New Zealand
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Friday, 10 Jun 2011 | Views [816] | Comments [1]
I'm on my flight to Fiji and thought i would make use of the 3 hour flight to update you on my last few days in New Zealand. After the only negative part of my time here in Tauranga, i made the best decision ever to head up the Coromandel Peninsula ... Read more >
Tags: auckland, north island, whitianga
Sunday, 5 Jun 2011 | Views [738]
On the road heading from Taupo to Rotorua you can see all the signs of what is going under the ground beneath with all of the steam rising out from random areas in the fields. I loved the wee bus driver cos he was giving us so many facts about the area ... Read more >
Tags: rotorua
Monday, 30 May 2011 | Views [488]
I'm about a week behind on my blog so pretty much just a quick one what i done in Napier and Taupo (considering it wasn't all that exciting). It was around a 5 hour journey to get from Wellington to Napier, but there wasn't much in between that i wanted ... Read more >
Tags: napier, north island, taupo
Sunday, 29 May 2011 | Views [614]
I hopped off the ferry in Wellington - the much disputed capital of New Zealand. I didn't have very high expectations for the city as people had told me only to spend 1 or 2 nights there but i was pleasantly surprised at how nice a wee city it was. ... Read more >
Tags: new zealand, north island, wellington
Thursday, 26 May 2011 | Views [575] | Comments [1]
After a great 3 days in Kaikoura it was time to move on Northwards and i decided to head to Nelson which is a pretty central town at the top of the South Island. En route we passed through wine country Marlborough and it was fields full of grapevines ... Read more >
Tags: nelson, new zealand, south island
Tuesday, 24 May 2011 | Views [598]
Kaikoura - what a wonderful wee place and it was the start of my lone adventures once again after 6 amazing weeks with Mariano, my mum & dad, and my Irish buddies. Ideally, my bus dropped me off right outside the hostel i had booked so i left my ... Read more >
Tags: dolphins, kaikoura, new zealand, seals, south island, whales
Monday, 23 May 2011 | Views [712]
I last left you while i was heading up the West coast towards Glacierland so here's a bit of a delayed update from there and Christchurch! We arrived in the Franz Josef township early afternoon after our drive up from Haast and i was surprised at not ... Read more >
Tags: arthurs pass, christchurch, franz josef glacer, nz
Sunday, 15 May 2011 | Views [826]
We arrived in Christchurch late on Tuesday night, apparently just narrowly missing an aftershock that evening. Soon after i read that they have had around 11 aftershocks in the last month alone, so they have by no means seen the end of the earthquakes.... Read more >
Tags: new zealand, south island
