The Basics City Name: Wellington Where is it located?: Wellington is located at the southern tip of the North Island, on the Cook Strait. Why do people go there?: As the capital of New Zealand, Wellington is home to an impressive number of sharp-looking museums and a decent amount of nightlife�at least on the weekends. [...]
The Basics City Name: Auckland Where is it located?: Auckland is located two-thirds of the way up New Zealand’s north island, on the west coast/Tasman Sea. Why do people go there?: New Zealand’s largest city and it’s only claim to, um, nightlife. Gateway to New Zealand, especially the Bay of Islands. Home to the best [...]
I took an afternoon bus from Rotorua to Taupo and arrived at the Action Down Under YHA around 3pm. The hostel is extremely comfortable, with two separate TV rooms, a wide selection of movies, centrally located tent sites and hammocks slung between trees with long branches to provide shade. I quickly set up my tent [...]
It’s amazing, but Rotorua is absolutely gorgeous, but at the same time stinks. I mean literally, the smell takes some getting used to. The cause is the sulfur and steam that pours out of the numerous craters and hot springs around this popular vacation spot. Since I had pushed my Australia visit as far as [...]
After a few more days of relaxation in Sydney and one more drunken night in the Quarryman’s Hotel it was time to move on to New Zealand. On my last night in Australia, Nikki’s mother cooked a Thanksgiving meal for me, since I would be missing the holiday at home with my own family. The [...]
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