New Zealand’s sprawling city of Auckland is often the entry point for people visiting the country. While it is seen by locals as different from the rest of New Zealand — and I would highly advocate a tour around the North Island and South Island to find out why — I spent several months living […]
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Backpacking Wellington: A Week in Wellington, New Zealand
While I was working in New Zealand, my job sent me on an assignment for a week in Wellington. Here is what I discovered about ‘s notoriously windy city. Wellington weather I’d been told so many great things about Wellington before and during my travels – the culture, the art, the nightlife, the people. It […]
Putting Down Roots Somewhere New
Here I am, a month into my stay in New Zealand. Writing this blog post from the garden of our hostel in the balmy 14 degree winter sunshine. Not bad at all. I have been reflecting on how sad I was to leave Asia… In fact, I haven’t at all, because I have been too […]
Welcome to New Zealand
Today I climbed Mount Eden and looked over Auckland, the city where I have been living for the last two weeks. The first time I admired the view from this dormant volcano – the highest natural point in the area – was my first day in New Zealand. I’d had little idea what to expect. This time, I was ready for […]