Destination: New Zealand

Dont hold your breath!

Thu, 7 Apr 2011 | By gloriamelody | Views [479] | Comments [3]

10 buses, 1 train, 3 flights, 62 days, 13 hostels, 2 hotels, 8 cities, 27 stories, 3 upset tummies, 1 flu, too many hangovers and endless fun… what a self discovering journey it has been! I remember this feeling. I`d experienced it twice ... Read more >

Paris au printemps

Thu, 7 Apr 2011 | By wilde1 | Views [359]

I went through some local markets and the smells of the fresh fruit and vegetables brought back memories of my job in a fruit store when I was a teenager. I cant get enough of the gorgeous, colourful and varied types of tulips everywhere. Today was 22 ... Read more >

Photos: Wellington

Wed, 6 Apr 2011 | By lprovorny | Photo Gallery

Photos: Hastings

Wed, 6 Apr 2011 | By lprovorny | Photo Gallery

in limbo

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 | By hanadignan | Views [414]

For real, it feels like a huge limbo madness has me strangled..some days. Others I just need to look out the window and feel so lucky to have all I have, and see so much, and have so many options. Well I'm generally impatient and want to get back n ... Read more >

Photos: Auckland

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 | By huebschen | Photo Gallery

Bonjour de Paris

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 | By wilde1 | Views [388]

I keep pinching myself to make sure Im not dreaming but yes I really am here again  after 26 years!I have walked so much that I think I ll go back to New Zealand about 3cm shorter!      So far some highlights have been the car showrooms along the ... Read more >

When in Rome, Go See Auckland

Mon, 4 Apr 2011 | By proneymooners | Views [837] | Comments [1]

After not showering, doing laundry, and eating lots of PB&J sandwiches for 26 days, we thought we would drop into the "Big City" of Auckland on the North Island to get some city back in us before going to Hong Kong and Beijing. We were ... Read more >

Special-Meal fuer Henrik, Hokey-Pokey und wildes Wickeln auf Rangitoto

Sun, 3 Apr 2011 | By huebschen | Views [590]

Hallo liebe virtuelle Reisegruppe, nach 24 Stunden Flug und 48 tollen Stunden in Auckland, Neuseeland hier unser erstes Update (mit Foto-Upload kaempfen wir noch, folgt ASAP :)). Zuerst mal Danke fuer die ganzen lieben Antworten, Kommentare und ganz ... Read more >

Tags: auckland

Fluffing in New Zealand

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 | By lauren_watson | Views [3562] | Comments [2]

It’s a chilly Sunday evening and I am sweeping the leaves away from the front of my work. You can definitely tell that autumn is coming. Just as I am about to push the leaves into the street a gust of wind comes and blows them back into the burger shop.... Read more >

Tags: working holiday

the big C

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1349] | Comments [1]

This month has been a real doozy!  At the end of February Carol was recalled to see a surgeon after a routine mammogram showed that she had breast cancer. After a biopsy we were told she had grade III infiltrating ductal carcinoma, meaning that the ... Read more >

New Zealand-South Island Pictures

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 | By proneymooners | Views [520]

Well we have finished our 26 day stint at an amazing place and will try to get around to telling a few stories but we think pictures will do the talking best. We have trimmed our collection down from 900+ to 92 for your viewing pleasure: https://picasaweb.... Read more >

North Island highlights

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By lprovorny | Views [569]

Well, I've been in New Zealand for about a month and a half now and I'm sitting in Wellington's 'Wild at Heart' airport waiting for my flight to Dunedin. Winter may be approaching, but I'm ready to take this adventure to the South Island. As I look ... Read more >

Mannheim

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By wilde1 | Views [431]

I am loving Germany again. I have sampled lots of the typical german cuisine (especially different types of Wurste) and German beer.  Its definitely Spring time are there are gorgeous spring flowers everywhere (especially daffodils) and the lovely almond ... Read more >

Guten tag from Germany

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 | By wilde1 | Views [293]

I am now in Mannheim and trying to train my brain to think in German instead of Italian. I We had lunch at IKEA yesterday - its such a well known store in Europe but I had never heard of it in New Zealand. Yesterday afternoon we sat on the bank of the ... Read more >