Travel Blog | About TravelBlog | World Facts | Travel Wallpaper | Travel Forum | Travel Insurance | Services | Cameras

Hats - Harriet Abrahams

Harriet Abrahams Hey there and thanks for visiting my site. It should be a good way of keeping in contact with me, and i'll update it as often as possible so that you can see what I've been up to! I'm heading off on my gap year travels on the 27th January for around five and a half months and I'm getting very excited! I've chosen not to do too many countries so I'm concentrating most of my time in New Zealand before heading to Australia, followed by Malaysia and Thailand. Whilst in New Zealand I'm staying with a family in Auckland for six weeks before joining the 'Kiwi Experience' for six weeks. I'm travelling on my own so I'm hoping to make lots of new friends along the way, and find some travel buddies for Thailand. Apart from that my plans are fairly flexible, so i'll let you know as I go along!

Enjoy the site and feel free to message me =o)

Hats xxx

Where I'm heading!

Svalbard Spain United States of America Antarctica South Georgia Falkland Islands Bolivia Peru Ecuador Colombia Venezuela Guyana Suriname French Guiana Brazil Paraguay Uruguay Argentina Chile Greenland Canada United States of America United States of America Israel Jordan Cyprus Qatar United Arab Emirates Oman Yemen Saudia Arabia Iraq Afghanistan Turkmenistan Iran Syria Singapore China Mongolia Papua New Guinea Brunei Indonesia Malaysia Malaysia Tiawan Philippines Vietnam Cambodia Laos Thailand Burma Bangladesh Sri Lanka India Bhutan Nepal Pakistan Afghanistan Turkmenistan Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan Japan North Korea South Korea Russia Kazakhstan Russia Montenegro Portugal Azerbaijan Armenia Georgia Ukraine Moldova Belarus Romania Bulgaria Macedonia Serbia Bosonia & Herzegovina Turkey Greece Albania Croatia Hungary Slovakia Slovenia Malta Spain Portugal Spain France Italy Italy Austria Switzerland Belgium France Ireland United Kingdom Norway Sweden Finland Estonia Latvia Lithuania Russia Poland Czech Republic Germany Denmark The Netherlands Iceland El Salvador Guatemala Panama Costa Rica Nicaragua Honduras Belize Mexico Trinidad & Tobago Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Haiti Jamaica The Bahamas Cuba Vanuatu Australia Solomon Islands Fiji New Caledonia New Zealand Eritrea Ethiopia Djibouti Somalia Kenya Uganda Tanzania Rwanda Burundi Madagascar Namibia Botswana South Africa Lesotho Swaziland Zimbabwe Mozambique Malawi Zambia Angola Democratic Repbulic of Congo Republic of Congo Gabon Equatorial Guinea Central African Republic Cameroon Nigeria Togo Ghana Burkina Fassu Cote d'Ivoire Liberia Sierra Leone Guinea Guinea Bissau The Gambia Senegal Mali Mauritania Niger Western Sahara Sudan Chad Egypt Libya Tunisia Morocco Algeria
Map Legend: 1%, 4 of 263 Territories
 Australia 
 Malaysia 
 New Zealand 
 Thailand 


AustraliaMalaysiaNew ZealandThailand

I've chosen not to do too many countries, so I've made the ones that I am doing nice and colourful!

Top Photos Blog Map
Joined on: January 13th 2008
Last Login: February 18th 2009

Blog Entries: 12
Photos: 128
Visited Countries


RSS
TB Code: [blogger=57339]
Status: BLOGGER

Blogs & Travel Journals

by Hats, order by Date newest first.

« back 1 10 next »

The rest of my time in Australia flew by, similar to my time in Singapore and Malaysia. I ended Australia in Cairns where the weather was lovely and I stayed in a nice hostel called Bohemia Resort. I did a couple of day trips from there including a days snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef and a trip into the rainforest and to some stunning waterfalls. The snorkelling was great fun, I even spotted a few sharks. I made friends with a couple of girls, one of whom, Larissa, was staying at my hostel which was cool as it gave me [View Full Entry]

Hats - Harriet Abrahams | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
1065 Words | 1 Comment(s) | 7 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: June 25th 2008 | 100 Views | [diary=291445]

DSC02429
DSC02440
DSC02451

By Hats
April 29th 2008
Australia  Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach
Melbourne
Melbourne
With Bex and Sarah in Melbourne
I can't believe I've not done my blog for my entire time in Australia - sorry folks, been having rather a good time! I arrived in Melbourne at the end of April and stayed there for almost a week. I was staying in St Kildas which was a really nice area and the hostel was always buzzing which meant I met lots of awesome people. I had a day trip along the Great Ocean road which was fun and got to see lots of cool sights including a short helicopter ride over the twelve apostles. From Melbourne I got the over [View Full Entry]

Hats - Harriet Abrahams | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
687 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 10 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: May 20th 2008 | 50 Views | [diary=271132]

Helicopter ride
Great Ocean Road
Sydney

By Hats
April 20th 2008
East As Oceania » New Zealand » North Island
'East As', as it's known on the kiwi bus, has been one of the highlights of my trip. It's a four day, three night trip around the east cape of north island, but I rather fell for it so extended my trip by four nights. There were only seven of us on the bus and luckily we all got on well so had lots of fun. Our bus driver, Rex, was in his seventies and such a laugh to be with. He'd obviously been driving the route for a long time and had many funny stories to tell, aswel as a [View Full Entry]

