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Traveling through life.....

taking the longwayround!

Growing up and walking the sands:

Growing up was a good life though at times i do feel it could have been better if I pushed myself more, I grew up on Waiheke Island, a short ferry ride from the oversized and sprawling city of Auckland. 

Waiheke was a good place to start in this world, you got to explore the island and find hidden bays and wild forest trails that had seen little to no human touch, sadly this changed when the island was opened up to a short 30 min ferry ride from Auckland where as before the fast ones kicking in, to get to the island could take around 2hrs. 

I remember times of camping down the far end of the island and having a fire on the beach, it was wonderful. 
By water at one time I also with a friend Kyacked to the far southern headland. 

Schooling on the island was good though I have to admit there was the usual thing of one group of people picking on another at school and i tell you what,that did kind of get to one. 
I guess it is a part of growing up but in saying that it is a real shame how cruel kids can be to others at times. 

One of the things I loved about the island is when the northern storms came blowing there way in resulting in a big swell in the likes of Oneroa and along the coastline .... 
Made for some fun when making the way back round the coast to Little Oneroa, now and than when I was walking with my dog pipi we would get hammered quite hard in the weather but we always got through though almost getting washed off the rocks once. 

During my history on the island i kind of had enough with the teasing at school that I ended up going over to Correspondence school, now in a way it was a good thing but in a move of life it was not good, as I found as a child I maybe did not gain the skills to deal with groups of people that I should have had at time time. 
I would hope soon to post images from the island to see how things have changed. 

If it has changed or hey maybe it is the same, but from what i have been hearing i feel it has become too busy and some of the special places that one used to be able to hike to away from the road has been cut off due to coast line housing being built. 

You know people used to moan and bitch about Spencer who owned alot of the far end of the island as a big farm and well it was good as it was ran as a farm and one could still access the coast. 
I might be wrong but i found it sad when parts of the farm were sold off. 

I ask you this folks. 

When progress happens what is more important keeping special things and nature intact or selling things off and making a profit and keeping the special areas just for the few ?

Going to try and post images from the island soon... and with luck find some areas on the island that were special to me and see if they are still there and if they may have changed. 

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Posted February 25, 2010 by Joe Reich 
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Closure

A few years back now I had a time in my life when I had a choice of making the right moves and following a path that felt so right, sadly I did not have a good enough head on me at the time, I made some mistakes and well ended up on a path that has felt like now I am stumbling from one day to the next. 

A Very special person has kept me going and has stuck by me through think and thin, I will always treasure them for this and the strong friendship I have with them.

I feel that I need to some how put closure to this time in my past as when it fell apart it fell apart so fast and so quickly that it..., well hurt like hell but in a lot of ways and at the time I feel I was just feeling what I deserved as a result. 
I travled to Canada and Vancouver not long after this time and well I felt so grounded in me during my time in Vancouver, I found I could relax and be me, it meant so much to me to be able to try and discover who I am trying to become as a person. 

Most of who I am now I am happy with but at times I think, if I had taken that other path all those years ago how different things might have been. 
Would it have been a good move ?
I feel at times when I hear a certain Savage Garden song, that yes it would have been the right move.

I know I need to move on but in a small way i feel I need to make sure I have closure in doing so I feel I need to travel to Seattle and spend some time there and just close off what might have been.
Maybe this is silly as it is well half way round the world but well I am on this path I am on maybe having closure to what happened in my past it will move me off the way I am going now so i can bring more feeling to my life and become even more of the person I know I can be. 

I dont know if I will be able to make this happen as well it does cost to travel these days but I feel I need to so with luck I will be able to put this in place and make it happen by November next year. 

I would hope after I gain closure to move forward in the work I do now and treasure even more the friendships I have in my life,

I understand if you move on and don't read this but for me if i put it down on paper like this maybe it will mean i can think things over and make the right moves and grow.

As hey I'm only 33 but I do feel I am getting on in years so I think i need to work towards getting closure and making it happen by the end of 2011.
I have a wonderful job at the airline a friend in my life that is magic and has taught me so much and well as long as I push myself in it a love of photography I still feel in being human I am missing something, 
I would hope by closing off this time in my past I will be able to gain what I feel I am missing. 

I dont know why I am writing this in such a public space, i think in putting it down in text like this and getting it out it will keep me committed in what I am trying to achieve. 

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Posted February 20, 2010 by Joe Reich 
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Wise

A very wise face

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Posted February 19, 2010 by Joe Reich 
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Changes

A very small change but trying to stick to decaf coffee :)

thelongwayround.co.nz

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Posted February 18, 2010 by Joe Reich 
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Learning

One of the things I love about the work we do, is well your always learning, i tell you what it is very hard not to in the industry I am in, but there is always a lot to take on board. 
It once again reminds me of the skill of the person that is checking one in traveling, be it just domestic or over seas, there is alot to it these days not just a simple thing of viewing a passport and printing out the boarding pass and bag tag. 
There are some wonderful countries around the would but at times I find it a challenge all be it a good one to keep a breast of the way things change for the entry regulations and other matters. 

Not easy at times I tell you but it keeps one going and it also makes me see the work we do to make the airline what it is always is amazing, we have thousands of great people working in the airline to make sure the travel you take every day goes well. 

At times I do have to admit though that if i did not live in the bay I do wonder if i could keep doing this job with how hard on the mind it can be at times, it is so nice to walk home, be it along the beach or through the back streets of the bay, some times thinking over the day but at other times just forgetting what had happened and just enjoying nature and the smell of the sea breeze:

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Posted February 16, 2010 by Joe Reich 
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thelongwayround LIVE

 

This Video will change when we go live: We will try and let you know in advance but at times with how quick events can happen this might be with out warning:

This is a work in progress at time quality of video maybe very low or the sound turned off, this will be due to wind our other back ground noise.

To keep up with the latest events on what we are trying to do, keep an eye on twitter.com/lyallbaynz 

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Posted January 8, 2010 by Joe Reich 
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Backbenches

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Posted January 7, 2010 by Joe Reich 
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Nice day.

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Posted January 7, 2010 by Joe Reich 
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Yes there is people in them.

What a way to travel

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Posted January 7, 2010 by Joe Reich 
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Alot in newtown.

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Posted January 7, 2010 by Joe Reich 
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