Te Puke Travel Blogs

I'm usually way more anal about packing than I was this week.  I'd been giving it some thought but the only sort of preparation I've done has been to ensure some of the clothes I need have dried properly in this horrid weather.    Fancy being struck by a weather bomb over the weekend…

So there it was, all trained up, all kitted up, and now all revved up!  The only problem is that I have to go home and tie up the lose ends before I can head away with a clear head.On the 18th Feb we had to strip down our rooms, dump our two huge kit-bags at reception, return room keys, attend…

My Mother's mother was the only one of the two Nanas I knew in my life.  They tell me I was out and about when my Father's mother was still alive but I don't remember her at all as the only thing I was into at that age was cramming stuff into my mouth and dribbling.So, my Maternal Grandmother …

Here we are in, Te Puke, the Kiwifruit capital of the World!!  So they say here!! :) Yeah so, lots of excitement in store for us here . . . well, not exactly!! Funny thing is that every time we told folks that we were heading here, everyone asked "What's in Te Puke?", as to say, "Why? There's…

I moved to Te Puke in January 2005 when I had a major life shake-up; new job (but with the same employer), new town, new house, new desire to be free of women - well, for a while anyway!Now it's 2009 and I'm preparing to move again.  I've done great things with my house whilst I was here so i …

After an amazing year working & meeting new friends in New Zealand, it was time to start travelling this amazing country. The plan was to start in the South Island, head North & to make my way back home to the UK through Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, South Korea, China & unplanned Taiwan.