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Archive for category: New Zealand

  • Lake Wanaka
     

    10 things I learned in New Zealand

    5th April 2016 / Destinations, New Zealand, Oceania / 0 comments

    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 […]

     
     
  • Kayaks for rent on Lake Wanaka (New Zealand)
     

    7 things to do in Wanaka for $20 or less

    1st March 2016 / Destinations, New Zealand, Oceania / 6 comments

    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, […]

     
     
  • Paihia, the main tourist town in the Bay of Islands
     

    16 places you should visit in New Zealand

    23rd February 2016 / Destinations, New Zealand, Oceania / 18 comments

    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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    Touring Central Otago wineries in a funny French car

    26th January 2016 / Destinations, New Zealand, Oceania / 4 comments

    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 […]

     
     
  • First close-up peek at the Rob Roy glacier
     

    Hitchhiking to Mount Aspiring National Park

    19th January 2016 / Destinations, New Zealand, Oceania, On the road, Solo travel, Stories / 10 comments

    “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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    Christchurch: five years after the earthquakes

    12th January 2016 / Destinations, New Zealand, Oceania, On the road / 6 comments

    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 […]

     
     
  • Wellington, New Zealand
     

    10 free things to do in Wellington

    5th January 2016 / Destinations, New Zealand, Oceania / 1 comment

    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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