New Zealand - Blogabond

South Island Day 1: Dolphin Swim Without The Swimming

Nat and Shane's biggest worry this holiday was accommodation but they got around this by simply renting a small mansion on wheels, they got the biggest camper that Jucy do complete with toilet and shower and the kitchen sink. After they'd picked it up we headed out down the Banks...

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Koala Bear on February 3, 2009 from Akaroa, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

Catching Up

My sister, Natalie, is a tea-total, vegetarian and a qualified personal trainer with a cat and a dog and a mortgage. She enjoys things such as snowboarding, cycling, running, rowing and other Moving About stuff. I'm pretty sure we're not really related. Her fiance, Shane, is equally fit....

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Koala Bear on February 2, 2009 from Christchurch, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

New Zealand - North Island

I dont even know where to start, how fantastic is New Zealand!!!! I dont want to put people off Australia, but this place is far better and thats not just because the Maori men can be rather cute!! The scenery is amazing, the people are friendly and everyone is chilled out. I arrived in...

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Sarah Coles on February 1, 2009 from Auckland, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Sarah's Voyage from South Africa to Hong Kong

Killing Time

I rolled off the ferry in Picton at about 5.30am and began the drive towards Nelson. Yeah yeah I know Nelson is a tiny bit out of the way of Christchurch which is where I'd be meeting my sister in a couple of days but despite all this new found inner peace happy happy joy joy bollocks I'd still...

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Koala Bear on January 31, 2009 from Nelson, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

Harden Up, Princess

On account of the fact I'm a cheapskate my ferry to Picton on the south island was the Stupid O Clock ferry due to depart at 1.55am on the Saturday morning which meant I got to spend all of today chatting online, shopping for clothes that don't smell like eggs (I'm actually having to replace...

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Koala Bear on January 30, 2009 from Wellington, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

Back At Rowena's Lodge

So I was gonna hang around Taranaki for another couple of nights so I could climb that mountain but eventually I decided against it. Its a big scary mountain and I didn't want to do it on my own and anyway, Wellington has plenty of hills that resemble mountains so I headed back down to the...

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Koala Bear on January 29, 2009 from Wellington, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

Random Emo Moment

As well as a bog standard Looky Where I've Been travel blog with which to bore my friends and family these pages serve as kind of a diary, sort of something to show the kids when I'm older. By kids or course I actually mean cats which will I shall refer to as "my children" in a creepy Wicked...

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Koala Bear on January 28, 2009 from Wanganui, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

Winding Down

And it's a good job we were on a Mission to chill out for a couple of days on account of the sheer amount of things to do in New Plymouth which amounts to... well... sod all really. There's a big mountain but I think Andi would have hung me with my guts if I'd suggested we both go and have a...

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Koala Bear on January 27, 2009 from New Plymouth, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

North Island Day 12: Glutton For Bloody Puishment

I woke up this morning and experimented with moving. It hurt. A lot. I lay there for a while contemplating how I was going to get myself down off the top bunk with minimal injuries when I ached in places I'd forgotten had existed. Somehow I managed it, made it all the way to reception to buy...

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Koala Bear on January 24, 2009 from National Park, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

North Island Day 11: The Tongariro Crossing

The Tongariro Crossing; The most popular and accessible day tramp in New Zealand. Oh, and a day tramp over here isn't the lass next door you knock off in your lunch hour while the missus is at work, tramping is basically hiking. It's a huge pastime in NZ, there are countless marked walks which...

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Koala Bear on January 23, 2009 from National Park, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

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