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no USA but NZ !!!

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 | By milou | Views [715] | Comments [17]

Hello everybody!! Sorry for the delay...well for the one who does not know, i could not get to USA. It was a mess total.I arrived at the airport , ready to check in and the lady told me that my passport was not valid for the USA!! I was very upset. ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Catching Up, Slave Labour, and other such stuff...

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 | By rachel_simon | Views [390] | Comments [16]

Okay, so here we go. I know we've been here in New Zealand for two months (hard to believe), so we've got a lot of catching up to do. We apologize for being such slackers... there are no excuses, just chalk it up to us being lazy buggers. This will ... Read more >

In love with RIO

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 | By reidy | Views [71] | Comments [14]

Rio de Janerio.  Love it.  Temperatures between 34 and 40 degrees ahhhh.  This is the beach we're staying at, Ipanema beach and we're one block back from it, swimming until 7pm at night, quite lovely. We're absolutely loving Brazil.  Pity about the ... Read more >

We're not lost!

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 | By pdrozinsky | Views [215] | Comments [12]

Hi everyone, Hope this works this time. We updated a week ago but being newbies to this it didnt work so well...obviously.  Anyway, we have traveled the north end from Aukland and back and now on our way to Wellington and currently in Napier on the ... Read more >

Welcome!

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 | By mikephall83 | Views [199] | Comments [12]

Welcome to our World Adventure blog page! We are currently flying to New Zealand! Aukland here we come.. our upcoming adventure is caving in Waitomo with glow worms. Yee haw!

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

Have arrived in Christchurch New Zealand

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 | By lisa-harber | Views [12815] | Comments [10]

Paul and I are now in New Zealand, after a really long flight, (two days in total) we arrived to find that it was warm and sunny! Yay, since then we have hit a patch of rainy cold weather, but I have decided that this won't last too long!! Waiting for ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

World famous...in New Zealand? FERGBURGER

Sun, 4 Mar 2007 | By jakeandgenny | Views [2459] | Comments [8]

There's a clever little expression, birthed by L&P, a popular (and tasty) native NZ drink, that goes like this:  "World Famous in New Zealand" Now, you and I both know that this expression makes no sense.  But 'round these parts, it works.... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Welcome to The Orphanage Experience

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 | By hanna_and_sarah | Views [1551] | Comments [8]

Remember making pirates hats out of old newspapers? Flying a kite made from sticks and magazines? I bet you do. But thousands of kids don’tNo matter where in the world, kids are kids. Working with children in India I was making trains and crocodiles ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Abel Tasmaniacs

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 | By jakeandgenny | Views [1068] | Comments [8]

When was the last time you spent four days carrying around 50 kilos on your back, camped under the stars and hiked 51 kilometers?  Not recently?  Well, for us it was less than a week ago. New Zealand has multi-day tramping tracks throughout the country ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

National Park next to Taupo

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 | By milou | Views [536] | Comments [8]

Hello everyone!!! Well a lot of things happen since last time. I start this tour with stray. It is pretty cool. The idea is simple, you choose a itinerary with different stop and you can stay one or more night,and you have a guide and they offer you ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Makarora to Queenstown

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Views [164] | Comments [8]

Well...What we lost in action yesterday we defiantly made up for today!  The journey started off good with a beautiful and DRY morning which gave us a view of the area we were actually in.  The busy guy was right! It was beautiful (see the picture of ... Read more >

Christchurch, NZ

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 | By andrea | Views [737] | Comments [7]

Well, I've finally left Australia and have made my way to Christchurch, NZ.  It was really hard saying goodbye to everyone on my last day in Canberra but overall I think the anticipation of New Zealand helped me to deal a lot.  This is my second day ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Waimate

Tue, 1 May 2007 | By milou | Views [635] | Comments [7]

Hello everyone!! Sorry I did not have acess at internet before.I am right now in Waimate, kristen's village!! Very small place with 3000 people, 3 pubs, 1 Pharmacy, 1 supermarket and 1 everythings!!!so funny here! I fly from wellington to Christchurch.... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Introduction to New Zealand

Mon, 8 Oct 2007 | By kiwi_kerry | Views [368] | Comments [7]

HI Everyone!! Here I am - finally in New Zealand! Went to the airport with my fam last Tuesday to catch my flight. Obviously I was over the baggage limit by a LOT but my mommie was nice enough to pay the overage fees...hehe. Trust me, lugging around ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Now that we're in New Zealand...

