Out of Office Adventures

Out of Office Adventures

My Travel Diaries

The hardest choice I made in New Zealand

A love story about putting yourself first

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Claire Drinkwater
Sep 30, 2025
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A tearful goodbye on a volcano in New Zealand tests everything I've learned about love, independence and staying true to myself.


It's 11pm and I can't sleep. I'm writing this in my journal from my bunkbed in this Auckland hostel, trying to process what happened.

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