Raglan Travel Blogs

The interesting and exciting thing about history is that there are countless aspects to look at it. There are heaps of not too important events, quite a lot of very special happenings and a few absolutely unique events. The first group might be interesting as well but you often don't ev…

It was a couple of weeks ago that I lay on Bondi Beach in Sydney. I looked at people surfing and thought how cool it would be surfing on the waves. That same night a saw a compilation of the best surfing actions in Australia, which fired up my desire to surf even more. Unfortunately …

Eindelijk ontsnapt aan de overvolle bus. Het is heel raar gelopen. Ik had een buspas gekocht en zou een bepaalde route afleggen. Op het kantoor van de Kiwi Experience vroeg ik om een reisschema. Zo weet ik waar en wanneer ik ergens ben of moet opstappen. In dat schema stond het plaatsje Raglan. Het…

Me and my friend studied one semester in Auckland,NZ. Although we were really busy with uni and it rained a lot we love NZ ! NZ rocks but Auckland sucks ;) !

Just posting some random photographs from previous travels

New Zealand is definitely a place to visit - and if you love sheep it's heaven

Last time round we were unable to go to Hot Water Beach because the tides were wrong, but this time round we could catch it as long as we were at the beach for 7.30am so it was an early start! Don't be fooled into thinking that while traveling I get lots of lie-ins, I don't! I get up earlier most d…

Finding Victoria. Many countries across the globe have honoured Her Majesty Queen Victoria and the Commonwealth. On my travels I will keep my eye out for various namesakes.

After some much needed sleep a friend and I decided to go to Raglan. It was rainy and cold out so it was not the Raglan I remembered. The drive is beautiful from Hamilton to Raglan but the winding road is the last thing you want when hungover! I had to ask my friend to stop a few times for "fr…

random pictures? of *mostly* me, beaches, or me at the beach, what else is there to take picture of on summer :)

Woke again to a rainy morning, warm but rainy.  Breakfast was quite a traumatic start to the day.  After packing everything up we were sat in the car enjoying a peaceful breakfast in perfect surroundings.  We sat in the car watching the ducks waddling around the site, including one w…

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.

David and Wendy picked us up at the Novotel and drove us out to Raglan on the west coast of the North Island.  It was a busy day in Raglan, as we found out later there was a reggae concert there that day.  Raglan is sort of a hippie beach community, fairly artsy and lots of fun.  The…

Hostelling began for us in New Zealand with South America next on our agenda. From here we will spend 3 weeks in Jamaica where I hope to get my fill of reggae music and celebrate a birthday. To North America's west coast and using a 30 day Amtrak pass get to the east coast. Europe next and buy a vehicle to travel and sleep in making it back to the UK in time for the summer folk festival season. Our return trip will be via Egypt, UAE, India and Hong Kong.

My trip with Adi and Uols around the world. We booked our flights and left without a plan what to do and where to go. See also: http://www.ballofdirt.com/journeys/11721.html