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The 10 Backpacking Commandments

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By lauren_watson | Views [4051] | 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

NZ Wilderness Misadventure

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1346] | 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 >

360 degrees of clouds

Mon, 25 May 2009 | By dianasaurus | Views [1176]

Writing from some internet lounge in Christchurch around 8:30 p.m. I set the alarm in my hotel room, and this morning as it turned on, since there are no windows in the room, the light above the bed turned on and gradually went brighter and brighter, ... Read more >

campervan

Wed, 1 Nov 2006 | By anage | Views [815]

bus from airport to aucland central bpers arrived in auckland went for stroll very civilised compared to cook islands went to playhouse pub, and general stroll around, in the evening went to sky tower went up to top but no bungying down..good views second ... Read more >

Tags: Budgets & money

1, 2, 3 jump...don't look down, don't hesitate!

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 | By sx_larabie | Views [728] | Comments [10]

My first 3 days of the Kiwi Experience Tour was awesome! I have already met some really cool people. I will be traveling with a girl I meet for a few weeks. We had the same itinerary so we decided to do it together. My first stop was Taupo ... Read more >

New Zealand- Auckland

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 | By sam_jackson86 | Views [548] | Comments [2]

Hello from the other side of the world, 11 hours ahead of you all at home 23/5 Different time zones now from what we have been used to so Oz time we landed in Sydney at 5.15am and a 2 hour wait until the flight to Auckland. I finally brought a NZ ... Read more >

Winter in Wellington

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 | By pocoloco | Views [385] | Comments [1]

Late July: With about 7 weeks to go, and about 50 boxes to fill, life at home is enjoyable and focuses on reducing our amount of clutter before putting it into boxes, and finally into a storage. Wellington is still interesting;... Read more >

MIlford Sound

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 | By henrika_traveller | Views [384]

I don't particularly like "Must see lists" while I am travelling but I got a feeling I still wanna see Milford Sound and yes I was strongly adviced to see it by my host family. WHile I was working in Tauranga in the North Island, I came across ... Read more >

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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Photos: Dunedin, New Zealand

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 | By capecodkiwi | Photo Gallery

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Photos: Dunedin, New Zealand

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 | By capecodkiwi | Photo Gallery

Hike up to "Lovers Leap"
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A 'place' I have visited

Thu, 4 Jul 2013 | By raorben | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

I am a semi-nomadic seabird biologist currently studying for my PhD in Ocean Sciences at the University of California Santa Cruz. For me, photographs are an important tool for sharing my research as most of the places I work are extremely remote. I am ... Read more >
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2013

Winter Solstice Adventure

Sun, 23 Nov 2014 | By ryantaylor | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Until last November I had the past 3 years studying a BSc in Geology.. days after my final exam I flew to BC, Canada to work as a part-time ski instructor and to explore the Canadian wilderness. Studying Geology has given me an understanding and appreciation ... Read more >
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Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship