Whitianga Travel Blogs

I turned my ticket into the bus driver. He said, "I hald ento thaze while you're en the bus, mate. When you git off fer lodging, I'll give et beck, bet don't you lose et, or I won't let you en me bus again, right?"Our bus driver's name was Bells. He stood about 6'4 (188 cm), with some girth around …

Whitianga is a popular resort for backpackers and tourist because of it’s proximity to Mercury Bay, where you find the famous Hot Water Beach, Cathedral Cove, Hahei Beach, Cooks Beach and Lonely Bay… lovely jubbly!   I woke up with that blooming song ringing in my ears... I got my first …

Beautiful country - I have to come back some day. MORE PHOTOS TO COME

Whitianga (pronounced: Fi-ti-an-ga) is a destination that wasn't on my personal itinerary but this is a place where the Kiwi bus stops so I kinda had to stay there for one night. The trip goes from Auckland to Whitianga with several short stops in between. Our bus driver is called Kane. During the …

Vandaag zijn we uit het regenachtige Auckland vertrokken om het plaatsje Whitianga (spreek je uit als Fitianga) te bereiken. Voordat we bij ons hostel waren, hebben we nog een wandeling gedaan naar Cathedral Cove. Wat is de natuur toch mooi. 

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.

On the way to Mercury Bay headed up Mt Eden and got some more views of Auckland from a volcano. Headed further along and went to Catherdral cove for a walk whilst others did some kayaking. Played some frisbie on the beach but it is all a bit nippy in New Zealand during spring. I have seen so m…

One month in New Zealand - two weeks on each island. Fantastic nature!!! Kayaking, paragliding, bungy jumping, Christmas... and much, much more. This is absolutely one of the most beautiful places I've ever been! I have to go back.. and back.. and back, and back..

Une journee de route, sous les nuages et un peu de pluie. Nous avons suivi la route cotiere vers Auckland, encore de superbes paysages, tout verts (ca excuse la pluie, c'est si beau). Apres Auckland, nous avons poursuivi vers le sud est, pour nous rendre a la peninsule de Coromandel. Une peninsule …

Toured New Zealand and helped Joe with his thesis project for 18 days.

i'm sure that i'll get around to a real post at some point, but in the meantime... this song always seems to make me sad, although its just beautiful. Martin Sexton, Black Sheep Sittin' in this lonely town wonderin when things are gonna change Dreamin' my life away and it seems them dre…

a map and some photos of my slightly unplanned trip around the world. The map outlines the general route I took, not counting the backtracking and double visits. Currently I am scanning some photos of this trip, but be patient, there are a lot of them! Argentina - Chile - Easter Island - French Polynesia - New Zealand - Australia - Bali - Hong Kong - Macau - Singapore

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.

NZ

We saw some of the best coastline in NZ around this part of the Coromandel. We were looking forward to getting to Hot Water Beach, about 1/2 hours drive away, to built a sand pool of naturally heated water.  We hired a spade and went down to the shoreline and Jeremy dug furiously a rathe…