Destination: New Zealand

Booking Our Around the World Adventure

Wed, 4 Mar 2009 | By wheat72 | Views [206]

So it all started a few years ago (before the kids!) and I decided that it was now or never - I either get to see the world now or i'll be NZ bound forever with kids and other family commitments. So with my then boyfriend (now husband Jake) in hand ... Read more >

Tags: book our round the world adventure

Gallery: New Zealand - Wellington

Mon, 2 Mar 2009 | By eoghancito | Photo Gallery

Networking and notworking

Mon, 2 Mar 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [771]

Sylvia and Oii bade us farewell early on the Monday morning – their schedule only allowed them another 2 weeks for the whole of the South Island and they had an early ferry to Picton. Our journey 5 minutes up the street was shorter but we ... Read more >

Tags: apartment, carnival, concert, flood, rugby, work

Welcome to Auckland / Bienvenue à Auckland

Sun, 1 Mar 2009 | By dkky | Views [1268]

Auckland je suis là. Quelqu'un m'a dit quand tu arrêtes de prendre des photos, quand tu commences à moins parler de l'endroit où tu es : ça signifie que tu te sens chez toi. C'est peut être ce qui s'est très vite produit à Auckland. C'est une grande ... Read more >

Tags: borders beyond

My Foxtrot to Hogwartz

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 | By mogsie08-09 | Views [721]

Waving  farewell to Punakaiki I travelled down to Franz Josef, the home town, though town is maybe stretching the point a little, for one of the famous glaciers which come down from the Southern Alps through the temperate rainforest to almost reach the ... Read more >

New Zealand in a Nut Shell

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 | By theblackgirls | Views [652]

Well our New Zealand adventure has come to an end, as we're sitting in the Auckland airport waiting for our flight to Thailand.  We've slacked on the journal updates, which we apologize for, but it's hard to get frequent computer time when you're living ... Read more >

New Zealand (...a-gain!)

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 | By george | Views [4059] | Comments [3]

It's been a while since I updated this blog, but I've been back in New Zealand since I last updated it (just before Christmas)... Emily and Billy on boxing day, playing in a cardboard box! This is a fantail.  They're very friendly, and confidently ... Read more >

Tags: camping, new zealand, on the road

Gallery: Bay of Islands

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 | By bob_and_caroline | Photo Gallery

Auckland

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 | By bob_and_caroline | Views [671]

Final thoughts from New Zealand then as I sit here in Auckland having just completed a mini-shopping spree in order that some of our clothes look presentable for the beaches and bars of Brazil.   Caroline is currently in the latest of our non-budget ... Read more >

Cape Reinga revisited

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1841]

It was an outrageously adventurous day in the Northland today. We nearly got stranded but we made it out. First let me get to the good part. Oh I'm a self-professed traveloholic, by the way! OK OK I'll get to my day. This morning I washed up and then ... Read more >

I meet Maria

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [571]

This morning I was awoken when I heard someone yelling "Chris, Chris" It was Gabe and Lance because they were freezing cold. They had asked me to paddle to shore but a fisherman offered to give them a lift over. Lance's sleeping bag was soaked ... Read more >

Kia Ora New Zealand

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 | By smelix | Views [1145] | Comments [1]

I should start this entry with a warning.. there may be a substantial amount of horse anecdotes in the next few entrys.. it will become clear why this is over the next few lines... So after a long days travelling from cairns to sydney and then sydney ... Read more >

Tags: horses, milking cows

Gallery: Dunedin y Christchurch

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 | By flachi-gus | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Fiordos

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 | By flachi-gus | Photo Gallery

Sailing from the Barrier to Paihia

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [2272]

It was a big day of sailing as we set out toward the Bay of Islands today! This morning when I woke up I knew it was going to be so hard leaving because Nikki is a very nice lady! I took a shower and then made my morning cuppa earl grey with a teaspoon ... Read more >