Thirsty Thursdays: Top 10 Pub Crawls From My Travels So Far
As I just begin to plan a major pub crawl on a big reunion day with the lads in London during the World Cup, it’s a good moment to recollect the top 10 pub crawls…
Backpacking in New Zealand: My Top 20 Memories
“You’ll never see the end of the road when you’re travelling with me ” – Neil Finn (Crowded House). Looking at the 2,000 plus posts still to be converted from my written notebook to this website, I noticed…
Friday’s Featured Food: Top 5 Food Experiences in New Zealand
It’s been a shocking eight years since my first trip to New Zealand and even five years since my second trip so the notebook still clogs up a list of 30 something posts still unwritten about…
Backpacking in New Zealand: Larnach Castle New Zealand’s Only ‘Castle’
New Zealand’s ONLY Castle apparently is Larnach Castle, on the Otago Peninsula near Dunedin. I was aware that it probably wouldn’t be that old, given the fact that New Zealand itself is a relatively new…
Friday’s Featured Food: New Zealand Fergburger!
Apparently “everyone who has ever been to Queenstown, (the New Zealand one) has had a Fergburger”, so it’s one of those stupid “when in Rome” type of analogies, which generally I hate, but this particular…
Thirsty Thursdays: Happy J Pub Crawl – Kiwi Style!!
Today my Thirsty Thursdays feature comes from New Zealand. They know how to party there as I found out!! After settling into my new “home for 2 days”, I had noticed a flier advertising a…
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…
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…
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 –…