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Kia ora from New Zealand

Having spent nearly 5 months in Oz I thought I might as well head over the Tasman and come to see the sheep loving kiwis for a couple of weeks before I make my long journey home!! After having a such a good time doing the east coast with Oz Experience I thought it was only right that I should...

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The Hulk on February 26, 2007 from Christchurch, New Zealand

from the travel blog: The Hulk goes Down Under!

The Routeburn track

Set off on the Routeburn track... A three day hike from the Divide through to Queenstown, we stayed in these huts that were just concrete tents ! we had to carry everything, sleeping bags, gas cookers, food you name it we carried it !! JP even managed to sneak a rock into Paddy's...

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tomrendell on February 26, 2007 from Te Anau, New Zealand

from the travel blog: New Zealand

Fiordland

Arrived in the most stunning part of Nz so far, we arrive in the Fiordland Nt park famous for the Milford Sound, we saw the amazing Fiordlands in the late afternoon after a long drive to get there. Camped up in the area but they had had rain the night before so the infamous sand flies were...

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tomrendell on February 23, 2007 from Te Anau, New Zealand

from the travel blog: New Zealand

Country number 9 - Aotearoa - Land of the Long White Cloud

A short flight but a whole different country. After a three-hour journey from Sydney to Christchurch, (roughly the same duration as Sydney-Cairns), over the Tasman Sea and the Snow-capped mountains we landed in New Zealand. On the way to our centrally located Guesthouse, the first thing that...

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Priya&Tim on February 23, 2007 from Christchurch, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Cheeky Round The World Trip

A Magificent Day in the Bay of Islands

After a great first night together, we were excited to begin our first full proper day on the tour. There's one thing about these tours that's worth sharing for those who don't already know. The tour is a fairly basic package: it includes accomodations, 1 or 2 meals per day, transportation...

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CaliJoe on February 23, 2007 from Paihia, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Time to Visit Some Kiwis in Their Natural Habitat

Bonding Like Super Glue

After wrapping up my "I made it safely" email at the Internet cafe, I headed back to our hotel just in time for our first dinner together as a group. Such gatherings in the early stage of a trip like this can be strikingly similar to walking into a cafeteria on your first day of high school,...

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CaliJoe on February 22, 2007 from Paihia, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Time to Visit Some Kiwis in Their Natural Habitat

Mt Cook

This is the closest my map would go to My Cook, its a bit inland from here... Anyway...We drove out to Mt Cook Nt Park which is basically the highest Mountain in NZ and is the centre piece of the Southern Alps, We didn't climb it ! we just did a walk through a pass across a few rope...

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tomrendell on February 21, 2007 from Fairlie, New Zealand

from the travel blog: New Zealand

Greetings from New Zealand!

The flight over to New Zealand is a long one, a little over twelve hours to be specific. Whoever said time travel isn't possible has apparently never flown across the International Date Line. I left Los Angeles the evening of February 19th and landed in Auckland the morning of the 21st. The...

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CaliJoe on February 21, 2007 from Auckland, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Time to Visit Some Kiwis in Their Natural Habitat

Pancakes & Rapids

To say this was a great day would be an understatement...it was amazing..one of the very best! I woke up early doors, because of the white water rafting trip, around 6:45 and this was the view that I saw as I poked my sleepy head out of my tent ! Had breakfast, packed up my tent, and...

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tomrendell on February 20, 2007 from Rangitata, New Zealand

from the travel blog: New Zealand

Little Britain

Next day spun through to Chrichchurch which is the regional capital of Canterbury, New Zealand. It is the largest city in the South Island, Nice little City, has a look of York, and is the most English of all the cities in NZ so far ! has a real student vibe too as the University had just...

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tomrendell on February 19, 2007 from Christchurch, New Zealand

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