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Trip to New Zealand, USA and Canada

Trip to New Zealand, USA and Canada

Skiing at lake Lousie was pretty sweet with me and matty enjoying a massive dumping while jezza was at home resting a sore ankle. Poor guy, we ate burgers there too. We also spent waitangi day there skiing which turned into a morning side for life fre...
Member: Steve
worldtrip 2002-2003

worldtrip 2002-2003

I travelled around the globe during 1 year. Continents i visited: South-America, Fiji-islands, NZ, OZ, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, India and Nepal....
Member: Jan
New Zealand & Australia '06-'07

New Zealand & Australia '06-'07

South Island consisted of Sailing adventures in Abel Tasman, Pancake rocks, dancing on bars, Hiking up a glacier in the middle of a rainforest, Karaoke in the middle of nowhere, BUNGEE in Queenstown, Cruising Milford Sound, Stewart Island (next stop An...
Member: Terri

New Zealand

A brief and simple statement from Chief Ross Orsmond has summed up the NZ leg of our trip absolutely perfectly, "Nature is freaking me out on this trip". We have been absolutely spellbound by the incredible variety of spectacular sights i...
Member: Dave and Hayley
Gap Year 2003

Gap Year 2003

Lima, Peru Flying vist back through Lima on way south to Pisco...
Member: Sam
Look out for Kiwis !!

Look out for Kiwis !!

DAY 0 On the 19th of December (a Tuesday) after a pretty nice Christmas lunch with my working team in a nice restaurant in town (I shouldn’t have had so much wine…), I took the plane from Melbourne to land in Christchurch, where I was joined a couple ...
Member: Katia
New Zealand!

New Zealand!

Well after a 12 hour flight we arrived in Auckland safe and sound! We mamanged to sleep about 7 hours but we still felt like we had had none! We met up with Iris (aimees grans friend)and her grand-daughter Heather in Auckland for a coffee which was ...
Member: Aimee and Serena
My Gap Year 2001

My Gap Year 2001

Travelling with Sarah a lovely trusted KES girl, we set off on our first location - Singapore the hottest place ever! From here we spent 6 months experiencing the delights of backpacking in Australia. On the west coast remember the lovely Brendan and t...
Member: liz
Around the world...

Around the world...

Arriving in Dalat was a bit odd as it is right up in the Highlands and is about 10 degrees cooler than we have been used to. We had a great couple of days there. The town is pretty quiet but there are some great waterfalls and lakes in the area around ...
Member: Sarah and Ricky

New Zealand

9 April 07 QUEENSTOWN! Queenstown has everything an adrenaline junky could want. There is everything going on here - skydiving, bungy jumping, jet boats, paragliding, parascending, and more. We didn't do any of that today, but it's been fun! W...
Member: Charlotte and Dyce

New Zealand

After one night in Greymouth we boarded our bus the following morning to take us down to Franz Josef. We're using a company called Magic Bus to take us around New Zealand and it's really good. Most of the journeys we're making are on average about 5-6 ...
Member: Scott and Jenni
New Zealand Pictures

New Zealand Pictures

Here are some pics of New Zealand, I can finally proove to you all i did the Bungy jump!!! Hope you enjoy them!!...
Member: claire
Round the World Trip 2006/07

Round the World Trip 2006/07

We arrived in La Paz on Thursday afternoon. It is absolute mayhem here! Buses, taxis, combis and people everywhere. Crossing the road is a challenge in itself. We went to an Asian restaurant for our farewell meal on Thursday night. Having not had a cur...
Member: Paul
New Zealand 2005

New Zealand 2005

Although illegal, hitchhiking is a common and accepted practice here in New Zealand. Let's Go! New Zealand does not endorse it but does concede that New Zealand is perhaps the best country to hitchhike. But, it reads, use common sense: don't hitch alo...
Member: Will
Grand ol' world tour

