Greymouth Travel Blogs

and surely it was...and raining. But the hostel was absolutely awesome. The owner was so personable and funny. He had backpacked for about 10 years before starting up his own. There's nothing much to do in Greymouth but staying in was not a problem. No bunkbeds!!! and only 3 people to a room. And …

Arthur's pass was truly amazing. We drove through beautiful scenery, snowy mountains either side of us and a windy road ahead. We parked up at the visitor centre and had a walk up to a roaring waterfall with crystal clear water. It was very cold though so we layered up with gloves, hats and scarv…

Just posting some random photographs from previous travels

Not really only Greymouth, more so the trip from Hanmer Spings to Franz Josef Glacier. Driving across the South Island was great, it was so beautiful. Rivers cutting through the landscape like snakes, old gold mining sites covered in spiders webs, lots of lakes, bridges and the perfect weather…

Shantytown is a replica of 1880s town. It was opened as a tourist attraction in 1971, and the area was the site of a real gold rush from around the 1860s. The town is made up of around 30 historic buildings some of which were constructed in the early 70s and a few that have…

Auf der Fahrt nach Gretmouth hatte ich ziemlich viel Gegenwind. Zum Glueck habe ich nach etwa 10km vier andere Fahrradfahrer getroffen und so sind wir die naechsten 30km zusammengefahren. Dadurch konnte ich praktisch immer im Windschatten fahren, was meine Kraefte etwas gespart hat. Nach etwa 50 km…

a map and some photos of my slightly unplanned trip around the world. The map outlines the general route I took, not counting the backtracking and double visits. Currently I am scanning some photos of this trip, but be patient, there are a lot of them! Argentina - Chile - Easter Island - French Polynesia - New Zealand - Australia - Bali - Hong Kong - Macau - Singapore

We spent a night in Fox Glacier and did a walk out to the terminal face.  It was one large piece of ice.  You could see it melting and could also tell by the river gushing from it.  I decided to taste it just to see if I noticed any difference.  Tasted like normal to me.  I…

One of my best trips ever, where I met a lot of fun people and made lots of good friends!! And no, not all Germans are anxious to put their towels on the sunbeds first thing in the morning! More Text will follow.... I am not a big writer.....

3Countries, 3Tattoos, 2an a half months, Mental.

First time to Abel Tasman - blown away!

Arrived in Greymouth in the evening. The next day we had a lzy morning before driving up to Punakaiki (pancake rocks) and also a seal colony. Pretty drive but a long way. Pancake rocks was rock formations thatw ere supposed to look like, Yes you've guessed it, pancakes. Pretty good to see. When we …

RV, 5000 kilometer, 2 weeks, what a heck of a way to go.

greymouth... the capital of the south island west coast where all the bus companies stop and many other passing by travellers spend a night surely must be hell of a town with a spectacular backpacker nightlife? HELL NO this town is dead everyone is doing a one nighter here... for a reaso…

Planned on walking most of the track and getting a water taxi back. Didn't quite work out that way...