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The 10 Backpacking Commandments

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By lauren_watson | Views [4044] | 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

Fushimi Shrine, Golden Temple, Miyajima Island and Hiroshima!

Thu, 22 May 2008 | By kimbo46 | Views [1625]

Hi! Alot has happened since my last journal, so this may take a while! The day after I went to Nara I went to a place called the Fushimi Inari Shrine. It was about 10 minutes out of Kyoto by train, and once you got off the train it was just across ... Read more >

NZ Wilderness Misadventure

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1326] | Comments [1]

New Zealand is such a gorgeous place, and that's part of why it's my favourite country. I love tramping (hiking, to you folk from the rest of the world) and I've done many fabulous walks both in NZ and elsewhere. My favourite walk in all of NZ is the ... Read more >

Say less listen more

Mon, 16 Dec 2013 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [935]

I find I am saying less, and yes I talk a lot. I can't really remember what it's like overseas but here in NZ if you say something about yourself instead of listening the other person will usually come back with a statement about themselves. Example:... Read more >

Glacier Country

Sat, 10 May 2008 | By brentoc | Views [909]

What better way to get your day started than hiking & climbing up a glacier? We had two to choose between even! What luxury! We decided to drive a little further north before indulging in such wonders and tackle Franz Joseph Glacier.... Read more >

Tags: adventures, moutains

DAY 1. Top Bunk Sleeper

Thu, 27 Oct 2016 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [801]

Finally departed LA after a frustrating but fortunate overnight layover. The flight to Fiji was long and hard to sleep through. Fiji was cloudy but humid and adorned a small, rundown airport. Grabbed a coffee and waited a few hours for the next flight.... Read more >

Tags: auckland, hostel, new zealand, nomads, nz

Kiwi cults

Sun, 7 Oct 2012 | By gillthompson | Views [622] | Comments [1]

I think I was almost recruited by a cult today. As I was wandering around downtown Auckland I came across a group of people at a street corner. Thinking they were just an enthusiastic group of buskers, I stopped to listen to their original ... Read more >

And we're off!

Thu, 28 Aug 2014 | By gav_and_do | Views [435]

28 August - I write this from the Singapore Airlines Lounge in Singapore post a 10 hour+ flight. It's around 11:30pm NZ time, 7:30pm Singapore time - and we feel surprisingly awake. There's a 4 hour wait here until our flight to Paris so hope we can ... Read more >

Tags: singapore, singapore airlines lounge

Lonely Islands

Sun, 2 Nov 2008 | By fifizzle | Views [410]

One month out of six down. Have stayed with friends first two weeks and wwoofed the second two weeks and am now heading to my second wwoof site. The plan is to stay around Auckland (within hour travelling distance) until December, then join a Kiwi ... Read more >

Gallery: Auckland!

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 | By lijanne13 | Photo Gallery

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Gallery: New Zealand - Wellington

Mon, 2 Mar 2009 | By eoghancito | Photo Gallery

New Zealand - Wellington
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Photos: My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

Tue, 8 Nov 2011 | By wanderloz | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

I was really hoping I could find the paper I wrote in the third grade stating that I wanted to be a National Geographic photojournalist when I grew up. I remember that day - feeling so smart for knowing the word "photojournalist" and beyond ecstatic to ... Read more >
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