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Thu, 16 Aug 2007 | By ciaranandruth | Views [779]
We took a fairly long drive this morning, retracing our steps from Monday - to visit some of the things we saw outside our car windows as we sped past on our cross-country trek at the start of the week. First off was the Volcanic Activity Centre in ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | By ciaranandruth | Views [710]
Rotorua is New Zealand's main centre of geothermal activity - the underground volcanic rumblings resulting in a whole assortment of manifestations above the surface - from bubbling mudpools, to toasty rocks to bursting geysers. Today we visited Te ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | By edd_powell | Views [643]
Greetings from possible one of the furthest places I could be from the UK - Auckland.
Let me start by back tracking to my last blog. Since then I made it out of Cambodia in a mini van full to the brim of rucksacks and people through rivers, roads ... Read more >
Tags: Airports
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | By torie | Views [311]
Hey everyone I thought that the easiest way to keep in touch with you all while I'm away is to create this journal thingy. So...for the month that I am away if you haven't had any emails from me, check this journal and there should be some updates on ... Read more >
Tags: Work
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 | By dirosa | Views [604]
The weather in the South Island was unbearably freezing with snow and ice everywhere. It was so cold I had to sleep in thermals, woolly socks and hat. After spending the first few days in Christchurch we hired a car and headed to a small town ... Read more >
Mon, 13 Aug 2007 | By ciaranandruth | Views [789] | Comments [1]
Strange - every single station we passed charged 153.9 cents for a litre of petrol. You'd think that if they were fixing the price they'd bump it up a bit - anyhow, we filled our Toyoto Camry with as much of the stuff we could fit and then set out on ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Sun, 12 Aug 2007 | By ciaranandruth | Views [690]
Not knowing who Lady Norwood is, was, or will be, we nonetheless took the time to visit the rose garden named in her honour, because Ruth's family home shares a name with that lady. Unlike the garden at no. 76, the rose garden on the hill overlooking ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sat, 11 Aug 2007 | By ciaranandruth | Views [706]
Nelson is the largest urban centre on the north coast of New Zealand's South Island, and as such serves as a meeting point for everyone within a 30 mile radius - particularly at the weekend when the Nelson Market takes over Montgomery Square. Unfortunately, ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sat, 11 Aug 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [1078]
Even from the small gravelly car park our souls were in peril. Whispy hands of white sulphorous gas ebbed at our feet like a scene from, "The Fog." Ominous clouds of white rose around our bodies. The playwright James Bernard Shaw named ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Fri, 10 Aug 2007 | By ciaranandruth | Views [712]
On the advice of our hostess we took a drive today out to Kaiteriteri , a lovely little seaside village - though village may be an exaggeration. Above the village is Kaka Point , a viewing spot at the top of a steep incline, from where you can see ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Thu, 9 Aug 2007 | By ciaranandruth | Views [611]
New Zealand is comprised of two main islands, understandably named the North Island and the South Island . Separated by the Cook Straits on the surface and the Pacific / Australian plate intersection at a deeper level, the two islands actually ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Wed, 8 Aug 2007 | By ciaranandruth | Views [593]
A Carrolls type tourist shop that we wandered into in Auckland was selling upside down maps. Arguing that there's no nautral up or down in the planet - they repainted the globe with New Zealand occupying a spot around where we'd normally find ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Wed, 8 Aug 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [3165] | Comments [1]
Yes, I've crunched cobra in Cambodia and munched mouse in the Mekong but the wild food I refer to here is one of less extremes. I am a staunch advocate of game. Full of real flavour, free range, organic, low in fat, it's the antithesis of all that ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Wed, 8 Aug 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [1523] | Comments [1]
Amaze/frustrate your backpacker bretheren with my simple trout recipe. The rainbow trout I used were smoked but you could easily use poached trout or even salmon. Serves 1 hungry backpacker. Ingredients Portion of egg noodles - boiled for 2 minutes ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Wed, 8 Aug 2007 | By dj | Views [431]
I can't belive we're moving again to Australia E-mail me at izzylovers@hotmail.com if you like this.
Tags: Relaxation
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