Coastline in Kaikoura

New Zealand - the land of sheep (Recovered?)

May 26th 2007
We'd been psyching ourselves up for a big climate change between Oz and NZ, but my god is it cold. It's between 12 and 16 degrees here, which in England would probably mean a skirt, T-shirt and sunbathing, but here means jumpers, trousers and colds (the flip flops/thongs still make some appearances, but that's only because we are too lazy to wash loads of socks!). On to more important things ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

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Jack and Héloïse

Jack Heloise Steph and Matt

Having booked our tickets back in August, we got far too excited far too soon and felt ready to go by September. Hoorah - 5 months later, and we finally can! German lesbian boots - check, khaki explorer shirt - check. Basically all the important stuff is packed so bring it on! For the first leg the plan is: wander around Thailand, then skip along into Laos, chill our way down through Vietnam and across Cambodia. We then fly from Bangkok to Darwin where we discover our inner crocodile wrestlers, followed by the typical trip down the east coast (cue Jack). Then we're going to NZ. At this po... full info

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