It was farewell to Murchison (see the previous blog) and we were headed to Westport for a quick one-night stopover, before continuing through to Karamea. Now Murchison to Karamea is completely doable in one day, we’re ‘rushing it slowly’ so wanted to check out the NZMCA Park (#6479) in Westport, and have a look […]
You would be forgiven if you thought that Murchison was just a great place to stopover on your way from point A to B. What else is there to do in Murchison you may well ask? Where is Murchison? Murchison is located in the top half of the South Island in the Tasman Region. It […]
Pakawau – New Territory We were pretty excited to be heading to Pakawau, Farewell Spit, as this was going to be new territory for us. Neither of us had been to this part of NZ before and Pakawau seemed like a great base to explore the area. We set off from Pohara where we’d been […]
Kaiteriteri to Pohara It was time to leave the golden sands of Kaiteriteri (see the previous blog), and carry on with our journey around the top section of the South Island – heading to Pohara. Why We Chose Pohara It wasn’t a long drive from Kaiteriteri to Pohara, only approximately 60km. Between us and them […]
The Golden Sands of Kaiteriteri Kaiteriteri Beach is loved by both NZ’s and foreigners alike. We can understand why it has been ranked as No. 68 on a list of the world’s best 100 beaches by CNN. Kiwis also thought it was worth voting it in the Top 10 ‘most loved beaches’ in an AA […]
Getting to Pushkar It was a 7 hour/300km train trip from Udaipur to a city called Ajmer. This is the closest we could get to Pushkar by train. It was then a 45 minute/30km drive to get to our final destination of Pushkar. Pilgrimage Town Pushkar is a prominent Hindu pilgrimage town. This was evident […]
It was time to leave Jaisalmer for a 6-hour train ride (3rd class, a/c), which took us across the desert towards Jodhpur, known as The Blue City. City Wandering Surprisingly, the train arrived on time, albeit a tad early. As expected it was pretty chaotic on the platform. We jostled our way with packs in […]
We arrived at Jaisalmer Station around 11.30am. It was a gruelling 20+ hour overnight sleeper train journey from Delhi (Survival on an Indian Sleeper Train). We met our convoy of jeeps which took us and our luggage to the base of the large fort walls. The limited vehicular access into the walled fort meant a steep […]
Plenty of Temples and Stupas to Choose From Our housesitting assignment in Kathmandu was for 5 weeks. There was plenty of time to look around this great city. This included some great Temples and Stupas in the city. We were based in the town of Budhanilkantha. There was plenty to see every time we stepped […]
While House/Pet Sitting in Kathmandu, we had the opportunity to get out and about around Kathmandu. Check out our House Sitting in Kathmandu blog. Kathmandu Durbar Square (1) While doing our research of the area, we discovered that there are actually three Durbar Squares in Kathmandu. Durbar Square is the generic name used to describe […]