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Mon, 4 Feb 2008 | By em-and-andy | Views [896]
Despite the awful smell this place has, we had planned to return while in the area to book our hotel for the last part of our trip; Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. With that done on the afternoon we arrived it was time to book the other reason we ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
Mon, 4 Feb 2008 | By em-and-andy | Views [1409]
We were staying at Turangi and taking the 40 min’ drive to the Grand prix circuit due to the fact that Taupo was fully booked out all weekend, everything was taken; the locals were even letting out the houses for some extreme prices. We really didn’t ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
Mon, 4 Feb 2008 | By em-and-andy | Views [1055]
Well the City is Wanganui and the River and district is Whanganui, as if the place names were not hard enough for us to pronounce and understand. We arrived at the large Victorian Hostel to find a lovely room over looking the River, which is affectionately ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Mon, 4 Feb 2008 | By em-and-andy | Views [1081]
New Plymouth , almost the namesake of our home in the UK ; Plymouth . A lovely city, on the Edge of the Tasman Sea and overlooked by Mt Taranaki; the Volcano we had seen from the South Island walk up Mt Stokes. We arrived around ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Mon, 4 Feb 2008 | By em-and-andy | Views [1033] | Comments [1]
We’ve changed our route for the next few stops, when we were passing through Taupo we heard that the A1 Grand Prix is being staged there next weekend. Both Em and I really enjoy F1, so we thought we would treat ourselves to a weekend at the races;... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Mon, 4 Feb 2008 | By em-and-andy | Views [813]
Well we were warned, but bl**dy hell this place just stinks!!!!!!!! Don’t worry; it’s not the state of the city that makes it smell so bad; it’s the massive amount of Thermal activity that is present here. This is the first non BBH Hostel that ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Mon, 4 Feb 2008 | By em-and-andy | Views [715]
We enjoyed our short stay here last time, so we thought as we were only passing a few Km’s south we would detour; so after booking the van in for a service we were heading to the Avocado Orchard again. We stayed here for only 2 nights before heading ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Mon, 4 Feb 2008 | By em-and-andy | Views [426]
HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all. Well were here, and talk about busy! Em summed this place up perfectly “This is Newquay in the silly season” and she is seriously right, our first impression was utter shock and disappointment; don’t know what ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
Sat, 2 Feb 2008 | By elawlor | Views [747] | Comments [1]
hello everyone. I just spent a lovely 5 days pulling grass from olive trees. I stayed with a couple from Zimbabwe and have learned a great deal about being white in apartheid south africa, being a policaman in the bush in Zimbabwe, African politics, how ... Read more >
Tags: Work
Sat, 2 Feb 2008 | By theunit | Views [606] | Comments [2]
Jerad did a good job writing about New Zealand, I just thought I would blog about a thing or two. It has been wild! Just wild. Living out of a van has been quite the experience. All of the adrenaline seeking/adventure activities have been all that ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sat, 2 Feb 2008 | By theunit | Views [776] | Comments [1]
Sorry it has been awhile since the last blog, but New Zealand is extremely expensive and the internet is no exception. We arrived into Auckland and after looking into transportation and accomadation we decided to take the road less travelled and rent ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sat, 2 Feb 2008 | By theunit | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 1 Feb 2008 | By thecobb | Views [1149]
I believe in the force of intentionality . When one has the intention of things working out, they often will. I have been loving my time in Waitara with Daniela, Chris, Bianca and little Cassia. I had one really tough day of work digging fence ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
Fri, 1 Feb 2008 | By thecobb | Photo Gallery
One great little weeks
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Fri, 1 Feb 2008 | By claremccallum | Views [820] | Comments [2]
From Waipu, we continued our journey North to quite a large town called Whangarei. After two weeks under canvas, we spent a much needed evening in a hostel, taking full advantage of the hot showers, comfy beds and cooking facilities! Our stay in the ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
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