10 things I learned in New Zealand
New Zealand consists of two main islands, located in the South Pacific ocean, to the southeast of Australia. This year I travelled there for the second time. I went from Auckland to Wellington, stopping on […]
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New Zealand consists of two main islands, located in the South Pacific ocean, to the southeast of Australia. This year I travelled there for the second time. I went from Auckland to Wellington, stopping on […]
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Wanaka, on the South Island of New Zealand, is a popular holiday destination on the shore of a blue lake backed by gorgeous mountains. Activities are priced accordingly: $229 for half a day of jetboating, […]
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New Zealand is not a very large country, but it offers dozens of nice spots to visit. During the course of two trips I spent three months in the country and visited the places listed […]
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The 2-cylinder engine putted away as the small Citroen rolled down the Clutha River Valley toward our first winery. Not seeing any button or even an old fashioned crank handle, I asked Julie how to […]
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“You could hitchhike…” said the lady at the Korean restaurant. “A lot of young people here do it”. She seemed to imply that even though I wasn’t particularly young, there was no reason it shouldn’t […]
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Since I was only spending one day in Christchurch (New Zealand), I didn’t expect to have enough material to write a blog post about it. I vaguely remembered hearing about an earthquake a few years […]
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Wellington, New Zealand’s capital, is located at the southern tip of the North Island. Despite having a population barely over 200,000, it offers a surprising number of activities, many of them free. The narrow downtown […]
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