Patrick Lam

Thoughts and travels of Patrick Lam

Travel during COVID times: NZ to Canada

26 Nov 2021

Argh! How to get the necessary COVID tests to enter the US and Canada.

Trans-Canada Highway vs State Highway 1: Getting around (Central) Canada & NZ

19 Nov 2021

Thoughts about how people get around in Canada and New Zealand.

October: Suppression in Auckland, elimination elsewhere in NZ

1 Nov 2021

Waiting for the other shoe to drop and hoping that it doesn’t drop before vaccination rates are high enough.

Answers to NZ Government consultations on Adventure Activities

27 Oct 2021

Following the White Island eruption, the New Zealand Government is soliciting comments on the regulation of adventure activities. Here’s what I wrote.

September: Delta's Still Here (mostly in Auckland)

11 Oct 2021

Outside of Auckland, life is almost normal (for now). Busy writing papers and travelling, as well as contributing to teaching a lab course.

Review: Emerald Hours in New Zealand Part II, getting around the South Island

10 Oct 2021

Second part of my book review / transit comparison between 1905 and 2021. This time featuring the South Island and the Milford Track.

Review: Emerald Hours in New Zealand Part I, North Island (but really, transport in NZ)

5 Sep 2021

Alys Lowth and her party toured New Zealand in the early 1900s and took a surprising amount of public transit. Here, I compare public transit in NZ in 1905 and today. Also: things that are the same (geology), and things that are different (not as much as one would think!).

August: Here's Delta

1 Sep 2021

The 1pm show starring Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Dr. Ashley Bloomfield is back. Really we could do without, but here we are.

My Photo Workflow, and Adventures in Hugo Development

24 Aug 2021

I finally got around to adding links to my Hugo gallery sliders. Here’s how.

Cook Islands: international travel!

17 Aug 2021

What we got up to on the Cook Islands, and what we’d do differently.