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Day 262: Lake Tekapo to Mount Cook

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1679]

Thursday 24th July I woke up to find that the heavy rain of the night before had turned to snow, with the result that there was a blanket of snow covering the ground outside the hostel. I was due to get a bus to Mount Cook later in the morning, ... Read more >

Like Fishing

Wed, 16 Sep 2015 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1008]

"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 >

Hitch-Hike-Trip nach Auckland

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 | By farfaraway | Views [644]

Schnellversion eines wunderschönen Ausflugs, da ich jetzt echt mal lernen muss: Maike, Mo, Birke, Jamie und ich sind am Wochende nach Auckland gehitcht. War echt supereinfach. Maike, Mo und Birke mussten 5 Minuten warten. Jamie und ich 10 bis wir mitgenommen ... Read more >

Disaster at the Airport

Fri, 4 Sep 2009 | By reidy | Views [583] | 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 >

Boring bus trip to Wellington

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By suz_cat | Views [561] | Comments [2]

Mum we're alive. Today we caught a bus to Wellington. the highlight for me was a toasted sandwich at a place we stopped at on the way. at one point we drove through the desert and encountered a dust storm, saw a giant gumboot, and stood on a big hill ... Read more >

Leaving Roto Vegas

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 | By lprovorny | Views [529]

Okeh, so yesterday I was really frustrated; I felt like I was visiting a place that was so geared towards nothing but tourism, is aptly compared to Las Vegas and there isn't much opportunity to do anything authentic without driving miles and miles ... Read more >

Kazakhstan - Day 1

Thu, 8 Aug 2013 | By uncommoncheros | Views [528]

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.....

Waitara Train Ride

Sun, 20 Oct 2013 | By taylortreks | Views [512]

We spent a pleasant Sunday morning on our Taranaki tour taking a short train ride from Waitara (about 30 min from Stratford). The local railway preservation society has salvaged several rail carriages and engines – they take visitors on short rides ... Read more >

MOTHER NATURES ' Red Night, Shepherds Delight'

Tue, 3 Jun 2014 | By nzfreespirit-worldclasstravels | Views [428]

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

Back to the North Island

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 | By suz_cat | Views [411]

Mum, we're alive. Today we caught the ferry back to the north island. it was a 3 hour trip, but it was SO funny! We took the ferry with shellie, Tom (both from England) and Beau (florida). Somehow, Tom ended up moving the potplants all around the ferry ... Read more >

Travelin' up to Wine Country!

Mon, 9 Oct 2017 | By happyronin | Views [302]

School ended on September 29 th . I started term 3 on July 21 st . Ben started on the 28 th of July. What a crazy and eventful 10 weeks of teaching at an all-boys Catholic public school. To tell you how things went would take some time, but I will put ... Read more >

DAY 53. Waihi Take Three

Sun, 18 Dec 2016 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [250]

I showered and started to pack up all of my things. I've accumulated so much since the beginning of this trip that I've long ago ran out of room in my pack. I left the hostel and walked down to the waterfront and spent some time there. I meandered around, ... Read more >