The ongoing quest to see as many parts of the Lord of the Rings scenery as possible has continued, with a trip to the Cape Palliser pinnacles, where Aragorn, Gimli and Leglolas spent some time wandering in order to awaken the army of the dead in Return of the King. Cape Palliser is near the […]
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Highlights of the Wairarapa
You know those friends of yours who come back from some “life changing” trip, and bore you to tears for ages on end with the joy of travel and how incredibly awesome the whole thing was, slide show and all? (Yes, I appreciate a travel blog is a very similar thing. Bear with me.) Well, […]
Art Deco on the East Coast
You know when you play Bioshock, and the whole game has this weird 1930’s feel complete with odd writing and funny hats? Well, walking around Napier or Hastings on New Zealand’s East Coast is very much like that gaming experience, only with less on the ghoulish child front and more on the arty, pretty front. […]
New Zealand’s Spectacular East Cape
The East Cape of New Zealand’s North island has a lot going for it. Driftwood fringed beaches jut up against towering cliffs and deserted roads. Spectacular vistas lie around every corner. And it is perhaps the most Maori influenced part of all New Zealand – the closest one may come to seeing how New Zealand […]
What Hobbiton taught me
I recently visited the set of the Lord of the Rings filming location for Hobbiton in New Zealand. Sadly, that is about all I am allowed to actually write about the experience, due to a rather impressive looking piece of legal paper I had to sign that I’m pretty sure gives Peter Jackson the rights […]
Zorbing Rotorua
Although I have now left Rotorua, there is one more thing I need to tell you about my time there before moving on to new adventures. This thing being the weird and wonderful adventure activity known as Zorbing. It’s one of the quirkier entries in our list of first-trip highlights for New Zealand. Zorbing, for […]
Travel blogging tips from the experts: My Beautiful Adventures
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
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
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
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 […]