Situated on New Zealand’s South Island, Queenstown is well-known for being the ‘adventure capital of the world’. With so many opportunities to take part in throwing yourself off something high in one way or another, it’s definitely an adventure-seeker’s…
Auckland was my first stop in New Zealand and also the one where I enjoyed the most vegan food! Covering a huuuge area, you can find over 100 places serving vegan and vegetarian food options. I did my best on my tight…
Christchurch has over twenty veggie friendly cafes and restaurants but only one with a 100% vegan menu. Based in St Albans, a fifteen minute walk outside of the city centre, The Origin promotes itself as somewhere people can come to relax…
Although we had already celebrated my birthday in Wellington at The Botanist, my actual birthday fell whilst we were in Marlborough. This area is well-known for being New Zealand’s largest wine region, thanks to having the highest number of sunny days…
As part of our travels through the North Island, we spent just under a week in Wellington, which gave us plenty of time to check out a few of the capital’s vegan options. For the first few days, we were…
Fairly new to Wellington’s small but growing collection of vegan and vegetarian eateries, The Botanist can be found south of the city centre in the seaside suburb of Lyall Bay. I decided to spend my birthday in Wellington as part of…
DAY ONE: Dodgy buses, dodgier hotel rooms and EPIC noodles! We allowed ourselves a lazy start to the day after being woken up at midnight and again at 5am by noisy roommates. When we finally dragged ourselves out of…
DAY ONE: Dodgy taxi drivers and veggie ‘ribs’ We arrived into Chengdu (from Xi’an) at midday and decided to take a taxi to our hostel. We knew that the taxi should be around 15RMB and got into the taxi…
I’d read about the vegetarian lunch ceremony at the Aidao Monastery before arriving into Chengdu and was keen to check it out. It wasn’t something I’d usually do, and I’m usually not so great with throwing myself into situations…
When planning my three week trip to Mongolia, I was faced with a mixture of excitement and apprehension. For a very long time I have wanted to explore this country’s expansive wilderness and immerse myself in the countryside’s Nomadic culture.…