Island paradise

September 2017

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September 2017

Harataonga Bay provided a sheltered place to stop for lunch.
A five-day kayak circumnavigation of one of New Zealand’s most beautiful places, Great Barrier Island. When the first salty wave crashed over my face, soaking me thoroughly and blurring my vision, I dug my paddle in, bracing for the next one. We’d stepped into our kayaks mere moments earlier in the sheltered waters of Tryphena […]
Meghan Walker

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