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Goodbye Stewart

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [1132]

It's strange to be back on the road again.  Stewart island has been my 'home' for nearly 4 weeks and it's been a year since I've stopped in one place for that long.  Adjustment and fitting in become middle names when travelling for so long though. My ... Read more >

Tags: conclusions?, island

Devia ser primavera / It was suppose to be Spring

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 | By clfreitas | Views [1046] | Comments [2]

A primavera por aqui comecou no inicio de Setembro. Tivemos dias bonitos e sol forte (para a epoca!). Mas ai, na ultima semana do mes, o tempo virou. Vento, frio e chuva. E no primeiro fim de semana de outubro, a maior nevasca dos ultimso 25 anos na ... Read more >

Tags: weather, wellington

Aotearoa tōnui ma

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [936]

Today was another adventurous and exciting day in God’s Own Country. I awoke at 6:30 after having another strange dream last night. I’ve been having so many strange dreams lately, including one where I was in a prison and I climbed ... Read more >

Half way round

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 | By evans_ace | Views [900]

Iguazu falls was the next stop, lying on the border of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. The falls are visible from the Arg and brazil. We decided on just seeing the Arg side as we had heard from most people that it is better and we were running out of ... Read more >

Tags: brazil, london, uk

DAY 1. Top Bunk Sleeper

Thu, 27 Oct 2016 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [784]

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

Paihia, The Bay of Islands & Cape Reinga

Sat, 6 Dec 2008 | By swhateley | Views [636]

And so we leave Auckland again to head up to Paihia in the Bay of Islands for a trip to the top of New Zealand.  We had an early start as per usual and lucky for me a lovely Dutch girl by the name of Jessica was now doing the same journey as I was which ... Read more >

No Phone, No internet, no worries.

Sat, 16 Oct 2010 | By bettedarling | Views [602] | Comments [2]

I'm plugged in for an hour during our grocery and supplies run into Queenstown, and I just wanted to let friends and family know that yes, I am alive. When I was picked up at the airport, I was informed that we'd be heading out to Camp Hill, passed Glenorchy ... Read more >

Le top de l'Ile du Sud

Mon, 11 Apr 2016 | By travelerdiaryinusa | Views [531]

Après 4 mois et demi à traverser de fond en comble l'Ile du Sud, c'est avec un pincement au coeur que nous la quittons définitivement. C'est vraiment étrange de se dire qu'on y reviendra plus et que l'on peut clore ce chapitre.... Read more >

Tags: #travel #topdutop #favorite #conseils #voyage

Hidden Island 35!

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [530]

Another milestone birthday it is for me today. I'm 35, believe it or not. My tradition of going to a special place continued today as Craig Smith and a couple of his mates, Karen and Mike, and I would jump aboard his fishing boat and cruise across Lake ... Read more >

New Zealand- Auckland

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 | By sam_jackson86 | Views [525] | 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 >

The 'Affair'

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 | By tizleilani | Views [482] | Comments [1]

My Aunty Ange made a big impression on me at a very young age with her idyllic stories of travel and recapturing moments of the things she saw and did in far away lands. It started with her that I began the love affair I now have with travel. She used ... Read more >

Travel by chance

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By | Views [280] | Scholarship Entry

”Hi, I’m Alexia,” she says and shakes my hand. She has just gotten out of the shower and is wearing nothing but a towel. “My name is Kirstine,” I reply. “Oh, where in England are you from?” “Ehm... I’m from Denmark...” I can’t always control what I sound ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

The Bangkok Customhouse

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

Gallery: penultimate stage. north island sprint

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 | By paul_byrom | Photo Gallery


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