Today, Manali and I are celebrating our two year wedding anniversary in Christchurch, New Zealand. We drove back to the city this morning, after spending the evening on the beach in Banks Peninsula, and are planning to dine at the fanciest establishment possible allowing cargo pants and hiking shoes.

It shocks me to think it has been two years, particularly when you get to spend it with someone as special as Manali. At a minimum, her agreement, cooperation and enthusiasm to undertake this journey alone speaks volumes about her as a person.

Is it always easy? No. Probably harder for her, than I, knowing myself. But I wouldn’t do it any other way, and that goes for this trip as well as my amazing wife. Manali hasn’t inflicted on me any recent flesh wounds, and I have so far never driven off without her…without coming back. So as long as that glorious record of cohabitation continues, so will our journey and our wonderful life together.

• Manali + Terry India Wedding Highlights
  30 August 2008 7:14 AM | 241 Commenthttp://www.manaliandterry.com/index.php/2008/08/30/manali-terry-india-wedding-highlights/Manali+%2B+Terry+India+Wedding+Highlights2008-08-30+14%3A14%3A00Terry

  Manali is visiting friends in New York this weekend, so I sat down and put together a brief highlight video of our India Wedding, documenting the couple of days leading up to and including the wedding ceremony. My favorite is when the cloth between Manali and I is lowered, revealing her to me for the [...]

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• Wedding Footage
  14 April 2008 6:51 PM | 81 Commenthttp://www.manaliandterry.com/index.php/2008/04/14/wedding-footage/Wedding+Footage2008-04-15+01%3A51%3A00Terry

  I was playing around a little bit with our wedding footage, and came up with this kind of whispy effect. I like it. My less artistic wife is not quite sold on it yet.Atlanta Wedding from Terry Bettendorf on Vimeo.

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• Guilin | China: Li River Beauty
  06 October 2009 9:00 AM | 11872 Commentshttp://www.manaliandterry.com/index.php/2009/10/06/guilin-china-li-river-beauty/Guilin+%7C+China%3A+Li+River+Beauty2009-10-06+16%3A00%3A26Terry

  Tales of picturesque mountains nurturing a winding and beautiful river led us to Guilin, China and nearby Yangshuo. We arrived into Guilin International Airport just as the sun set, leaving the 45 minute ride into the Guilin city limits dark and illuminated sparingly by lamps along the roadside. Despite our dim transit, a full moon [...]

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