Top 5 Scenic Bus Journeys
As a traveller, long distance buses become a way of life and part of the travel routine. I personally love them – a great way to sit back, relax and let someone else drive you…
Backpacking in New Zealand: Waihi Gold Mines
As a random traveller I just don’t stick to obvious routes most of the time. Here I was cruising through New Zealand’s north island for the second time. The first was in 2007 on a…
Backpacking in New Zealand🇳🇿: L & P (Lemon and Paeroa)
Time for another post from one of my two trips to New Zealand. This time, a stop over in the town of Paeroa. Home of the world famous Kiwi drink, L and P. Or Lemon…
World Borders: Taking The Interislander Ferry From Picton (South Island) to Wellington (North Island), New Zealand
My fascination with ferries (and boats in general) hasn’t waned. The fascination began in childhood when we would have our family holidays on mainland UK. This meant getting in the car and getting the car…
Staying at the Glow Worm Cottages, Franz Josef, New Zealand
I write a lot about places I visit and my memories there. What I normally neglect to mention in the madness of it all are the places I stay and the transport I use hopping…
Goodbye Oceania – Another Auckland Farewell
It wasn’t the first time I left Auckland international airport. I had been there 3 and a half years earlier, flying that time to Kuala Lumpur, on an onward connection to the Chinese capital of…
Sulphur Sniffing and Reminiscing in…Rotorua: De Ja Vu
Haven’t we been here before?? Hmmm…yes that’s right that place where something clicked and was once the place I described as my favourite place on earth. The city of Rotorua in New Zealand. From my…
Backpacking in New Zealand: Oamaru, South Island
A Victorian town out of nowhere, the desolate old fashioned lifestyle is enough to enchant the casual passer by, or at least one with a hate of commercialism. I’ll tell you where it is –…