Hamilton Travel Blogs - Page 2

I started in Auckland, drove to Rotorua, Napier, Wanganui, and back to Auckland. It was a quick overview of the North Island of New Zealand.

(Originally published at http://www.troysgonewalkabout.com) After a little while walking through the different themes of the Hamilton Gardens there was no time left to do anything except hit the motorway and drop the now filthy hire car off at Auckland Airport. I was feeling sad my time in New Zea…

Today was a long and very eventful one... Whitey and i started by getting up and 8:30am, and then getting picked up by the hire car company who took us to pick up our Nissan Corolla, automatic hire car. It os quite a big car but nice to drive and im used to automatics now after my experience in Me…

Twas a time well before I was a traveller. A time long ago in a far off land called New Zealand. Hamilton to be precise. It was in this little city that I become a one night fashion celebrity with my two comrades dave & chris. I thought my profile photo said it all - but so many people have since worried that I am a weirdo because of those crazy pants...

Spent a night in Hamilton and managed to catch up with a friend I met on Camp America, Steph. Was great to see her, just a shame I don't have longer. That was about it in Hamilton, the next day we headed off for Waitomo caves.

Spent Xmas at Isabel's family's place in Hamilton. We celebrated on December 24th - Danish style. The next day we went to the hot water beach in Coromandel.

my round the world trip...

Left Taupo on a glorious sunny morning to head to Cambridge (stayed here, about 20km south of Hamilton).  Stopped at Tokoroa to buy a thermos (my coffee fixes were getting expensive!) and to see the "Pine Man of Tokoroa" with his enormous chainsaw - a tribute to the pine loggers in this area.&…