Grand ol' world tour

The Navimag cargo ferry, our home for five nights and the best fun you can have on a ship loaded with cargo trucks, cows and sea-sick passengers. Travelling on the first trip of the high season meant that the boat was only a third full. Which was exc...
Member: Ian and Alex
Around the world in 80 days

Around the world in 80 days

Well yesterday did not go too great, was not WOW, was ok. I did meet my objectives of meeting some new people. I chatted, as I sat next to a 400BC temple, to an India man, 50, who distributes Coca-Cola throughout India, then as happens when a Weste...
Member: Will

New Zealand 2005

The bus trip started today - nine days of travelling in an anti-clockwise direction around the South Island, from Christchurch to Christchurch via everywhere. I'm on a trip organised by Stray Travel, which is a more 'grown-up' version of the typical ba...
Member: Richard

New Zealand

Bungy jumps in Taupo are the cheapest around, So we decided to go there. Before 11am they are even cheaper. On the morning of our jump we got up extra early but still didn't make it there until 10.45am! We still got the cheap price. We got taken to the...
Member: Bambi

New Zealand

Finally have a day off today so no excuse not to catch up on this blog...am sitting in the most bizarre internet cafe yet; its a big red bus, but its cheap and my new home for at least the next three hours, so here it goes... Arrived in Auckland Mon...
Member: Emma
Lord of the Campervans

Lord of the Campervans

Another email, but this time it's more for my own good. I believe that within two years my neuro-connections will be so depleted from excessive alcohol that I will be unable to remember what I have done (or so Paul would advise me). So see this as part...
Member: James

New Zealand 2006

Early morning flight out of Tullamarine!We were up at 0-dark-00 and heding up the highway to Tulla. Who to talk to? Fortunately Louise and Fiona were reachable on the other side of the world, lou on a train to London and Fi on her way to the pictures, ...
Member: Elizabeth

south island!!!

After a very emotional goodbye to lots of our friends and queenstown ( i did actually look in to working here! not yet though!) We headed 8 hours up north to christchurch! A city! Spending a few days chilling out recovering from the past week! We have ...
Member: sheryl

NEW ZEALAND

In New Zealand I was blessed with the opportunity to tour around the areas where the Lord of the Rings was filmed. The South Island was truly one of the most gorgeous and peaceful places I've ever been to. I would love to go back....
Member: Brent
Round the World 2005-6

Round the World 2005-6

From Wanaka we headed up to Franz Josef, home of the Franz Josef glacier. We stayed at a charming little backpackers called Glowworm Cottages, with fresh homemade soup served every evening. We opted to do a full day guided walk on the glacier and so ar...
Member: Peter

New Zealand & Australia

Caught the morning ferry from Picton to Wellington, and on the TV they were showing the funeral of the Maori Queen, who died about a week ago. The Maori kingship was formed in the 1840s, when the Maoris decided they needed to unite, to better resist th...
Member: Louise

New Zealand - Home

My home since 1993. Lived in Auckland's North Shore, schooled at Takapuna Grammar (1994-98), and then the School of Engineering at Auckland University (1999-2004)....
Member: Navin

New Zealand South Island

Well, we have hit the South Island with a bang, meeting the coldest June reported in 50 odd years! Yes, freezing! Just in time for all the Winter Festivals so perfect! I must say that the jet lag was pretty bad on arrival here. We booked ourselve...
Member: Julie
Southern Hemisphere Safari

Southern Hemisphere Safari

Came down to Floriano for a weeks relaxation on the beatiful brazilian beaches! Checked into the only hostel recommended in the "book" to find we were in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of hippies in a room stinking of damp with no money! ...
Member: Lindsey

New Zealand 2006

27 March I got to Dunedin and lunchtime and met Phil by the train station. He is the eldest of my NZ cousins. He showed me around Dunedin and then dropped my stuff off at his home. I had a great day around the city, shopping and looking at the Scottis...
Member: alexandra
USA 2004

USA 2004

A few weeks in Aussie, and about a month in NZ, then stopped off in Vancouver on the way back to UK....
Member: Ray

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