5 Things I Hate About New Zealand Here’s a controversial topic, writing about the negative sides of travel. Everyone always writes and gushes about destinations but I find the frustrations more interesting. All you hear about are the top 10 places for this or the best avocado latte you HAVE to get at this trendy […]
One of the best ways to see New Zealand is via campervan. It’s really impossible to take in all the sights and see the beautiful countryside by only visiting a few cities. So if we were going to do New Zealand, it had to be in a camper. Working and freelancing while traveling already presents […]
9 Extremely Useful Items for a Campervan Trip in New Zealand If you’re planning a trip around New Zealand in a campervan, here’s a list of essential items you might not have thought to pack. We spent about a month between the North Island and South Island and picked up a few things along the […]
Location: Stratford Public Library, Stratford, New Zealand Wifi Connection: Not too bad actually, the libraries in New Zealand have been wifi havens Battery Level: 100% Project: Weekly email update Weather: 22° C Noise Level: Library low Odors: Books Workspace: Library table takeover […]
New Zealand was an amazing place to practice astrophotography, shooting the stars. There are many great places with amazing views of the night’s sky. The arguably best place for viewing and capturing the night sky is Lake Tekapo. The lake is part of the Aoraki Mackenzie Dark Sky Reserve which limits the light pollution and makes […]
New Zealand has a lot of road signs and rightly so. Not street or navigation signs, for NZ needs none of those. The country is very easy to navigate as there aren’t many roads between places and few major highways. Instead, New Zealand has wonderful, winding and meandering, single-lane roads that connect each town. The […]
An unexpected surprise in Coromandel After taking a wrong turn trying to get to the other side of the Coromandel Peninsula, we ended up on a gravel road through some low mountains. I was a bit worried that our camper van wouldn’t be able to make it. I was still getting comfortable with Frank, (we […]