Posts Tagged ‘ New Zealand ’

In last 3 years I been on and off New Zealand for may be 10 times. I always have great time there, but one thing really annoys every time I am coming to airport to catch my out bound flight. For all international departures you need to pay departure tax (currently it is 25$NZ). It...
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NZI Rugby Sevens is an annual international sevens tournament held in Wellington in February. But it is not just rugby and the Wellington NZI Rugby Sevens is like no other weekend. All city looks like big party and every year it becomes bigger and bigger. So even if you are not into rugby, but...
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Not far from Lake Marian track there is another short walk to Key Summit Track, which leads to very nice peak with 360 degree view. View from Key Summit The best time to walk there in my opinion is in afternoon as at that time sun very nice lightens Southern Alps.  View Larger Map So if you are...
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This week I read news about most dangerous animal in New Zealand at the moment – dolphin Moko, who became too intimidate with people in Girsborne. It made me start thinking what was most dangerous creature I met during time I lived in New Zealand. I love New Zealand it’s safe nature – no poison...
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Probably the nature is main thing attracts people to New Zealand. Though a lot of tourists come to New Zealand only for couple weeks and it is far from enough to hike (or tramp) longer treks like Milford track which takes about 4 days to complete. But time shortage should not stop you to...
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You probably already bought all travel guides you need if you going to Australia, New Zealand or other pacific Islands. But what if you need to buy additional guides during your trip? For some reasons most books in Australia or New Zealand are twice expensive then in US. For example Lonely Planet Australia (2009)...
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If  you are planning go to New Zealand you probably will rent camper van or car to travel around this amazing country. Of course you know they drive on left side of road. It could feel a little bit weird if you are from “right side” country, but you shouldn’t worry too much about...
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Was no any announcement about that. I didn’t read and didn’t hear about it although follow travel news regularly and I had noticed it only after I bought next my ticket. I did everything automatically and after pressed button to process with payment I saw something different on the screen. POLi. What is that?...
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Most people are considering New Zealand as safe destination and I agree with them. Never had problems walking in the cities at late night. It is more dangerous to drive during dark time because of cattle. There are 40 millions sheep in New Zealand, so no surprise that some of cattle you can meet...
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After living over a year in Auckland(New Zealand) I decided it is time to visit South Island. This means I need to go by ferry from island to another. I was living here for so long and didn’t realize that there are two companies which could take you across Cook Strait. I thought...
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