Hats - Harriet Abrahams | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
972 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 9 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: April 20th 2008 | 55 Views | [diary=268130]

Sunset
Sunset in the hot tub
horse riding

By Hats
April 10th 2008
Franz Josef to Taupo Oceania » New Zealand
I've moved up to the North Island in the time it's taken me to write this, so rather alot's happened - I'll try not to ramble! Franz Josef was fantastic, one of my best days here. The weather was rather pants, but me and my friend Beth sung our way through it in a vague attempt to keep spirits high (I know the comments I'll get for writing that!). It was an amazing experience being on a mountain of ice for the day - there are massive cracks and water holes which are easy to fall into so it's rather exciting. [View Full Entry]

Hats - Harriet Abrahams | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
806 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 13 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: April 10th 2008 | 52 Views | [diary=264911]

Milford Sound
Waterfall
Fergburger

By Hats
March 30th 2008
Taupo to Franz Josef Oceania » New Zealand
Wow, time is totally flying and I can't believe how much we're fitting into each day. Since the last time I wrote, we've ventured down to the south island where the climate is slightly cooler, I've been bitten to death by sandflies, have made many new friends and am enjoying the spectacular scenery (amongst many other things). I spent my final day in Taupo doing the Tongariro Crossing with Craig. We were the only ones who managed to get up for the early start following a rather heavy night, so that was an achievement in itself, but the crossing is 18.5km [View Full Entry]

Hats - Harriet Abrahams | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
974 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 11 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: March 30th 2008 | 79 Views | [diary=261138]

stunning
Emerald lakes
wine tasting

Bar
Bar
Andy, Victoria, Bruce, Laura, Me and Greg in Pipi patch bar
I can't believe how much I've done in a week. I started the kiwi experience early last Thursday and have enjoyed every minute so far. I started at the Bay of Islands, more specifically Paihia. We stayed in a little hostel called the Pipi Patch which was basic but had a great bar and was a short walk from the beach. I made friends with two girls called Victoria and Laura on the coach, and we spent the first afternoon together. We had a boat ride around the bay, then visited Russell which is on the mainland but a long drive [View Full Entry]

Hats - Harriet Abrahams | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
667 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 13 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: March 21st 2008 | 60 Views | [diary=258209]

Me and Victoria
90 mile beach
Sand Dunes

Not even a week has passed since my last blog, but I leave tomorrow for the kiwi experience so I thought I'd better update now as I don't know when my next chance will be. Unfortunately I currently have tonsilitus so I'm pumped up on antibiotics and pain killers to try and calm my HUGE tonsils which are choking me ! The doctor said that they were the largest ones she's ever seen, is that something to be proud of?! Daddy insisted I send him a photo of them, but I think I'll refrain from posting a picture of them up [View Full Entry]

Hats - Harriet Abrahams | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
461 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 6 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: March 12th 2008 | 57 Views | [diary=255266]

Me
View from top
Night out

Fishing
Fishing
Me and my rod
Two weeks have slipped by since I last did a blog - sorry folks! Lets hope I can remember what's been happening?! The weather here is gradually becoming more autumnal with more rainy days than sunny ones, but I've still been able to go to the beach and do everything I want to. When I arrived in Auckland I compiled a list of around 12 activities that I wanted to do, and I'm happy to say that it's now completed. I went and did the sky tower last week which is one of the most prominent features of Aucklands' skyline. I [View Full Entry]

Hats - Harriet Abrahams | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
990 Words | 1 Comment(s) | 18 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: March 6th 2008 | 78 Views | [diary=253216]

Syk Tower
Competitors
Adam

Cricket
Cricket
chilled at the cricket
Well I'm now half way through by time in Auckland which is rather scary, but Fiona reminds me that I'm not allowed to mention that! On the up side, the cricket has improved, yay! I went to Eden Park last Friday with Olivia from school and one of her friends who happened to be back in Auckland on that day. It was really good fun; we paid a little more to get seats in the shade with back rests which was definitely worth while. We enojoyed a few mini bottles of wine and soaked up the atmosphere, which was great as [View Full Entry]

Hats - Harriet Abrahams | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
813 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 14 Photo(s) | 1 Video(s)
Published: February 21st 2008 | 92 Views | [diary=248446]

Mount Eden
One Tree Hill
Adam and Alex

I'm getting a slating for being a 'pomme' out here at the moment - I wish our cricketers would improve pretty rapidly! They're playing a one day international at Eden Park tomorrow, which hopefully I'll go to but the weather forecast isn't great and the friends that I'd go with would have to get off work. I forget that not everyone's on a long holiday like me! I went to Auckland museum last Thursday which was actually fairly fun! Of course with the girls being there we didn't venture out of the childrens' area, so I didn't learn much, but the [View Full Entry]

Hats - Harriet Abrahams | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
852 Words | 1 Comment(s) | 15 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: February 14th 2008 | 84 Views | [diary=246029]

Alex and her ring
Kayaking
Alex gave up



« back 1 10 next »