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Travel blogging tips from the experts: My Beautiful Adventures

Published: 6th May 2011 by Laurence Norah - 10 Comments

After a brief hiatus, I am delighted to be publishing another article in the series of travel blogging tips. Today’s article features the lovely Andi Perullo, author of My Beautiful Adventures. Shortly to be married (congratulations :)), Andi’s blog features updates on her travels, thoughts on her life, guest posts and even fashion advice. Unlike […]

To luge, perchance to dream

Published: 30th April 2011 by Laurence Norah - 4 Comments

The ongoing mission to experience every adventure activity available in Rotorua has continued successfully with a recent trip to the luge track, kindly set up for us by the nice folk over at the luging park. Luging, for those of you not familiar with the concept (which appears to also evade my dictionary), involves taking […]

Rafting the Kaituna

Published: 16th April 2011 by Laurence Norah - 7 Comments

I have a minor problem with this post, and it is one that has caused me to delay posting it for some time. The problem is (or at least, was) that I don’t have any suitable pictures to go with it. This is perhaps not the end of the world, but lets be honest, a […]

The Rotorua night market, and other tales

Published: 8th April 2011 by Laurence Norah - Leave a Comment

Rotorua’s night market is home to the worlds greatest chocolate brownie maker. I could end the post right there, and allow you to just salivate in awe at the thought of dense, rich, smooth chocolaty wonder, but that would make this blog entry excessively short. Instead I will tell you about the delights that the […]

A Spa Experience

Published: 1st April 2011 by Laurence Norah - 6 Comments

I thought Germany was pretty nice when I visited it last year. Great beer, interesting people, spectacular bread. Oh, and the scenery was rather fine too. I am starting to come to the conclusion however that this is not necessarily a view shared by many Germans, as I think they have all left Germany and […]

Travel blogging tips from the experts: A Dangerous Business

Published: 30th March 2011 by Laurence Norah - 16 Comments

This weeks travel blogging tips article features one of my favourite travel bloggers: Amanda Williams, author of travel blog A Dangerous Business. Amanda and I share a passion for New Zealand, and she has already provided me with a wonderfully comprehensive post on what to do when in the land of the long white cloud, […]

New Zealand’s surf coast highway

Published: 21st March 2011 by Laurence Norah - 3 Comments

In today’s post I’ll be talking about a part of New Zealand that isn’t on the usual route of many travellers heading through NZ, a route that often starts in Auckland, passes through the Coromandel Peninsula, then turns south via volcanic Rotorua and the Tongariro Alpine Crossing towards Wellington and the ferry to the South […]

Climbing Mount Taranaki in photos

Published: 18th March 2011 by Laurence Norah - 25 Comments

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Mount Taranaki is the second highest mountain on New Zealand’s north island, at 2517m (around 8500ft for you folks on the imperial system). The climb up it is a gruelling 17km hike, and this is generally regarded as being one of the toughest day hikes you can do on the north island. With this knowledge […]

Travel blogging tips from the experts – Hole in the Donut

Published: 15th March 2011 by Laurence Norah - 12 Comments

In today’s travel blogging tips article I am delighted to be interviewing Barbara Weibel, author of travel blog Hole in the Donut World Travel. Barbara is a travel blogger who has made travelling her life, and her travel blog generates sufficient income to fund this dream – the aspiration of many a blogger. Barbara focuses […]

The lost world highway

Published: 13th March 2011 by Laurence Norah - 2 Comments

There are many magnificent highways to drive in the world, but I would argue that New Zealand’s oldest touring route, the Lost World highway, has one of the best names of the lot. Just the idea of a highway passing through a lost world conjures up images of immense T-Rex ploughing through jungles, sauropods hanging […]

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