NEW ZEALAND | Sunday, 26 Feb 2012 | Views [543] | Comments [1]
I log into the immigration New Zealand website for probably the 15 th time this week. I check the status of my work visa application lodged on the 15 th of February. Alas, the words PENDING on my page burn into my brain as I glance at the ... Read more >
Tags: dating while travelling, new zealand, visas
NEW ZEALAND | Monday, 2 Jan 2012 | Views [240]
When you are traveling the Southern Hemisphere around the holidays, you are bound to find yourself in a conversation about the difference of Christmas here and Christmas home. I hear all the time “Christmas should be cold” from an American or English ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Sunday, 11 Dec 2011 | Views [323]
The time had finally come to use the "holiday" part of my working holiday visa. I was coming up on 8 months of working in Queenstown, and it was time to take a break. My boyfriend Steve and I toyed with a few ideas. Shall we go to Fiji? ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Sunday, 21 Aug 2011 | Views [1666] | Comments [2]
There are many ways to come into Queenstown. You can fly in from Australia or other parts of New Zealand. On a clear day you get the privilege of watching the large mountains below you as your plane eventually slices between them. You get to ... Read more >
Tags: #blogyourbackyard
NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 19 Jul 2011 | Views [488] | Comments [6]
One of the things that makes New Zealand different from home is the light. It’s the way the sun shines, the shadows it casts, the different hues in the sky it creates. I walk to work in the morning and the sun is rising, shining brightly on Mt. Cecil ... Read more >
Tags: new zealand, queenstown
NEW ZEALAND | Friday, 22 Apr 2011 | Views [371] | Comments [3]
Today is the first time since I left for my trip that I have officially unpacked my bag. I just calculated and if my math is correct that is 296 days. Now granted, I have gone through some times where I have sort of unpacked my bag in the past. Staying ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Thursday, 31 Mar 2011 | Views [451] | Comments [2]
It’s a chilly Sunday evening and I am sweeping the leaves away from the front of my work. You can definitely tell that autumn is coming. Just as I am about to push the leaves into the street a gust of wind comes and blows them back into the burger shop.... Read more >
Tags: working holiday
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Monday, 14 Mar 2011 | Views [603]
It’s day three on the Trans-Siberian train and I’ve decided to wash my hair. So, how does one go about washing their hair in a simple train toilet? Step one, obtain some hot water, which thankfully is in abundance. Two, develop the right combination ... Read more >
Tags: #2011writing, travel writing scholarship 2011
NEW ZEALAND | Friday, 11 Mar 2011 | Views [444] | Comments [1]
I am now a ghostbuster. I now get to spend about 14 hours a week cleaning the hostel that I am staying at, in return for accommodation and free internet. I get to walk around with a vacuum cleaner strapped to my back as I make my way around the hostel.... Read more >
Tags: queenstown
NEW ZEALAND | Sunday, 6 Mar 2011 | Views [752] | Comments [5]
So I would say I have stayed in about 50 hostels now since I started traveling 8 months ago. I’ve been to some amazing ones, average ones, and god awful ones. Over the months I have developed a list of “little things” that hostels can have that really ... Read more >
Tags: hostel
NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 1 Mar 2011 | Views [375] | Comments [4]
Tomorrow is the first of March. 8 months away from home. I make this realization as I sit on a small stone beach in Queenstown, New Zealand. Straight ahead of me is the lake, lapping up onto the shore. It's cloudy at the moment and so the water is an ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 27 Jan 2011 | Views [432]
I have bug bites all over, a swollen ankle and haven’t slept properly in about 3 days. And I am sad, but not for the reasons you would think. Today I had to say goodbye to Tasmania, a place where I have spent the last 2 weeks roaming around without ... Read more >
Tags: tasmania
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 24 Jan 2011 | Views [1037] | Comments [1]
Backpackers are always easy to spot. They’ve got the massive pack on their back plus the daypack they wear around their chest in the front. Sometimes you will see a tent or sleeping bag strapped onto the back as well. You will often find their face ... Read more >
Tags: australia
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 24 Jan 2011 | Views [429] | Comments [2]
I can’t recall the last time I felt so tired. I also can’t recall the last time I felt so content and happy with myself. I was anxious in Melbourne and uneasy. I had a wonderful time celebrating the holidays but I was unsure about actually living ... Read more >
Tags: tasmania
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 12 Jan 2011 | Views [10280] | Comments [32]
I am getting pretty close to spending 3 months in Australia. Over this time, I have noticed some subtle differences between here and the states. I would like to take some time to acknowledge some differences and similarities between the two:... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 10 Jan 2011 | Views [371] | Comments [1]
I started my trip in Ireland at the beginning of July. On my tour of the island I met 3 people that
were travelling together: Stacey, Francis and Shane. Stacey and Francis are a couple from
Melbourne and Shane is Stacey’s brother.... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 10 Jan 2011 | Views [326] | Comments [1]
As I write this it is 2011.…but still 2010 at home. At home it will be 2011 in about 15
minutes. Today marks a new year. Today marks the day I have officially been away
from home for 6 months. I can’t believe
I have hit ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 26 Dec 2010 | Views [351]
This Christmas Eve I got to have my photograph taken in front of a giant cod. I am thinking not too many people can say that. The gigantic cod is a large road side attraction in a town called Swan Hill, located a 4 hour drive north of Melbourne ... Read more >
Tags: australia, christmas, melbourne, swan hill
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 16 Dec 2010 | Views [308] | Comments [1]
I know that no matter where the world takes me I will always have my sister. About a half an hour ago I saw her off back home. We stood on the curb outside of our hostel in St. Kilda, a section of Melbourne by the water. We stood there and waited ten ... Read more >
Tags: australia, great ocean road, port campbell, sisters
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 11 Dec 2010 | Views [531] | Comments [1]
Have you ever met people in your life that you immediately cliqued with? People with whom you feel careless and free and like you could conquer the world with? Certain individuals in which being with them is as easy as breathing and collectively you ... Read more >
Tags: australia, merimbula, road trip
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