We’d heard the terms ‘Freedom Camping’ and ‘Self-Contained’ thrown around in articles we’d read before arriving in New Zealand, but didn’t have much of an idea as to what it really meant. When we decided to purchase a campervan…
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AUSTRALASIA Lifestyle New Zealand Travel Advice Van Life
How Much To Budget For New Zealand? || Breakdown of what I spent in 9.5 weeks on the North and South Islands
As you might have already seen, I’ve written a full breakdown of what I spent on each of the Islands in New Zealand: North Island Travel Budget South Island Travel Budget I thought it might also be useful to…
AUSTRALASIA Lifestyle New Zealand Travel Advice Van Life
New Zealand SOUTH ISLAND Travel Budget || Breakdown of what I spent in 4.5 weeks
After five weeks exploring New Zealand’s North Island, it was time for us to head South! I continued to make a note of everything I spent money on, so I could see just how much our travels through New…
AUSTRALASIA Lifestyle New Zealand North Island Travel Advice Van Life
New Zealand NORTH ISLAND Travel Budget || Breakdown of what I spent in 5 weeks
We spent five weeks (34 days) exploring New Zealand’s North Island and documented everything I spent along the way! After landing in Auckland, we bought a campervan and travelled up to Cape Reinga, back down and around to Hamilton and the…
AUSTRALASIA Lifestyle New Zealand Travel Advice
How to get a New Zealand IRD Number and Bank Account || Easy Step By Step Guide!
If you are planning to head to New Zealand with a working holiday visa, there are a few things you’ll need to sort out that will make your life much easier! One of those is an IRD number, which is…
AUSTRALASIA New Zealand Travel Advice
20 Things I’ve Learnt About New Zealand in the Last Two Months!
It’s been a whole two months since we landed in New Zealand, although it definitely doesn’t feel like it. We’ve spent the majority of that time travelling throughout the North and South Islands in our trusty campervan, Cecil. I’ve learnt a…
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Train from Shenzhen to Hong Kong || How to Cross the Futian Border, How Long it Took Us & How Much It Cost
A couple of days before we were due to cross the border into Hong Kong, we decided to have a quick look online to see exactly where we had to go/ what we had to do. It took a…
ASIA China Notes From The Road Yangshuo
One Day Trip to Yangshuo || Moon Hill & the Liu San Jie Impression Light Show
To get to Yangshuo from Zhangjiajie, we first had to get an overnight train to Luizhou. We arrived at 5:15am but the lovely train warden thought we needed half an hour to prepare, so woke everyone up at 4:45!! We…
ASIA China Notes From The Road Wulingyuan Zhangjiajie
Wulingyuan & Zhangjiajie National Forest Park || Exploring the Avatar Mountains!
After a pretty uneventful few days in Guiyang, it was time to head to our next stop on our six week adventure through China! Our train was scheduled to arrive in Zhangjiajie around 4.30am, but luckily there was a delay…
ASIA China Guiyang Notes From The Road
Guiyang || A Disgusting Hostel & Naughty Monkeys in Qianling Park!
DAY ONE It was another long journey to reach Guiyang from Dali – we took an overnight train to Kunming first, which arrived at 5.45am. We left again at 8am, arriving in Guiyang at 5pm, ready to sleep. Unfortunately,…