bex76

At the top of the Peak, Hong Kong Island

Rebecca B

33 / Female

Auckland, New Zealand

About bex76

Moderator | Member since 29th Feb 04

Citizenship: United Kingdom
Marital Status: De Facto
Occupation: IT
About bex76:

I am originally from Manchester and am now living in Auckland, New Zealand, with my Kiwi boyfriend. I spent 15 months in NZ on a working holiday visa a few years ago and am now on my second stint here. We hope to return to the UK next year - partly because we miss the travelling opportunities that living in the UK brings. New Zealand is the wrong place to live if you are passionate about travel!

I've recently spent a few days in Seoul and my next trip is to Argentina later on this year.

Hobbies:

Travel, photography, film, reading, swimming, football (watching not playing!).

Favourite places:

Countries: Japan, New Zealand, Australia

Cities: Berlin and Sydney

Activity : photos (285) forum (2097) guide (6892) blog (7) diary (12) trips (27)

Latest Blog Entry

Take Me With You

Posted by bex76 | 30th September 2009

Having read Brad Newsham’s first book ‘All the right places’ and thoroughly enjoying it, I was delighted to discover he had written a second book about his travels in the Philippines, India, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and South Africa over the space of 100 days. This is a refreshingly different travel book however, as the author’s mission is

Continued | The Book Club

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Latest Property Reviews

Puerto Iguazu Hostel review: Stop Hostel
We enjoyed our stay at Stop Hostel - very helpful, friendly and sociable staff who can organise tours for guests. Good breakfasts and facilities.

Overall: 4
Location: 4
Cleanliness: 3
Value: 4
Facilities: 4
Service: 4

bex76 stayed here in Oct 2009
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Seoul Hostel review: Open Guest House
I loved this little guesthouse and have booked in for my return to Seoul next month. Danny and his wife are the owners/managers and are so helpful and friendly. They get to know all their guests by name and will go out of their way to make everyone feel comfortable and settled.
Breakfast is included (toast with jam/peanut butter, coffee and tea) and there is a nice common area with giant projector screen and free internet. Movies were played most nights in here. Danny will book tours for guests and give advice about things to see. On arrival I was given a brief overview of Seoul by Danny- things to see, getting around etc.
It's in a good location on a residential street off a main road and is 5 minutes' walk from a subway stop.
Danny is a star and this has to be one of the nicest budget accommodation options in Seoul.

Overall: 4
Location: 4
Cleanliness: 4
Value: 4
Facilities: 4
Service: 5

bex76 stayed here in Aug 2009
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Queenstown Hostel review: YHA Queenstown Central
I was in a family room which was clean and serviced daily. Overall the hostel was pretty good but if you are a light sleeper make sure you ask for a room which does not overlook the street: on the first night I got virtually no sleep due to street noise. Reception were helpful the next day and I was able to swap rooms to a quieter one on the side.
kitchen and common areas were perhaps smaller than other YHAs but were adequate. The kitchen closes at 10pm and opens at 7am which was a little inconvenient.
the hostel is in a great central location.

Overall: 3
Location: 5
Cleanliness: 4
Value: 2
Facilities: 2
Service: 4