Black Water Rafting vs White Water Rafting. Battle of the rafts, the big showdown, the main event ... so erm what are they exactly? Whitewater River Rafting you've probably heard of, but Black Water Rafting? What is the craic with this alternative scary sounding beast you ask? Black water rafting is White water rafting at [...]
This weeks photo comes from New Zealands south island. It was taken at Lake Rotoiti which is located between Nelson and Westport. Our Kiwi Experience bus didnt stay long at the lake, but just long enough to take some very atmospheric and eerie photos of the mist covered lake and surrounding area. It could easily [...]
The Tongariro Crossing is probably one of the hardest hikes I've ever completed, but to be able to walk one of the 'sets; of my favourite books/movies made it all totally worth while. Call me sad, but I'm a big Lord of the Rings fan. I've read the books, watched the films and occasionally dress as [...]
The Kiwi Experience is an awesome hop on, hop off backpacker bus which transports travellers far and wide across beautiful New Zealand. In 2007 i spent a month in NZ, using the bus to move through both the countries north and south island. It has a reputation of being a bit of a party bus, and to an extent that [...]
The Kiwi Experience is an awesome hop on, hop off backpacker bus which transports travellers far and wide across beautiful New Zealand. In 2007 i spent a month in NZ, using the bus to move through both the countries north and south island. It has a reputation of being a bit of a party bus, and to [...]
NZ part 2, live and uninterrupted (baring some kind of power cut) ? We left Wellintgon after a couple of chill days and boarded the Ferry to the south island. Our first night on the south island was spent in Nelson which was pretty nice. Other than nearly getting run over on several [...]
Ki Ora, from New Zealand. Despite your obvious thoughts that i'm reffering to the immense cartoned fruit flavour drink from back in the day (5 Alive and Umbungo also worth a mention), Ki Ora actually means something along the lines of hello and good health in Maori ... hello. So, I'm now in NZ. Wellington [...]
