North Island Travel Blogs

The New Zealander is also known as a "Kiwi" (named after the national bird). Kiwi's have a unique and dynamic culture with influences from it's mostly European, Maori, Asian, and Pacific inhabitants. Kiwi's are known for their friendliness, honesty and openness.

By campervan we explored the south and the north island of New Zealand. The south part was really great. Breathtaking nature and scenery!! What a beautiful country. Rafting in Queenstown, riding a horse at the former set of Lord of the Rings, Being dropped of by helicopter on top of the Frans Joseph Glacier, cruising the Milford Sound, watching the Dusky Dolphins, riding a quad through rough terrain and lots more!!

   A few months back I was in the market for a cheap van. I came across one at a local car fair which was for sale and within my budget. Great! I thought. It was decked out as a camper van, due to it's high  mileage it probably had been around the country quite a few times with qui…

Pictures say more than words, so I'll keep it short. In our 6 month of travelling, for the most part New Zealand,i took tons of pictures.In this blog i picked some of them to show my favourite places of my favourite country ;-)...

I've enjoyed living in several towns around the North Island of New Zealand, or even visiting friends and family around the place.New Zealand foliage is not well known for it's brightly coloured flowers.  In fact it's better known for it's various shades of drab greens, browns, greys...But New…

These photos were taken on the day long train ride from Auckland to Wellington.  We were delayed into Wellington as a result of the hot weather which had caused the train rails to expand.  I also remember children throwing rocks that hit the train windows as we passed through very remote …

The second country of the big trip I was (am at the moment) making with my parents and brother. Unfortunately our summer is their winter..and that became pretty obvious, it was raining a lot and we had to wear our winter clothes, because of the cold.. But we visited several friends and did a lot of sight seeing (the maori's, geyers) did some quad biking and seen a lot of the beautiful nature..

One of the best years of my life; I met so many fantastic people and drove around an amazing country! I can't wait to go back one day.

Downunder by campervan and celebrating my 50-th birthday for the first time in summer! januari/februari 2008