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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By lauren_watson | Views [4056] | 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
Mon, 3 Oct 2011 | By deepsouthrugby | Views [1138]
October 3rd: The Rugby World Cup pool matches are over. The past 2 days we were in Wellington to witness the upset of the tournament (Tonga over France 19-14) on Saturday and New Zealand’s 12 try romp over Canada (79-15) on Sunday. This morning we drove ... Read more >
Tags: martinborough, palmerston north, rugby world cup, shannon, wellington
Mon, 3 Aug 2015 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [994]
I'm not really a cat person but every chance she can get our cat Molly comes and sits on me, on the couch, on the bed... I give her her biscuits now and then and she gets a stroke down her back but other than that not much TLC from me as she is Kent's ... Read more >
Tue, 8 Oct 2013 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [984]
Contention in relationships come, it seems to me, mostly in the circumstance when one party wants the other to behave in a certain way and the other refuses. Funny really, at the beginning of a relationship, that exciting, fun, intense, emotional time ... Read more >
Sat, 10 May 2008 | By xocolata | Views [878]
i am sorry, i didn't keep up with this blog, but there was just too much going on and i didn't have time for anything. yesterday i finally handed in my last assignment for the next three weeks, deep beath. i also sorted out my practicum. of course ... Read more >
Tags: life, university
Thu, 6 Mar 2008 | By rory2034 | Views [821]
Back to hot and sunny weather. Arrived on the bus after driving around the Coromandal Peninsular. The hostel is in a great location just opposite the beach. Met an English guy at the hostel called Rupert. He was only stopping a couple of nights but ... Read more >
Tags: beaches & sunshine
Sun, 23 Oct 2011 | By deepsouthrugby | Views [811]
Oct. 22 nd -We spent the eve of the World Cup Final at the Ellerslie races in Auckland. Despite being sure we had chosen all the winners, we only succeeded in the last race when Apache Sky landed us $2.90. However it was a fun afternoon and we had ... Read more >
Tags: auckland, devonport, sky tower, world cup
Sat, 27 Dec 2014 | By lipowcan8 | Views [616]
It's been good three weeks traveling around New Zealand. I'm currently in Dunedin about five hours by bus south of Christchurch. I'll finish the loop around the south island tomorrow. Traveling by bus was a great way to see the country and it only cost ... Read more >
Sun, 10 Jun 2012 | By henrika_traveller | Views [555]
It June and I am still in Tauranga. I have a bad habit to get stuck in the places if I am given a chance. I have been resting on my laurels for one week now. We finished picking a week ago. I was gonna leave this place and give a shot in Wellington ... Read more >
Fri, 16 Mar 2007 | By egdoster | Views [529]
this feels odd to be writing so late at night (10:10 p.m.), b/c usually the internet places, in fact, everything in the entire town, closes down by 6 p.m., but here I am in Queenstown, tourist central, where even the internet places are open late, which ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Sat, 3 Oct 2009 | By kiwicadence | Views [478] | Comments [1]
+Tomato ketchup has a clove taste to it.
+New Zealanders seem to have adopted the British love of Indian food. Lots of Indian restaurants. Not many Mexican restaurants.
+Found a wonderful kiosk selling sausages, run by an East German guy who didn't ... Read more >
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 | By dragon_slayer | Photo Gallery
Dusky Dolphins
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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 | By wings_on_my_heels | Photo Gallery
South Island
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