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Gallery: Leaving NZ

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 | By willd | Photo Gallery

The final days of my time in NZ
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Leaving NZ

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 | By willd | Views [693]

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 [712]

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 [636]

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 [615]

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 >

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Wellington NZ

Thu, 8 Nov 2007 | By kmccabe | Views [433]

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 [674]

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 [1074] | 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 [3416]

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 [831]

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 [797]

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

The West Coast

Tue, 6 Nov 2007 | By dsaltsman | Views [460] | Comments [2]

So the past weekend I took a couple days off work and drove out to the west coast, Greymouth to be specific. It was a beautiful drive through the Southern Alps of New Zealand. I left Christchurch Friday afternoon after renting a car and drove up to ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures