Destination: New Zealand

Singapore Sling

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 | By willd | Views [645]

Well I've made it to Singapore; that bastion of capatalsim in the heart of South East Asia.  The arrival as ever involved a delay.  To keep consistant in these matters no accomodation had been arranged.  The picture to be painted can be drawn thus.  ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Gallery: Bay of Islands and the Rainbow Warrior

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

Going into a time warp!

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 | By bixxie | Views [543]

Not much has happened over the past few days. We have just been chilling out in Auckland. We went a bar called minus 5 on Friday night, where everything was made out of ice including the glasses. Had to wear 2 pairs of gloves and a very classy eskimo ... Read more >

Tags: Chilling Out

Bay of Islands

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [1203]

If the rest of my time in NZ is like this then I'm in serious trouble, wow oh wow, I love this place. It's simply a beautiful bay overlooking some of the many islands in this region. The beaches are a long, golden curve, the surrounding countryside a ... Read more >

Tags: diving, island

Gallery: Leaving NZ

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 | By willd | Photo Gallery

Leaving NZ

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 | By willd | Views [719]

The road goes ever on and on, Down from the door where it began, Now far ahead the road has gone, and I must pursue it with weary feet, untill some larger way, where many paths and errands meet, whither then I cannot say. The road is life and I'm ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

18,339km from home

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 | By beckandphil | Views [730]

After all this time we've finally started our trip. I'm in our hostel in Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand which is apparently 18,339km from London,UK. For the first time in my life I declared something at customs: Walking boots and out tent. They're biosecurity ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

On the road

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 | By bixxie | Views [655]

Had a manic 9 days trying to fit in everything we wanted to see before giving the van back today. We went on on a coach trip to Milford Sound from Queenstown which was really cool as we got to see a pengiun and seals on a boat cruise on the fjord. Stopped ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

@ Raglan

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 | By the-white-rabbit | Views [632]

Had some nice days the last time. Met chicken in a mandarin tree and had a horse in our camper!!!! A real one! We took a ride from bad weather Sandy Bay to bad weather Whangarei to meet Lee (the one girl I met in Ireland) there. She didn't know about ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Wellington NZ

Thu, 8 Nov 2007 | By kmccabe | Views [439]

We arrived in wellington on november 5th, guy fawkes day. as we drove into the city, the fireworks were going off, and we pretended it was for us! we checked into downtown backpackers, which was actually an old hotel and part of the historic trust in ... Read more >

Tags: Work

Beyond Auckland

Thu, 8 Nov 2007 | By kmccabe | Views [689]

Ok, so I know its been a while since i've updated...we have been travelling a lot and not all the places have good internet, or any internet at all! so i am going to catch you up from my last entry. ( as for the photos...i am finding it very hard to ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Kia Ora New Zealand

Thu, 8 Nov 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [1109] | Comments [2]

Kia Ora - it's just for me and mah dawg... Youse ull find Auckland a bit different to what you expect eh bro.  At least i know i did; uninspiring architecture, poorly planned, badly laid out, steep hilled, hobo central city. City of Sails - only if ... Read more >

Big pink house

Tue, 6 Nov 2007 | By paul_byrom | Views [3431]

We have moved into a big pink house owned by a man named Kim.   Kim's a very nice man and quite tolerant of our vagueness regarding our stay.  Erm.. maybe we'll go next week, but we might stay for a coupla months.  perhaps.. maybe! We've bought a shonky ... Read more >

Tags: Work

Bonfire night

Tue, 6 Nov 2007 | By lisa-harber | Views [852]

So, it seems that bonfire night in New Brighton, New Zealand is a bit different to at home.  They don't seem so hot on health and safety here to say the least!  Paul and I arrived at the beach front to watch the fireworks to be slightly un-nerved to ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

We now have transport!

Tue, 6 Nov 2007 | By lisa-harber | Views [831]

After spending a couple of days looking to see what was about Paul and I bought a van.  To start off with we wanted a campervan with a sink, stove, fridge and toilet.  We soon realised that we couldn't get on for our budget, we tweeked what we were looking ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles