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Christmas in a Manger at Nelson, New Zealand
Blog: Away Together - 25 December 2009
Sarah writes: We just wrapped up our most unusual and special Christmas ever, which we celebrated at a rental cottage in Nelson, New Zealand.
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Away From Home For the Holidays
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 25 December 2009
Growing up, I often spent Christmas at my friend Matt’s house. In fact, it often seemed like everyone I knew spent Christmas at his house. After everyone had their family Christmas, we congregated there to celebrate together. Even after college, my friends and still managed to spend Christmas at Matt’s house, holding onto that one [...]
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Trying to Fish in Taupo
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 23 December 2009
I’ve only been fishing once in my life. It was during an extended stay on the island of Ko Lipe. A few of us had rented a boat to explore the nearby national park and islands. For lunch, our Thai captain went out to catch fish and I was one of the few that [...]
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Central Otago Rail Trail
Blog: AdventureSkope - the ramblings of Scott Kennedy - 23 December 2009
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The Saturday City: Rotorua, New Zealand
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 19 December 2009
Rotorua, New Zealand is one of the most popular tourist destinations on the North Island. (UN)Affectionately called Rotorvegas, this city is the launching ground for nature walks, Maori cultural experiences, trips to smelly geysers, and luxury spas. Besides being known for its hordes of tourist, this city is famous for its smell. The sulfur springs [...]
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Playing Around Rotorua
Blog: Away Together - 18 December 2009
We spent the past week in Rotorua, a North Island city famous for adventure sports and stinky geothermal sites. Perhaps no other city in New Zealand, or anywhere, has come up with more ways to thrill tourists (and make them part with money) with “adventure” broadly defined.
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The Bay of Islands
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 11 December 2009
A few hours north of Auckland is the Bay of Islands. It’s a small area where people go to holiday, sail, swim, see dolphins, and relax. The main tourist town is Paihia, though a lot of people go to nearby Russell too. If you have ever been to the Cape, Martha’s Vineyard, Byron Bay, [...]
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Happy Campers Touring North NZ by RV
Blog: Away Together - 8 December 2009
wenty years ago, on a college road trip to Oregon, Morgan and I stopped by a Winnebago dealership so I could tour some models. I told him then that nothing would make me happier than being on the road with him in a Minnie Winnie.
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Auckland: Far Away But A Bit Too Close To Home
Blog: Away Together - 5 December 2009
We woke up in Auckland and watched Auckland wake itself up at around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday after an all-night flight from Santiago.
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Australia & New Zealand Round-up and Budget
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 2 December 2009
I have some mixed feelings on the 28 days I spent in Australia & New Zealand. I might as well start with the positives. First off, it was really nice to catch up with quite a few friends I hadn’t seen since they left the UK – Chris in Auckland, Matt in Melbourne, Gen in Perth, [...]
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How can they afford this? Remittances, really. (Part 2 of 3 of the Remittance Series)
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 24 November 2009
By Agnes Chu In 2007, out of all the countries in the world, Samoa received the 7th highest amount of remittances as a percentage of GDP (22.8%). The following is a look at remittances in Samoa, part two of a three part series on remittances in developing countries. Part one, which is Rob’s excellent post [...]
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New Zealand round-up
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 16 November 2009
New Zealand was never part of my plan originally – but when I realised I had to fly via there to get from Chile to Asia, I figured I might as well stop there for a few days to get a little taster of the place. Whenever I mentioned my plans to spend just six days [...]
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Bubbling mud & stinky geysers
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 15 November 2009
I can’t remember if it was because I first saw it on telly when I was a kid, or because my mum told me about it (she lived in New Zealand when she was a teenager), but Rotorua was one of the first places in the world I remember wanting to visit when I [...]
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Hiking past Mount Doom
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 14 November 2009
With only six days to spend in New Zealand, I didn’t have time to do very much. But it wasn’t hard to choose what to do. I’d often read that the Tongariro Alpine Crossing is one of the world’s best day hikes, so after a couple of days relaxing in Auckland after the long flight [...]
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All good things must come to an end
Blog: round the world - the other way - 13 November 2009
In August 2009 after eleven months on the road we returned to the UK, ending our round the world trip. In that time we visited three continents and eleven countries, from the tiny Cook Islands to the vast provinces of Canada. In the individual countries we visited, we covered a lot of ground seeing both coasts [...]
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Lady in the Land of the Long White Cloud
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
I arrived in New Zealand on January 2 and Rob and I drove straight from Auckland to the Coromandel Peninsula. The scenery was spectacular. We saw beautiful coastline, rolling hills, farmland, and lots of small towns along the way. We even got chased down a hill by a gigantic sheep!We stopped in Thames and Coromandel before taking the 309 road, a one-lane gravel shortcut, to Hahei. On the way we came across two adorable hedgehogs and a possum, all of whom I was tempted to bring along with us.
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Photo of the day
Blog: AdventureSkope - the ramblings of Scott Kennedy - 3 November 2009
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Tokelau: Swordfish, No Ice Cream on Sunday and the Mighty Coconut Crab
Blog: Jamón, jamón: Alice's Gastronomic Adventures - 20 October 2009
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New Zealand, South Island, West Coast – Drip Feed Part 1
Blog: AdventureSkope - the ramblings of Scott Kennedy - 11 October 2009
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Tokelau, On the Atoll of Atafu: Roasted Pigs
Blog: Jamón, jamón: Alice's Gastronomic Adventures - 7 October 2009
