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- Adventure day 2The planned paragliding activity was unfortunately cancelled due to heavy winds. Instead we rented downhill bikes and spent half a day trying not to break our legs in the downhill slopes. According to Maria this was more scary than jumping off a Posted by mariahenke in New Zealand & Australia 2012 | Jan 19, 2012
- Big day of adventure!We started off with the Shotover Jet. It's a jetboat that does 360 turns in narrow river creeks. Awesome stuff!!! Check it out on [[shotoverjet.com]] Next activi Posted by mariahenke in New Zealand & Australia 2012 | Jan 19, 2012
- Sunburnt eyelids and car mechanicsAl woke up this morning and could hardly see out of her sunburnt eyelids - ouch! Sunglasses and factor 100 for her today! Not much to say about the rest of the day as we had a long drive Posted by alvenables in Our travels down under and beyond...... | Jan 18, 2012
- West coast, west coastIt’s only a week ago that we left Bluff, but already we’ve reached to northern parts of the south island. Travelling South to North on the South Island, we visited some pretty cool places. Not only was the scenery stunning, Posted by judipa in Working New Zealand | Jan 18, 2012
- Bikes, burnt noses and bloody good views!Yesterday I collected my new Red Baron. Silver, shiny and raring to go! Henry from Experience Motorcycles (BMW) Auckland was chaos personified. He was very kind the day I bought the bike w Posted by kateonthemove in Kate on the Move | Jan 18, 2012
- Llegada a Nueva ZelandaMe resulta un tanto extraño escribir cosas que me han pasado hace tan sólo unos días, pero espero poder seguir en esta línea en los próximos meses (no es un mal propósito para este año). Llegar hasta nuestras antípodas no Posted by gacela in Gacela por el Mundo | Jan 18, 2012
- Kiwi TownWow, New Zealand....here we are! Sorry it has been so long since our last update, we have been busy with moving from place to place, catching flights and planning like crazy to make our Kiwi experience great! Just to catch you all Posted by BlackNels in Down Under and Far Far Away! | Jan 18, 2012
- New Zealand - Up in the Northlands - KeriKeri Farm HostelWe have a car - yey - first time in over 6 weeks and it feels very liberating. A long and quite boring drive brought us up to the north of the north island to KeriKeri. There were supposed to be Posted by KtandMark in Kt and Mark do stuff in places and that | Jan 18, 2012
- Hot bums and sunburn!Well, today started early. We were on the beach by 7.30 am, spades in hand, digging our own hot water pool in the sand. There is a small area of the beach where for 2 hours either side of Posted by alvenables in Our travels down under and beyond...... | Jan 18, 2012
- From Picton to QueenstownIt was time to leave Picton for Queenstown. We decided to take the route along the western coast. Since this was close to 900 km on quite slow roads we had to cut the journey in two. We stayed at beautiful Fox Glacier Posted by mariahenke in New Zealand & Australia 2012 | Jan 17, 2012
- Kayaking in Kenepuru SoundsNext day we went up early again to hit the road to Portage bay where the kayaking was to start. It was just us and our guide Marius . It was windy, really big waves, the water splashed all over the kayak Posted by mariahenke in New Zealand & Australia 2012 | Jan 17, 2012
- Heading to south islandWent from hotel at 7 AM for the boat trip with Interislander to Picton It was still windy but sunny so we where up on deck the first hour, we shot some nice pics on the archipelago and views over Wellington Posted by mariahenke in New Zealand & Australia 2012 | Jan 17, 2012
- From Napier to WellingtonWe got up early to travel to Wellington. The weather was rough, but that is a real travel day so no hard feelings. The view was fantastic, all mountains and hills where covered by cows, sheeps or a lot of trees. You dont Posted by mariahenke in New Zealand & Australia 2012 | Jan 17, 2012
- Visa confirmation!Last night I FINALLY received visa confirmation and ethics from the Bangladesh government has been approved, with only three days to go! Now I can finally start getting excited! Although im sure it wont really hit me until I am Posted by monkindy in BANGLADESH | Jan 17, 2012
- New Zealand - Auckland - a long trip in search of sculptureI can only begin this blog by apologising to Mark. "I am sorry - if only I'd known, I wouldn't have suggested it. Please forgive me." So, not for the first time, I fell for the close up pictures on the front Posted by KtandMark in Kt and Mark do stuff in places and that | Jan 17, 2012
- Arriving in New Zealand - it's too easy in AucklandAfter having been in Auckland for less than 24 hours, I had been pleasantly surprised to find I loved the place. We were staying in Parnell, a rather chic suburb which I do rather like but isnt terribly suited to Posted by KtandMark in Kt and Mark do stuff in places and that | Jan 17, 2012
- Hot gushing geysers to Hot Water Beach!We started the day with an early morning cultural tour of the Maori Arts and Crafts Centre, Te Puia at Rotorura where our Maori guide took us around the natural thermal valley. The tour included some interesting Maori history Posted by alvenables in Our travels down under and beyond...... | Jan 16, 2012
- Even my shit was scared!From Franz Josef, I made it up to Lake Wanaka, my last stop before Queenstown. After the wild west Coast, Wanaka seemed like a little haven of quiet and leisure. A beautiful lake niched between mountains, a little town where Posted by Phlep in A nomad's heart | Jan 16, 2012
- Volcanoes and thermal mud poolsWe started the day by strolling on a volcanic sand beach before breakfast - it was a beautiful day and the tide was just right - lucky or what?! Short drive to Rotorua this morning where we settled into the Posted by alvenables in Our travels down under and beyond...... | Jan 16, 2012
- South south southThree weeks in Bluff came and went, and we're already missing the easy going stay! Over Christmas and New Year we were taking care (house sitting) of a "boutique B&B" called Bluff Homestead, so I guess we could call it 'Homestead Posted by judipa in Working New Zealand | Jan 15, 2012
- One day and a half to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hey just seeing if this thing works... so im pretty much packed and ready to go!!! well kind of.... starting to get very nervous and excited! I leave at around 6 am Wednesday morning where ill get to Nadi around 4pm. Then Posted by lemonacres in Renee Hodgkinson | Jan 15, 2012
- New Zealand, New Adventure!Imagine the word "Auckland" - what do you think of? Sunny days? America's Cup yacht racing? Great social scene with waterfront bars perhaps? Well... it is a city of surprises. New Zealand's population is around 4.3 million and just over a qua Posted by kateonthemove in Kate on the Move | Jan 15, 2012
- NapierThe Art Deco capital of the world. After an earthquake in the 1920s the entire town was rebuilt in an Art Deco style. The town should supposedly also have a wonderfu Posted by mariahenke in New Zealand & Australia 2012 | Jan 15, 2012
- Last day in RotoruaThe weather is turning towards rain again so we decided to move on to Napier. We had a nice morning starting with Maori Thai Chi with Linda and Annette. Linda baked some scones that we had for breakfast together with lots of Posted by maria6601 in New Zealand & Australia 2012 | Jan 15, 2012
- Gisborne Peninsula, Part IIMade an early start and travelled out to the East Cape (the most easterly point of NZ). We walked up 736 steps (OMG!) to the lighthouse on the edge of the Cape. What a start to the morning Posted by alvenables in Our travels down under and beyond...... | Jan 14, 2012
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