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Mon, 19 Jan 2015 | By ashleighgoesglobal | Views [369]
Hello there wonderful people.
Please accept many applogies for my total lack of contact via the world of blogging for the last however many months. Jenna and I lost track of time and got sucked into the bubble they call Queenstown. We kept forgetting ... Read more >
Mon, 19 Jan 2015 | By elcastleberry | Views [608]
I regret spending four days in Auckland. The highlight of our time there was an afternoon spent at The Backyard Bar in North Auckland with my friend Leigh (who I met at surf camp in Morocco last year). Local DJ's, an epic water slide and a brood of ... Read more >
Tags: auckland, bars, cities, hostels, restaurants
Sun, 18 Jan 2015 | By wtarmstrong | Views [639]
There is a great scene at the end of the movie Charlie Wilson’s War in which a grizzled CIA agent played Phillip Seymour Hoffman (who was certainly one of the greatest actors of my generation and died way too soon) tells a story about unintended ... Read more >
Tags: ankle, banks, farm, new zealand, penguin, tour
Fri, 16 Jan 2015 | By wander-wonder | Views [512]
My arrival on the south island started with blazing sunshine, a drive through the vineyards of Marlborough (stopping for a cheeky wine tasting session along the way) to Abel Tasman National Park and finished with a beautiful pink sunset by the beach ... Read more >
Thu, 15 Jan 2015 | By elcastleberry | Views [394]
I've always been an aisle seat gal. Primarily because I like to stretch my legs beyond the tiny hovel of hobbit-space you receive on the average airplane, but there's also a paranoid, self-preservation element to it: when the inevitable emergency evacuation ... Read more >
Tags: landscapes, new zealand, planes, window seat
Mon, 12 Jan 2015 | By e_c_whittome | Views [400]
Today I started the Abel Tasman Track, one of the great walks. The weathe continues to be great. I walked from Marahau to Anchorage which was around 12km. I arrived around lunchtime at the Anchorage hut. After lunch i left the backpack and went ... Read more >
Tags: beach, swimming, walking
Sun, 11 Jan 2015 | By nesrin | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 11 Jan 2015 | By e_c_whittome | Views [473] | Comments [1]
This morning I left early for the bus to Kaiteriteri. I then joined a half day guided kayak from Kaiteriteri to the Split Apple Rock and back. The weather was again perfect, really hot and sunny. We had tea and biscuits on the beach ... Read more >
Tags: beach, kayak
Sat, 10 Jan 2015 | By e_c_whittome | Views [321]
Sarah organised a great day for us - we started early with stand up paddle boarding off Takuna beach. It was a beautiful day, scorching, but the morning was perfect with no wind and flat water. This was my first time 'sup'ing and I really ... Read more >
Tags: beach, swimming
Fri, 9 Jan 2015 | By e_c_whittome | Views [421]
This morning I was up a bit earlier as the sun was shining and I was keen to get out for a run. I decided to run back up the track as it is a really nice wide and easy trail. I did 6km to Davies Bay clearing and back in just over half an hour. ... Read more >
Fri, 9 Jan 2015 | By kevin | Views [331]
Monday started fairly inauspiciously. I woke up in a hostel after deciding I needed to take a proper shower and do some proper laundry after hiking the Tongariro Alpine Crossing the previous day. Although I no longer stunk I was feeling the aches ... Read more >
Thu, 8 Jan 2015 | By e_c_whittome | Views [413]
I was late to wake this morning as I was expecting my roommate to be up early for the 8am opening of the post shop. She had a parcel to post further along the track for herself, but she also slept in! Unfortunately a few things got forgotten so ... Read more >
Tags: walking
Thu, 8 Jan 2015 | By nesrin | Views [561] | Comments [1]
It feels so good to finally say "I don't know exactly. May be three months, may be more, we'll see!" when people ask me for how long I am traveling. Before, the answer would be, and it always has been; "just two weeks, becauseI need to go back to work".... Read more >
Tags: auckland, decision, istanbul, new zealand, quit job, start travelling, turkey, wwoofing
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