Ten nights, nine days in Fiji. I booked it as a holiday from travelling, time to recharge my batteries, not have to think and just chill. Whilst booking I was aware that it’d be towards the tail end of the rainy season in Fiji and was hoping for the best with the weather. However I left a sunny New Zealand to go to a rainy Fiji. When I arrived I was greeted by a great rush of humidity and quite a rainstorm. I spent my first night in a hotel/hostel close to the airport. It was just a stop before going to a resort the next day. I was pretty tired and I was sweating whilst sitting around doing nothing when outside of the sanctuary of an air conditioned room. Read the rest of this entry »
I had less than two weeks to get myself back up to Auckland on the north island of New Zealand in time for my flight to Fiji. This trip started with two days travelling from Dunedin to Christchurch. On the first day we made our way up the coast stopping at a few nice spots including the picturesque Moeraki Boulders before heading inland for a lunch stop and then onto our night stop at the base of Mt Cook. After the previous night in Dunedin and limited sleep I was feeling rather rough that day and spent most of my time with my eyes shut in the bus, but not actually managing to sleep. Add into the fact that it was scorching hot outside meant the hangover took a while longer to clear than normal. As we made our way towards Mt Cook the weather changed to really overcast and wet. Slightly annoying as the area would have made for some great pictures, but really I wasn’t so bothered and used it as an opportunity to get an early night and some much needed eye shutter. Read the rest of this entry »
So the past week I’ve made it just about as far as you can make it before hitting Antarctica, at least whilst your in Oceania anyhow. This meant visiting the party hotspot of Queenstown, the stunning scenery in Milford Sounds and the Catlin Shoreline, the remote Stewart Island and the town of Dunedin. Read the rest of this entry »
So my trip across New Zealand has continued onto the South Island for the past week. An 8am Ferry from Wellington to Picton on the south island meant a rather uncomfortable 5.30am wake up call. That said it was nowhere near as bad as it was for some of the others. A bit of a night out had gone on the previous evening and whilst I headed back around 11pm, others stayed out for much longer! So much that when they racked up at the ferry terminal they’d had about an hours sleep and were now very much tired and still very drunk! As we had to get there so early to check in breakfast was forsaken and I ended up grabbing a McDonalds for breakfast instead. I’m not much of a fan of them, but it was required really! Read the rest of this entry »
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