Europe | Hungary

★ Week Two & Three Itinerary: Budapest, Hungary London ✈ Budapest Budapest, Hungary | August 7th – 17th. Leaving England we flew to Budapest, Hungary for one main reason: Sziget Music Festival. Arriving on a Sunday we had three days of exploring the city of Budapest before the six day festival started. If you’re notContinue reading “Europe | Hungary”

Europe | England

★ Week One Itinerary: Auckland, New Zealand Auckland ✈ Singapore ✈ London We made it! After… 25 hours flying. 4 hours busing. 11 hours waiting. We finally made it to Portsmouth, UK; the first place on our Europa travel. Portsmouth, England London 🚌 Portsmouth Portsmouth, England | July 27th – August 1st. From Auckland toContinue reading “Europe | England”

Here we come!

It’s almost Europe time. 🙂 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I’m excited. Hang on a second, I should probably preface this. For those of you not aware, in a matter of days myself and N.D will be travelling to Europe for the next four months. Common questions you might be pondering… WHO? Assuming you already know who I amContinue reading “Here we come!”

Be like a pineapple

“One life. No do overs. 365 days in a year. Who knows how many years. Be who you are. Love who you love. Go where you feel most alive”. Anne Sexton To say this month has been a lot is an understatement. There have been accidents near and afar. Remembrances of those I love andContinue reading “Be like a pineapple”

Felines, Friends and Frolicking

“When you’re feelin’ sad and low  We will take you where you gotta go  Smilin’, dancin’, everything is free  All you need is positivity” Spice Girls – Spice Up Your Life Well well well… who’s still reading the blog now. 🙂 Truth be told I didn’t think I had a lot to say now thatContinue reading “Felines, Friends and Frolicking”

Te Ika A Maui

You didn’t think the thru-hike posts were over did you??? 😛 Amongst planning other adventures I have been perusing through all my Te Araroa footage and reminiscing on the trot that was. Then I thought maybe you’d want to too? And by you I mean my mum; thanks mum for all your post comments 😉Continue reading “Te Ika A Maui”

Post Te Araroa

“Happy, free, confused and lonely in the best way” Taylor Swift – 22 And we’re back. 🙂 After trotting to Bluff and completing Te Araroa one might wonder what do you do now? Well I don’t know.  What I do know however is that I have really enjoyed writing this blog, collating my experiences/thoughts/pictures intoContinue reading “Post Te Araroa”

Bluff

“When it feels scary to jump, that’s exactly when you do otherwise you end up staying in the same place your whole life” Abel Morales Day 111 Day 111 – Invercargill to Bluff ; 39 km Total hiked: 3012 km We completed the South Island. 🙂 After leaving Invercargill we trotted in a westerly headwindContinue reading “Bluff”

Southland

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened” Dr Seuss Day 105 to 110 Day 105 – Princhester Road to Aparima Hut ; 22 km Day 106- Aparima Hut to Telford Campsite ; 22 km Day 107 – Telford Campsite to Birchwood Station ; 30 km Day 108 – Birchwood Station to Melville HutContinue reading “Southland”

Greenstone and Mavora Walkway

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” George Bernard Shaw Day 101 to 103 Day 101 – Greenstone Campsite to Greenstone Hut ; 24 km Day 102 – Greenstone Hut to Carey Campsite ; 28 km Day 103 – Carey Campsite to Mavora Lakes Road ; 17 km Total hiked: 2797 kmContinue reading “Greenstone and Mavora Walkway”