Westport Bound Once we had finished our stay in Karamea (see the previous blog) there was no other choice but to back-track the way we’d come. Westport was going to be our home for the next 3 nights as we had time to fill in before our house sitting assignment started in Barrytown, further down […]
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 […]
E-Bikes Cause We’re Not as Young and Fit as We Used To Be Prior to E-Bikes, we’ve loved cycling some of the many trails we have on offer in the lovely Aotearoa. Before we left the motherland for our 2 years of overseas travel, we cycled some of these trails, including the Hauraki, Otago Rail […]
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 […]
Getting to Udaipur We travelled from Jodhpur to Udaipur via bus. As you can see on the map below, it would have taken us 4h 26m by car, but we were in for an 8-hour bus trip. Our tour guide had a very warped sense of humour. He’d been telling us for days that we […]
With our house/pet sitting assignment in North Auckland complete, it was time to start heading south. It seems a little backward as most of the travelling population wants to head north for the winter. After a trial run to ‘Find Our Feet’ (click on the link to view our blog and video), this trip wasn’t […]