Trip: NZ and South America
There are [61] stories from my trip: NZ and South America
ECUADOR | Saturday, 14 Feb 2009 | Views [550]
Still on a high from Iquitos, with no sleep in 48 hours it was off to Ecuador where the cool temperatures, rain and high altitude made it a challenging experience. Despite the lousy weather and the dodgy residents, our quirky hostel was full of great ... Read more >
PERU | Friday, 13 Feb 2009 | Views [5059] | Comments [8]
Monday night came and we were both very nervous and excited about taking part in our first healing ceremony with Ayahuasca, ´Vine of the Soul". We meet the infamous shaman Percy Garcia, featured in a BBC documentary called Tribe. He was a lovely ... Read more >
PERU | Sunday, 8 Feb 2009 | Views [947]
So it was a tiring day of travel from Santiago to Lim, Lima to the remote AMazonian city of Iquitos. The biggest city in the worl unaccessable by road. Flying sucks over here as every airport stings you hard on a departure tax. So far we have paid about ... Read more >
PERU | Sunday, 8 Feb 2009 | Photo Gallery
Shamanic Journey
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CHILE | Wednesday, 4 Feb 2009 | Views [553] | Comments [1]
So we made it after a 10hr flight, with a slight glitch....Aaron lost his wallet at auckland airport! No probs cards cancelled etc. Not going to ruin our day. Santiago is hot!!! Air pollution so thick that you can't see the mountains today. Thankfully ... Read more >
CHILE | Wednesday, 4 Feb 2009 | Photo Gallery
Our first stop and w few days rest
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NEW ZEALAND | Sunday, 1 Feb 2009 | Photo Gallery
some fun in the sun
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NEW ZEALAND | Sunday, 1 Feb 2009 | Photo Gallery
A camping trip around the South Island
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NEW ZEALAND | Friday, 30 Jan 2009 | Views [656]
So we made it to our last destination of NZ! We ditched the rental and met up with an old friend...Isaac for some party times! Auckland is much different to the other cities of NZ, it actually feels like a city! We were lucky enough to get a glimse ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 28 Jan 2009 | Views [423] | Comments [1]
We left the comfort of friends and rented a car for two day to get us up to Auckland, stopping for 1 night in Lake Taupo (not worth a mention) and the next day to Rotorua, really cool! Yes it smelt but your nose just adjusts after a while....We walked ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 27 Jan 2009 | Views [382]
We boardered the Blue Ridge Ferry to from Picton to Wellington...and what a ride! Thropugh the sounds was nice and calm but as we approached the Tasman see all we could do was stare at the horizon.....Yes sea´s were a little choppy! When we arrived ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Friday, 23 Jan 2009 | Views [450] | Comments [1]
We left the next day with a long 8 hr journey ahead of us, thankfully passing beautiful scenery such as the amazing Mt Cook and Tekapo, it was a hot 30 degrees day so the colours were unreal! We eventually made it back to Motunau and Mum left the next ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Thursday, 22 Jan 2009 | Views [411]
After a terrible nights sleep camping in lake gun, we decided to treat ourselves just once to a hotel in Queenstown. It was sunny and warm a stark contrast to what we were used to. Queenstown was buzzing, beautiful, with fantastic views up the gondola.... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 21 Jan 2009 | Views [398]
A short drive to another of our Fav camping spots which had unfortunately been overrun with campervans and little space was left for us! Plus it was very rocky ground, not good when you need to hold down your tent in bloody rain! Ah well, we booked our ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 20 Jan 2009 | Views [373] | Comments [1]
A nice drive through the mountains to Te Anau. We're we had yet another awesome free camping spot! Right on the lake and a litttle dunny close by.... We booked a boat trip to see the offical Glowworm tour, which was so cool! Beautiful bluey, green fairy ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Monday, 19 Jan 2009 | Views [414]
The next day we set out to see both Fox and Franz Joseph Glaciers and drive further south to Wanaka with a stay on Laurens Lawn. Both Glaciers were amazing of course but time was against us. Wanaka was a lovely town, huge mountains surrounding it. Had ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Sunday, 18 Jan 2009 | Views [389]
Another longish drive heading south now, stopping at the amazing Punakaiki Rocks for some awesome blow hole action! Then settling for another night of camping. Got to see some free glowworm caves of the side of the road!
NEW ZEALAND | Saturday, 17 Jan 2009 | Views [468]
We took a very long drive around the national park, thrugh dirty Westport to eventually arrive at Karamea! The start of the hephy track. We walked about 2 hrs of a 5 day track! It was lovely, green and very wet, but amazing! The sandflies got the better ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Friday, 16 Jan 2009 | Views [486]
The second day we drove a great distance through Nelson and up the to beautiful Abel Tasman National park ready to camp by the beach. Unfortunately they were full. We were happy to stay in a recommended and very cheap Hostel/barn! An old hippy orchard ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Thursday, 15 Jan 2009 | Views [407]
After picking Mum up from Christchurch we drove to Motunau and stayed with the olds for a few days. Visited the beautiful Hanmar Springs for a good bath. Heading up north, we stopped at Kaikoura to catch the seals! After a long drive we decided to stay ... Read more >
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