This week, Lonely Planet produced an article proclaiming Christchurch as one of the best cities to visit in 2013. Their top ten included the likes of Amsterdam, San Francisco and Beijing along [...]
The West Coast of the South Island is a wild and beautiful slice of New Zealand. It’s been a long time since I’ve been back to my hometown of Greymouth. While the town itself is [...]
School holidays ruin everything. The Australian and New Zealand School holidays have ruined my plans for keeping our end date on our trip to Asia as flexible as possible. We were hoping to simply [...]
Last week I posted Our Travel Wishlist. After posting, a friend asked me: What about all the great stuff in New Zealand? Why isn’t any of that on your list? New Zealand sees 2.5 million [...]
Our most recent flight had us routed from our home in Christchurch through Auckland and into Brisbane. Normally we’d pick the most direct flight given the option however our Auckland [...]