Location: Dublin, Ireland Hostel: Apache Hostel To do: Tour of Kilmainham Gaol, Guinness Storehouse, Trinity College Library We got to Dublin very late on Wednesday night and it was all about getting to the hostel and going to sleep, since I’d booked a very early tour of Kilmainham Gaol the next morning. Our hostel was not…
The first European trip of this year was to Ireland. My bank account was still slowly recovering from my trip to New Zealand but I don’t seem to be able to stop travelling now that I’ve started. This trip was a little bit different than the previous ones. Firstly, I didn’t go on my own,…
I could sit here for hours and talk about New Zealand. I could try to put into words and write a million blog posts about it but there’s nothing, absolutely nothing that I will ever be able to do to explain how I felt when I was there. It’s been almost a year since I’ve…
Location: Christchurch (with Mount Cook stop) Hostel: YHA Rollerston House To do: Botanic Gardens Like every other trip, we always wish we had more time. Even if it was just one more day. One more hour. Christchurch was my last stop before flying back to the UK and it still hurts a little bit when I think about…
Location: Queenstown Hostel: Sir Cedrics Tahuna Pod Hostel To do: LOTR locations, Ben Lomond Track Where to begin….. I was very very apprehensive about Queenstown just because I’m not a massive fan of very touristic places ad lets face it…Queenstown is one of THE PLACES to go in New Zealand. Everyone talks about it since it’ the adventure…
Location: Te Anau and Milford Sound Hostel: Te Anau LakeFront Backpackers To do: Milford Sound tour I travelled to Te Anau on the 1st January, so I was a bit ‘tired’… or in other words, I was slightly hangover and appreciated the 4hours coach journey to sleep it off. Te Anau is one of the starting points for…
Location: Dunedin (for NYE) Hostel: On Top Backpackers To do: Otago Peninsula Wildlife Tour Although I planned my trip loads of months in advance I still didn’t manage to find a place to stay in Queenstown or Wanaka for NYE so I decided to cross the country and go to Dunedin instead. I mean…I could have payed…
Location: Wanaka Hostel: Base, Wanaka To do: Rob Roy Glacier Hike; and yes…check ‘That Wanaka tree’ When I first started planning my trip to New Zealand I completely disregarded the fact that Christmas and New Years are really busy wherever you go. This means I left it for too late to book my hostels for New Years eve…
Location: Fox Glacier [Greymouth stop] Hostel: Ivory Towers Backpacker Lodge To do: Skydive with Skydive Fox (http://skydivefox.co.nz/) My stay at Fox Glacier was short but amazing! My 3 days kayakying at Abel Tasman were the best thing I did in New Zealand but my Skydive was definitely the second best thing I did. The area is absolutely…
Location: Nelson and Abel Tasman Hostel: Almond House Backpackers / Onetahuti camp (Abel Tasman) / Torrent Bay (Abel Tasman) / Aurora Backpackers To do: Abel Tasman National Kayak tour (it’s the highlight of my entire trip. The best thing I did while in NZ and trust me… I did a lot) There’s not enough words to describe…
Location: Picton and Blenheim Hostel: Sequoia Lodge Backpackers, Picton To do: Marlborough Wine Tour Getting to Picton from Blenheim is pretty straightforward, you just have to get on a ferry and off you go. Unfortunately for me, my ferry was massively late which means I only got to Picton at around 1am. Fortunately for me… Kiwis are…
Location: Wellington Hostel: YHA Wellington City To do: Lord of the Rings locations tour (if you’re a LOTR fan); Mount Victoria trek, Te Papa museum I absolutely loved Wellington and would happily move there tomorrow. It still feels like a good sized city but without the ‘business vibe’ that I felt whilst in Auckland (which I didn’t particularly…
