Destination: New Zealand
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Tue, 14 Feb 2012 | By john_hockley | Views [1690]
We travelled to the start of the Queen Charlotte Track on the mail boat, which delivers mail to the remote houses on the Marlborough Sounds as often there are no road connections. It was a beautifully sunny day and the skipper/postman gave us a great ... Read more >
Sun, 9 Aug 2009 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1652]
After four months in the most touristed area of NZ, I find myself in Gisborne, or "Gissy" as it's often called. The eastern half of the North Island probably has the smallest concentration of tourists in the entire country. There's a very ... Read more >
Tags: culture
Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By gillthompson | Views [1039]
My HelpX experiences did not end in Wanaka. After leaving the kennels, I hitched a ride down to Invercargill - a booming metropolis in the deep south of New Zealand. The Southland region is home to two types of people - sheep farmers and ... Read more >
Tags: cows, helpx, new zealand, sheep
Tue, 10 Oct 2017 | By domi_info | Views [1009]
Hallo Freunde!
Es hat ja ein bisschen gedauert, aber:
Ich werde jetzt einmal kurz die ersten zwei Tage in Auckland zusammenfassen. Ich schreibe diesen Text, während ich auf der Terasse meines Hostels sitze. Ihr müsst Euch vorstellen, ... Read more >
Sun, 18 Aug 2013 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [860]
Wow life can sure throw you some curves can't it! Around the 22nd of July I received a call from the Waikato Hospital Board, a man called Dean who is the 'waiting for reconstructive surgery' man, do I want to go ahead with having tram flap breast reconstruction? ... Read more >
Thu, 8 Mar 2012 | By john_hockley | Views [779]
After our return to Motueka, we sorted out a hire car so we could explore the rest of the south island. Unlike our Hyundai Getz in Australia, this was more of a "rent-a-dent" and we ended up with a 14 year-old Toyota Camry (nope, we'd never ... Read more >
Mon, 27 Feb 2012 | By john_hockley | Views [710]
We managed to hitch a lift from Picton to Blenheim, where we had booked a wine-tour through the famous Marlborough wine county, with an English guy who had emmigrated to NZ 15 years ago. He was very friendly and when he spotted us an hour later waiting ... Read more >
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [655]
Last year we bought a small motor home. Since no Overseas travel will be happening in quite a while we decided we wanted to be able to explore NZ . Lots of kiwis have had the same idea and motorhome and caravan sales have gone thru the roof. Honestly ... Read more >
Thu, 8 Aug 2013 | By uncommoncheros | Views [536]
Well, arrived into Almaty 3am after a short 4 hour flight from Istanbull. With a quick shower at hotel and bags re-packed with are no off to pick up bikes. 6am start with 600ks in front of us.....
Tue, 7 Dec 2010 | By 2pter | Views [532] | Comments [1]
Hi all! I can’t
believe I’ve been gone a full week already, but it has indeed taken me that
long to find a reasonably priced internet connection. Internet access appears to be quite a
precious commodity here. Apparently
running fiber optic ... Read more >
Tue, 3 Jun 2014 | By nzfreespirit-worldclasstravels | Views [445]
The last weather report handed out severe warnings. It warned of high wild winds reaching over 140 kilometres, heavy torrential rain with major flooding and snow down to 400 below sea level. The forecasters expected the storm to cause havoc in certain ... Read more >
Tags: faith, flying domestic, mother nature, new zealand seasons and weather, sunsets
Mon, 21 Feb 2011 | By wilde1 | Views [354]
I'm now in Barcelona with Debra for 5 days until we start our cruise. I have enjoyed Spain although Debra had her cosmetic bag stolen from her backpack we think on the metro last night. Luckily that was all. Still love Madrid. It was awesome. Morocco ... Read more >
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By | Views [177] | Scholarship Entry
Two friends and I were traveling via car in the North Island of New Zealand. We wanted to pass through the island to go from the west coast to the east coast. It was my friend Marisa’s turn to drive. We all looked at the map and she decided on what ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 | By royandania | Photo Gallery
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