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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
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The Pacific, NZ and a tiny bit of Oz
Dunedin is a nice but fairly quiet town. We found the world's steepest street - Badwin st and drove to the top and held our breath on the steep descent! Then we drove out to the Otago peninsula and visited Larnach Castle - New Zealand's only castle. ...
Member: Chris and Aine
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Gap Year : New Zealand
It's a little over a week now since I left Whitianga. I'm currently sitting in the net cafe at Base Backpackers in Wellington on a sweaty Thursday evening with a nice cup of tea. I'm here in Wellington until Sunday morning, when I catch my flight over ...
Member: Luke
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New Zealand
Well if you have got this far then its surely worth a read and a peek at the photo's. My journal for NZ is more of a day to day 'this is what i have done' as that was the nature of my trip and of course a little bit of cultural history thrown in ....Oh...
Member: Tanya
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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
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Travelling 2006
We had a couple of nights in Rotorua, which is a beautiful place, but it smells so bad!!! It's like rotten eggs, apparently it's sulpher. The first night in Rotorua, we didn't do much, we just chilled out in the geothermally heated pool, which was s...
Member: Lauren
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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
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World Backpacking Trip (Part 2) - New Zealand, Australia, Asia & Europe 2006 / 2007
Wednesday 11th April I Woke at 5am as train rattled into Hanoi. I met Aaron and Natalie at the front of the station and we took a taxi back to the same hotel, where we had breakfast because nowhere else was open before 8am. Then I took a ta...
Member: Gabrielle
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Grant's travels 2006 - 2007
Return to the Melbourne...
Member: Grant
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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
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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
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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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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
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