Travel Journals: Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton, New Zealand travel guide, information, journals, blogs, maps and photos.
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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
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The North Island
We started off the morning by driving a short distance up to Kerikeri where the cafe culture is alive and thriving. We sat down for the first time in a long time with a flat white and just read the paper. It was lovely! We decided to drive back to...
Member: Doris and Mike
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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
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Wish you were here?
Hi, After we left you on Monday afternoon we took a walk from our hotel down to the Tulum ruins on the beach. We didn't have the place to ourselves like at Chichen Itza unfortunately but most of the tour buses had departed. The ruins are of a Mayan...
Member: Kate and Jonny
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New Zealand and Christmas/New Year 2006
27th Making good progress, we arrived in Rotorua, the spa town right in the middle of the North Island around 4ish. This compact city is on built on the site of active volcanoes, hence the hot springs all over the place and the constant smelly of rott...
Member: Graham
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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
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