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Tue, 19 Jul 2011 | By lauren_watson | Views [4205] | Comments [6]
One of the things that makes New Zealand different from home is the light. It’s the way the sun shines, the shadows it casts, the different hues in the sky it creates. I walk to work in the morning and the sun is rising, shining brightly on Mt. Cecil ... Read more >
Tags: new zealand, queenstown
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By lauren_watson | Views [4050] | Comments [1]
Dear Fellow Backpackers and Travelling Nomads: Follow these commandments for hostel living and you will be respected and loved by all whose paths you cross!
Thou Shalt Not:
(1) Steal (this includes food!)
(2) Turn on the main ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, hostels
Fri, 30 Dec 2011 | By meganpd | Views [1023]
So I've decided to tell you all about Christmas before I go backwards to tell you about Motiti Island and other adventures! I'm now working 2 jobs here in the Mount; during the week I can be found at Mount Backpackers, the hostel I used to live ... Read more >
Sun, 30 May 2010 | By evans_ace | Views [1015] | Comments [1]
Well it has been too long since the last update, heaps to fill you in on…good and bad so here goes. We left Medellin columbia and bid farewell to our friends we met there. It was then two flights to arrive in Quito Ecuador. We then jumped on this ... Read more >
Tags: machu pichu, priest, surf, trekking
Mon, 3 Aug 2015 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [987]
I'm not really a cat person but every chance she can get our cat Molly comes and sits on me, on the couch, on the bed... I give her her biscuits now and then and she gets a stroke down her back but other than that not much TLC from me as she is Kent's ... Read more >
Thu, 30 Jul 2009 | By clfreitas | Views [657] | Comments [2]
Hoje fez um dia lindo por aqui. Céu completamente azul, sem nuvens, dava até pra ver a lua. Andei muito pela cidade, aproveitando o belo dia. No sol estava até quente, mas na sombra e nas esquinas, o vento era frio e traiçoeiro. Estou impressionada como ... Read more >
Tags: wellington
Fri, 4 Sep 2009 | By reidy | Views [603] | Comments [2]
Well not at all really but we were just about to board our first plane to Santiago, Chile when Steve went to take his sleeping pill to knock himself out because hes not the worlds best flyer, only to find they werent there! Emptied the whole bag out ... Read more >
Wed, 2 Feb 2011 | By geri | Views [531]
Nach einem Umweg über Bangkok bin ich in Auckland gelandet. Vor dem Einpacken habe ich meine Bergschuhe zwar geputzt, aber nicht sauber genug für die neuseeländische Einreisekontrolle. Da war anscheinend noch Erde von der letzten Wanderung am Uetliberg ... Read more >
Sat, 1 Nov 2014 | By changstein | Views [392]
Either we've arrived in New Zealand, or this is Middle Earth.
Tags: auckland, new zealand
Mon, 28 Sep 2009 | By kiwicadence | Views [384] | Comments [1]
Here are a few more updates: +Am drinking "flat white coffee", not sure if I can explain what it is but it tastes good. +Have found coconut mushrooms (no, they're not hallucinogenic) and candy milk bottles (some of my favorite English candies) ... Read more >
Mon, 25 May 2015 | By | Views [206] | Scholarship Entry
It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. No exaggeration. After three days of having my Fiancee's plane-breath six inches from my face and with less that five hours sleep, with nothing but sheer determination and the knowledge that I had already ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Thu, 3 Sep 2009 | By clfreitas | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By wonderfulworld | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I feel frustrated many times, when that photo I dream about doesn't look alike the one I finally get. To me, one of the most attractive things about photography is the chance to communicate and share: the majesty of a landscape, the beautiful wrinkles ...
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Tags: travel photography scholarship 2012
Sat, 3 Sep 2016 | By popeye62 | Photo Gallery
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