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 | By erin_and_pete | Views [201] | Comments [7]

Hello Everyone, Erin is going to let me update this as long as I stay appropriate... So we have been in New Zealand for over a week now and all I can say is it is Awesome! This whole country is like a viewpoint, everywhere you look it is postcard ... Read more >

A viryy mirry Christmus

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 | By esther | Views [180] | Comments [7]

After nearly a week in NZ I now understand why people say it's a lot like Scotland. It's very beautiful with lots of lush green hills, the people are friendly and it rains all the bloody time. Really it's supposed to be summer here. You'd think they ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Karamea

Sun, 9 Dec 2007 | By monica_gill | Views [149] | Comments [7]

The last three days have been wonderful.  My "work" here is not too difficult--just keep the place looking decent, really.  And I'm not the only one in charge of doing that.  There haven't been very many guests, either.  So the first two days ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Nunca pierdas tu pasaporte. Nunca pierdas un amigo como Ale.

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 | By marsrimbaud | Views [111] | Comments [7]

Hola de nuevo! Ya estamos en Auckland, luego de unos días de aventuras de no creer. Llegamos a Buenos Aires y nos recibieron mi amigo Alejandro con su hija Maia y mi amigo Pato con su chica. La ciudad está tan linda como siempre. Esas calles tan ruidosas, ... Read more >

CHOMAGE CHOMAGE // UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 | By dkky | Views [102] | Comments [7]

Alors, Alors….. Apres 6 semaines de bonheur avec les minots de Pillant Point je me résigne à cesser mes activités. C’est donc une larme à l’œil que je me sépare des enfants. Ce fut une expérience des plus surprenantes. J’ai beaucoup appris ... Read more >

South American Surgery!

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 | By reidy | Views [95] | Comments [7]

Öther appropriate titles: 1. Machu Picchu Anti Climax   2. You have got to be kidding   3. No, you really have to be kidding   4. 3rd world slashing Okay so here the story goes.  The one place you have to go when visiting South America is Machu Pïcchu ... Read more >

Rugby: a study in athletic convicitions

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 | By jakeandgenny | Views [1006] | Comments [6]

We've got Football (they call it Gridiron).  We've got Baseball.  We've got Hockey.  They've got Football (we call it Soccer).  They've got Rugby.  They've got cricket (what is this??). Now, Gen and I were fortunate (read:  spent the money) ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

strawberry fields, hokey pokey, and church

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 | By elawlor | Views [350] | Comments [6]

Well, my one regret for the day is that I didn't take any pictures. But sometimes pictures take away from an experience. Or at least that's what I'll keep telling myself. I don't like having regrets when traveling. I will always remember the time I wished ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Merry Christmas

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 | By em-and-andy | Views [286] | Comments [6]

We would just like to say to everyone who is looking at our trip, have a VERY Merry Christmas and a HAPPY New Year to you all. Thanks for watching Em & Andy

Tags: Family

Queenstown

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 | By simoz | Views [282] | Comments [6]

From Dunedin we travelled to Bluff, had oysters (very salty), fish & chips and hung off the bottom of NZ.  Then on to Te Anau, a quiet little village with a great little pub (great feed here) and a coupla drinkies. On to Milford Sound; what a drive ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

South Island - Week 1

Fri, 3 Oct 2008 | By hellie_and_bracey | Views [259] | Comments [6]

Our time in New Zealand started on Mon 22nd Sept after an epic 28 hour journey.  We arrived in Christchurch and were met by James' brother Simon and girlfriend Rachel who have been living over here since January. They whisked us off to Bruce and Mary's ... Read more >


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