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Wed, 16 Sep 2015 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1040]
"Hitchhiking is like fishing: sometimes you get a big catch, sometimes you get a small catch, yet sometimes you get no catch." Those were the words of a Maori fella who picked me up outside of Napier last year. There couldn't be a better analogy because ... Read more >
Wed, 7 May 2014 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1038]
"If I were you I would have left earlier, rather than later, you don't want to get stuck in Twizel at 4 AM" advised Craig. It was pissing down rain all morning and I misinterpreted his text when he said "it's not due to clear up today." He offered me ... Read more >
Wed, 18 Apr 2018 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [980]
Age brings wisdom, so they say. I think age brings awareness about self and awareness about self brings awareness of interactions with others. That interaction brings ahah moments and brings you back around to awareness of self.
I am on a journey.... Read more >
Fri, 13 Sep 2013 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [734]
I was right to be concerned when I saw the driver sitting ready to leave when we arrived with a bare 5 minutes to spare to catch my bus to Auckland. He rudely told a woman she should 'go and sit down because I am leaving' as I entered the bus, she just ... Read more >
Wed, 24 Jan 2007 | By vallynz | Views [726]
i fly out of akld to bangkok then onto stockholm on 15th april 07.i decided not to stop over anywhere this time, having been to thailand b4 so splashed out and booked business class.I am going to stay at the citybackpackers in stockholm for 2 nights ... Read more >
Tags: solo travel
Tue, 4 Jan 2011 | By valregis | Views [692]
After a 13 hour flight from Los Angeles, the captain tells us the plane is descending to New Zealand. So I groggily lift the window shade and my heart skips a beat as I look at the most amazing view I could imagine. Green, soft rolling hills kissed ... Read more >
Tags: auckland, backpacker, kindness
Thu, 24 Jan 2008 | By mikephall83 | Views [680] | Comments [2]
Spent 2 days in Wellington. We went to the Te Papa museum which is the national museum of NZ. There was a lot about how NZ was formed by plate tectonics, earthquakes, etc. and a lot about the Maori history, which is the native tribe here. Also went on ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Tue, 3 Aug 2010 | By mdcamps | Views [661]
The big draw for this New Zealand trip was getting outdoors and exploring their great tracks and hut system. Unfortunately, trying to see both North and South islands in 3 weeks, without your own transportation, that is a bit difficult. But finally, ... Read more >
Tags: tramping
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 | By stu_n_anna | Views [602]
After 4 months in spanish (or welsh) speaking countries, to land in a country that almost speaks english perfectly was wonderful. We spent the first few days in Christchurch, getting over jet lag and generally just chilling out at Jo and Calvin's house ... Read more >
Sun, 11 Nov 2007 | By bixxie | Views [597]
Not much has happened over the past few days. We have just been chilling out in Auckland. We went a bar called minus 5 on Friday night, where everything was made out of ice including the glasses. Had to wear 2 pairs of gloves and a very classy eskimo ... Read more >
Tags: Chilling Out
Wed, 30 May 2007 | By egdoster | Views [551]
I forgot to mention in my previous article additional flight circumstances that I found rather disturbingly humorous @ the time, during which I became Tom Hanks. but not Tom Hanks of "Sleepless in Seattle," a lover. nor Tom Hanks of "... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By | Views [234] | Scholarship Entry
The bars of signal on your phone drop from four to three to two to one to zero. No signal. The winding drive up the arm of the Marlborough Sounds can induce car-sickness in the even the most iron-clad of stomachs. But the paradise that lays beyond is ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Fri, 12 Jul 2013 | By nicolala3 | Views [226] | Comments [1]
Saturday 29 June Unfortunately on that evening we had a terrible night due to next door deciding to play loud music at 2am. It was so loud things on the bedroom sides were vibrating with the bass, it was such an awful way to be woken up that Liam thought ... 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
Sat, 15 Oct 2011 | By emilpeace | Photo Gallery
First stop in NZ...pas mon préféré je dois dire mais bon!
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