New Zealand: the ‘working stiff’ tour If you’re not sure if you want to include New Zealand in your travel plans, we’ve summarized below a few things we found unique during our six week stay in Kiwiland. 8 Interesting, funny, or just uniquely Kiwi tidbits: 1. Strange roads: As if driving on the left-hand side [...]
Bula Fiji! Sixty hours after beginning our travels from French Polynesia, we had arrived in Fiji and it’s capital city of Nadi and now had to think clearly and make arrangements for our three week stay. Lack of sleep sure made us cranky! We decided to visit two areas of Fiji. The first: Kadavu Island, [...]
South Pacific Paradise Dale, the Mighty Tahitian warrior Ten hours after leaving L.A., our flight arrived in Tahiti – 2am local time. We were greeted with a tiare (a fragrant white flower with a yellow center) to wear behind our ear, and our passports were quickly stamped. Now we had several hours to kill before [...]
Krazy Kuta “TRANSPORT? MASSAGE? BRAID YOUR HAIR? SARONG? TOE RING? PINEAPPLE? HASHISH?” The endless barrage of hawkers accosted us while we walked down the street attempting to dodge them, puddles, and the screeching motor scooters that zoomed by perilously close. Welcome to Indonesia and it’s most popular tourist destination, Kuta Beach. Travellers have a love/hate [...]
Our 10 day Sabah Saga There’s one travel truth I should have learned by now: if you plan an inflexible itinerary something will always happen to put a kink in it. Dale and I only had a 10 day layover in Sabah, so upon arriving in the capital city of Kota Kinabalu (aka K.K.) we [...]
