Blogs from Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 3

Sind mitten im Umzug... was fuer ein Drama! Tausend kleine Dinge, Listen zum ticken, Telefonate zu fuehren, natuerlich Rechnungen bezahlen, mehr Listen schreiben, buchen und umbuchen... na auf jeden Fall geht es endlich wieder zurueck nach Papamoa, da wo wir hingehoeren!... read more

Intrepid say to take only 10kgs of belongings with you, so this is my list so far: one head light ( for reading and going to the toilet at night time). one microfibre towel large mosquito net ( it has mosquito repellent on it) a cotton sleeping bag inner ( my friend said i shouldnt have been so mean and got myself a silk one instead) one small bag for dirty laundry and a travelling clothesline. malaria tablets (enough for three months) I hope I remember to take them sleeping pills ( when I absolutely have to). ear plugs (when I absolutely have to). togs a long sleeved white shirt (impregnated with insect repellent.) two sets of underwear. a light gortex raincoat and small umbrella a set of shorty pyjamas ( for modesty's sake) a pashmina ... read more

Lynnies Travel Plans 25th May to 25th July 2012 NB I will not have my phone with me. I can be contacted on Skype. My Skype name is: lynevaughan. You can leave messages on Skype for me. I will be able to get email on occasion. Leave Friday 25th May by Thai Airways Flight TGO492 12.40pm Arrive 8.25pm Stay All Seasons Bangkok Siam (2 nights) Thailand Adventure: Day 1 Bangkok: Welcome meeting at 6pm Get acquainted with the Thai capital on a stroll down the travellers' hub of Khao San Road. Days 2-4 Kanchanaburi/ River Kwai Depart Bangkok after a morning khlong tour. Cruise the River Kwai in Kanchanaburi, visit the Jeath War Museum and swim under a waterfall in Erawan National Park. Day 5 Ayutthaya Get a sense of Siam's former glory on a guided ... read more

Try this one! http://www.travelblog.org/ then put my name in; Lynnie or vaughan and you should be able to find me....I am learning to do this so I can keep you all informed....if you want to be...whilst on my travels. Ta Luv Lynnie... read more

26th April ’12 HOBBITON! Woo hoo we went to Matamata today to do the Hobbiton tour! We drove through lovely undulating pretty green hills and fields, had a quick stop in Tirau – home of the cabbage tree apparently and were amazed that such a small place could have so many cafes and shops for so few people. Then got to Matamata where we booked our tickets for the tour and got directions to the farm on whose land the movie set is. Well it was brilliant! The guide was full of funny stories and anecdotes about the filming of The Lord of the Rings and how various props were made. He also confirmed that the set had been used for the new film The Hobbit. The hobbit holes were amazing and so cute! You could ... read more

Since she made the trip half way around the world, I wanted to show Maria Chiara New Zealand at its most exotic - and prefeably somewhere I had never been myself. Only thanks to a random mention from my uncle did I find out that White Island is a legitimate tourist destination - taking a boat 50 kilometres off the Bay of Plenty coast to visit an active volcano plonked in the middle of the ocean. For days before the trip I nervously checked the metservice website several times a day as the weather report was looking increasingly foreboding. We were lucky: the weather wasn't good enough to warrant a safe journey the day before or the day after - and with Maria Chiara only in New Zealand for seven and a half days we had ... read more

Deze morgen namen we afscheid van Jizzy en Mike waarbij we ons de voorbije 14 dagen enorm geamuseerd hebben. Zoals in het vorige verslag vermeld, had ik ook beloofd om naar Eva & Clive te gaan. Het is een koppel dat gepasioneerd is door de natuur, buiten leven, meditatie en vooral alcoholvrij, veganistisch, glutenvrij en lactosevrij door het leven gaan. We vroegen ons af wat we nog konden eten bij hen. Gelukkig vonden ze het niet erg als wij toch melk en kaas aten, maar we probeerden toch zo veel mogelijk hun dieet te volgen. Eva is Clive's 2e vrouw. Samen hebben ze 1 dochter Melissa (15) , en Clive heeft nog 4 dochters bij zijn 1e vrouw. Clive is ooit een hippie geweest en heeft heel veel in zijn leven gezien en meegemaakt. Zo heeft ... read more

Mike & Jizzy zijn beiden Zuid-Afrikaans en leven ongeveer 20 jaar in NZ. Hun kinderen heten Shayni & Cam. En de kat heet Shanti. De taken zijn : maaien van het gras, de slaapkamer schilderen, wieden, plantjes planten, relaxen, mediteren, klankschaal muziek maken en zingen, ukulele leren spelen, en proberen self-sustainable te zijn. De mensen hier gaan zelden naar een supermarkt. Groenten, kruiden en fruit hebben ze uit eigen tuin of gaan ze kopen in een bio winkeltje of bioboer. In het dagelijkse leven is Jizzy , kinderjuf in een bio en eco crèche. En Mike is vertegenwoordiger van biologische producten. Alles hier draait om ecologisch en biologisch leven. Dit is wat we allebei heel erg leuk vinden. Deze namiddag zat ik op mijn knieën om kamillebloemen te plukken. Als je potje vol is , weet ... read more