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Travel Journals: Fox Glacier, New Zealand


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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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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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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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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
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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
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Adventure New Zealand

Two games later, England are into the final 16 although Owen unfortunately is back in England after suffering a knee injury. Joe Cole is playing like a legend, and Lampard and Terry look solid along with Gerrard and the fighting Wayne Rooney. We watche...

Member: Jamie
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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
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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 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
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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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flying north for summer

We've been reading more about the history of this place, and yesteray went to a film about Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, so we're slowly managing to understand a bit more of the dismal past of Cambodia - although the more you learn about it the less it ...

Member: jenny
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Fox & Franz Josef Glacier

have not sky dived yet but I still plan too, I went to Franz Josef Glacier which is one of the world's most advancing glacier's (Although Chile and Argentina have the best advancing glaciers in the world) . You must of seen a few Glacier's (comi...

Member: Ebitari
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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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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
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New Zealand - The South Island

Okay, is this what mother nature does to get back at us for complaining too much about the heat in Australia?? Today was cold and rainy (high of 9C) as we made our way from Gore to Te Anau. The poor weather started yesterday as we spent time in the m...

Member: Doris and Mike
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Goodbye Edinburgh, Hello World

Well, apparently our time is nearly up and we're having to return to dear old Blighty very soon. Life's a beach, isn't it? Well it has been for us recently, anyway. We've been in Thailand for around two months now. It's the kind of place where nothi...

Member: FisherTours and BoothTravel
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Mountains, snow and Ice...!!!!

How time flies... hadn't realised it had been so long since I did my last journal..!! Ah well, better bring you back up to speed then hadn't I..?!?! Well after leaving Taupo, I moved on to Napier. Napier is famous for its art deco buildings that ...

Member: Carol
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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
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