A day trip through a volcanic landscape in Tongariro National Park. The volcano is still regularly active. A one-hour bus ride to the parking lot where the hike starts. It's quite a long hike, 20 km, with an elevation gain of 1200 meters.
Back from the mountain! On New Year's Day, I'm off to the campsite in New Plymouth to pitch my tent. And I have to make sure my gear is dry; almost everything is wet, except what I'm wearing. Click for a fun time-lapse of the...
By van from the eco-hostel to the North Egmont Visitor Centre. That's where the 25km Pouakai Circuit on Mount Taranaki begins. It's a two- to three-day hike, and I'm planning to do it in three. It's 7.5km to the Holly…
Hamilton is known for its beautiful gardens: Classic Car Museum, Grease Lightning! Last-minute shopping for a hut-to-hut hike over the Taranaki Mountains in two days. Bought a gas burner with a cookware set, and purification tablets (the huts are basic, only using rainwater, no drinking water). It won't be so…
I looked around and bought a new phone; my old one was dying every few minutes, and it's pretty hard backpacking without it! (booking buses/huts/hostels, maps, checking in, etc.)
We took the InterCity (a kind of Flixbus) from Auckland to Tauranga, staying in a hostel. Christmas Day! We visited the town, and then went to Maunganui mountain and beach with another girl, made friends! Meanwhile, we booked the next buses, and also two cabins at...
Skydived with Cailene near Auckland. We took a bus from the city to the airstrip. A quick photo of the pale noses, then some instruction, getting dressed, and off to the plane! The plane was in, 13,000 feet up, which took about fifteen minutes. I was…
Photos were taken, but they're still underwater; they'll come later. It was a big river; the biggest waterfall was 7 meters high! And at a smaller waterfall after that, the boat capsized, and then… Here's the story! Update –…
Hells Gate Mud Bath, the mud bubbles because it's boiling! A lake with a pH of 2! Waiotapu Thermal Wonderland
Orakei Lorako geothermal park Tongariro waterfall Te Papa museum
