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Grant Smithies

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Nelson
As seen in: Stuff.co.nz, Sunday Star-Times, The Nelson Mail, The Spinoff, The Post (Wellington), The Press (New Zealand), The Waikato Times
Eater, breather, writer. Loves old vinyl records like a fat kid loves cake...
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Smell No Evil | Headland

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By Grant Smithies Verified
| headland.org.nz
Grant Smithies Smell No Evil started low because low was what they liked. Their little eyes flicked around towards him in the darkness. The ones making a racket stopped or at least turned the volume down. The ones that looked asleep raised their tiny heads and turned towards the greasy armchair in which he sat. Smell No Evil opened his throat and let the sound pour out louder, the tone rising a little now. No words, just gentle human sound.
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Lisbon by tuk-tuk Original

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By Grant Smithies Verified
| The Post (Wellington)
The cityscape of Lisbon, Portugal. ISTOCK When you hit the cobblestones at the bottom of the hill, it feels like the fillings might shake loose from your teeth. There’s a thud, a bounce, a sideways slide, then we lurch forward as our three fat tyres finally find some traction on a road surface designed in the 8th century for horses and donkey carts. A warm wind whips in through the sides of our comical wee chariot.
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Walking through history in Granada Original

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By Grant Smithies Verified
| The Post (Wellington)
The Alhambra of Granada in Spain. 123rf There’s a ritual here every night around sundown. A crowd gathers in the plaza outside San Nicolas church to watch the setting sun blaze pink across the palaces of the Alhambra on the other side of the valley. Hippies pound on drums, thrash away at guitars, sing sentimental Spanish ballads and old Roma dance tunes.
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