings, or the fact that I still...
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RiK
- Feb 25, 2018
- 4 min
Roving Rant Day 2 - Pattaya to Chao Lao
Even on a Sunday morning, the streets in Pattaya were crowded. Google maps steadfastly refused to direct us down around the coast, but as...
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RiK
- Feb 24, 2018
- 4 min
Roving Rant Day 1 - Bangkok to Pattaya
The flight to Bangkok took under 12 hours. Packing for this trip took many more. How do you cram 3 weeks worth of essentials into two...
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RiK
- Feb 21, 2018
- 2 min
Roving Rant - Waiting for the adventure to begin!
It's been a long time coming and it's nearly here. But nearly is still too far away! I'm off on a motorbiking adventure with my biking...
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RiK
- Feb 14, 2018
- 1 min
New place to call home... RiKsRant.nz
It started simply because I wanted to say a few things & now it has grown into a much bigger enterprise. So RiKsRant.nz is the new home...
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RiK
- Jan 26, 2018
- 5 min
Jacinda has a massive problem… Us!
#WeRequal Let’s look at a couple of recent facts. On 25th Feb 2017, Jacinda Ardern won the Mt Albert by-election; on 1st March 2017 she...
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RiK
- Dec 13, 2017
- 4 min
Will our Kids save us?
I was reading the NZ Herald this past weekend & perused an article written by a schoolboy with growing disquiet. He was arguing the case...
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RiK
- Aug 27, 2017
- 4 min
Shame on you, National!
Isn't it wonderful? National announced that there is a $3.7 billion surplus ($2.1 Billion more than expected!) just close to election...
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RiK
- Aug 21, 2017
- 8 min
Modelling Agency Scam
Updated - Mon 4 & 8 September 2017 - see bottom of blog for latest I am very empathetic. I pride myself on being able to put myself in...
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RiK
- Aug 3, 2017
- 3 min
Politics and our Media
With the recent change of leadership of the Labour Party, NZ media have once again shone in their abject failure to rise to the occasion...
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RiK
- Jul 25, 2017
- 2 min
Featured Model - Dee
Today I am launching a Featured Models section. It has been a privilege working with some fantastic people over the years, most of whom...
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RiK
- Jun 30, 2017
- 3 min
World Masters Games 2017 Roundup
All done & dusted, packed away & pushed to the back of the top shelf. The medal I won is hanging off a curtain rail in the studio,...
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RiK
- May 29, 2017
- 3 min
This Is Me - Geoff Burne
Being a relatively recent immigrant to New Zealand (2005), it is easier to view Kiwi lifestyles, habits & characteristics than if I was...
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RiK
- May 17, 2017
- 3 min
This Is Me - Man Kaur
It is easy when faced with a 101 year-old athlete to forget that her son, who has been competing for many years will be 80 next year, and...
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RiK
- Apr 24, 2017
- 3 min
This Is Me - Bob and Andy
Wearing all the years they have appeared in the World Masters Games on their sleeves, it was not hard to spot this pair in the crowded...
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RiK
- Apr 23, 2017
- 3 min
World Masters Games 2017 - Opening Ceremony
The press around the World Masters Games has made a great deal of the fact that it is the world's largest multi-sport event. Larger than...
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RiK
- Apr 10, 2017
- 5 min
Weight Lifting - One Hundred Days - 100
WEIGHTLINE 100: 83.5Kg (WEIGHTLINE 001: 95.5Kg) - 12Kg drop This is it! The end of a 100 day, change my life, lift off my weight,...
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