Alison Pickering Alison Pickering

It’s a Dog’s Life!

Suzie the rescue dog lives the dream life in Tutukaka, New Zealand. We are pet and housestting, looking after Suzie while her owners are away. Join us on today’s doggy adventure in Whananaki, and find out if we were successful finding oysters or catching snapper…

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Animal Antics, Pacific Islands, Vet Tails Alison Pickering Animal Antics, Pacific Islands, Vet Tails Alison Pickering

Doktor Blong Dog

Working as a Veterinarian (doktor blong dog) in multicultural Vanuatu is guaranteed to provide all sorts of entertainment, especially given my French is rusty, my Chinese non-existent, and the local Ni Van staff were laughingly teaching me Bislama. I was the only vet on the island for three weeks, while the regular vets were on leave. As you can imagine I have many stories to tell about this adventure!

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Pet and House Sitting, Animal Antics, New Zealand Alison Pickering Pet and House Sitting, Animal Antics, New Zealand Alison Pickering

A Life Less Traveled

It all began with an Idea. A Dream of Escaping from the daily grind of exchanging hours for dollars, and the perpetual creep of expenses keeping in lock step with any salary increases. A Dream of being our own keepers, choosing when and where we want to work, on our own terms. And a Dream of a life of freedom to travel and live a life somehow less ordinary, less ‘normal’.

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Dog and girl at the beach

 

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