Palmerston North Travel Blogs

The top 10 travel commandments No matter what your plans, abide by these travel commandments for a better travel experience. 1. Less is more Whether you're roughing it or on a five-star splurge, smart travellers know that light luggage means an easier trip. If you're rushing to meet a flig…

The Sakura Festival is held in Palmerston North every September.   Palmerston North, a city of about 77,000 people has 4 universities and 11 research institutions.  This has meant that Palmerston North has the highest number of PhD's per person of any city in New Zealand.   …

Michael, (michael_turner_shire) had a birthday on Aug 17th and I looked at his profile photo and thought, I could give him a gift by changing his shot. I downloaded the shot and did a little lighting and color changes and I hope he is happy with the outcome.  Happy Birthday!!   If this…

Memorable times in Palmerston North too!  Who would have thought that we'd be spending the night at a Hobbit's house!!??  Well, Steve, isn't actually a hobbit, per se, but he did play the role in the infamous Lord of the Rings film trilogy. I'm not, actually, a big fan of these movies,…

The kids have saved lots of money and are excited and raring to go.... as soon as we have seen Jason play soccer (or do we have to call it football now?) If you want to message us (assuming we get on the net while we are there) please email to R6me@hotmail.com Catch you soon :-)

Only really a stopover, to break the trip to Wellington down a bit. I stayed at the Pepper Tree Hostel (YHA) in Palmerston North. All the singles had gone, so I had a nice double to myself ($52 a night, with $20 key deposit).  Had a few beers at the Celtic Inn, in town - nice pub.

my round the world trip...

So I have officially arrived in NZ after a miserable 30 hours of travel which consisted of an airport evacuation in Aukland, dragging my suitcases around the the city of Wellington to find the train station and too many forms of transportation. So now that all that is behind me I have found myself …

Arrival in New Zealand... nice to hear the security chap say 'welcome home' in Auckland.   I wanted to tell the world - I've been around the world - but that took too much energy... still I have aye - been right around the world this trip... :-) At some point we'll need to sort the photo…

Nachdem wir gestern eigentlich im Dunkeln am Lake Taupo vorbeigefahren sind, wollten wir uns heute den See wenigstens bei Morgengrauen ansehen, also sind wir in der Früh ein paar Kilometer zurück Richtung Norden gefahren. Unser heutiges Ziel war der Tongariro National Park - wir haben beschlossen…