Hamilton, New Zealand Travel Blogs

Two to die for China milk scandal
Jan 23, 2009 (1 photos)

Well, it was bound to happen. I even predicted it. Find some people responsible for the milk scandal, of milk powder tainted with a chemical used to make plastic (which also makes the milk worth more), take them to court and find them guilty. And then ...

Things not to put in milk
Sep 29, 2008 (1 photos)

... other products? I don't think so. The reason it is added to milk products in China - and it seems, also in New Zealand and other places - is to boost the nitrogen content, giving it the appearance that it contains more protein (and therefore, the ...

When in Hamilton, do as the Hamiltonians do
Dec 20, 2005 (21 photos)

... night, we just rented a bunch of movies, including Once Were Warriors, a movie that will forever change your perception of New Zealand as a squeaky-clean nation where nothing bad ever happens. We also watched two hands, the Aussie equivalent of Snatch, ...

Riding Lumpy
Dec 28, 2003 (4 photos)

... 's place for a barbecue. Ben and his wife Juliette have a prosperous dairy farm in the same rural area around Hamilton. Between Bridget's local relatives, they've got the region's industries covered -- dairy, horses and agriculture. The kids take turns ...

High speed travel.
Sep 25, 2006

Renato knows how to drive. Fast. Over the hills and into the mountains, a loaded jeeplet with four and gear. Nice bouncing over dips in the road, and barely holding upright around curves. I believe the proper word for this is careening.. I only ...

Travelling with the Lions
Jun 11, 2005

... in hot springs last week. We are off to Taupo on monday but for now we will watch the NZ Maoris take on the Lions in Hamilton tonight. It should be a hard match but the Lions pack is huge so I wouldn't think we will be in trouble in the scrum which will ...

Boxing Day
Dec 27, 2003 (6 photos)

... succession of naps on Boxing Day. Pete drives Jules, Emma and me east through 10 kilometres of farm country to Hamilton to buy batteries for various new toys. The place seems a ghost town until we arrive at The Warehouse, the local Kiwi big box -- Ware ...

Hamilton
Jun 25, 2005

... right idiots. People don't seem to be as friendly in the North Island compared with the South Island, (apart from Wellington). Hamilton is the birthplace of Rocky Horror Picture Show creator Richard O'Brien and there is a statue of Riff Raff, erected on ...

Promised Pics Part II
Sep 28, 2008 (35 photos)

Here are some more pics from the North Island trip. Thanks to everyone for the wonderful responses to my last entry, I am still reading the emails and will reply to all of them. :) xox K

Living a Life
Aug 2, 2008

The funniest thing about me these days is how I talk. I've noticed that I have picked up the slang here quite a bit, saying things like "sweet as/nice as/whateveryouwanttoputhere as", I say "aye/eh" all the time (yes, Canadians get stereotyped for it but ...

Long Distance Friendship for Dummies
Sep 25, 2008

... at home to experience them and I'm missing out!! I miss all of you and I want to hear about your stupid coworkers or your new apartment or your sad stuff. I'm greedy and the biggest thing I worried about before I left was missing out on the lives of people ...

Fair City to the Outback
Nov 23, 2007 (14 photos)

... it must be said was very nice...We cleaned ourselves up, Craigo attempted to have a power nap and we headed out for dinner. Hamilton is a fairly large city in comparison to the Raglan towns of the world so it was a good place to party on down (boogie if ...

My 'Friend': Jesus
Jul 8, 2008

... seen seizures. He looked like he was seizing. I was one second away from pulling chairs out of this kid's way and calling 111 (New Zealand's 911) until I looked down at him and saw he was laughing. That's when I had to sit down. "...JESUS." (How ironic, ...

Hamilton
Apr 19, 2006 (5 photos)

... how it would look. The only downside of the trip was the torrential rain during the two and half hour duration, but our trip to New Zealand had encouraged us to buy and watch the movies again. We were both soaking so we dried off in the car and drove ...

Waikato
Jun 11, 2005 (5 photos)

... and at last, a haka. Two of them as it turned out. Its hard to begrudge them the victory dance though. I don't think Hamilton had ever seen anything like the party after the game. Not that it was mental or anything but everyone seemed so happy whether ...

Happy Birthday Ashley!
Jun 23, 2008 (25 photos)

... We went on like that all evening and they seemed to appreciate my twisted sense of humour. It's too bad they don't tip here in New Zealand because I probably would have made a fortune off of them the way they were chumming up to me by the end of the night. ...

Hamilton
May 13, 2004

Ange's old stompin ground

All cats are gray in the dark lol
Jun 6, 2009 (1 photos)

Yes, totally random, I know lol.  I will enlighten you soon.....  :) Only 58 more days to go and thought I'd do another update.  Travel insurance is now booked.  Visa's sorted.  Backpacks bought.  Checked out vaccinations and ...

A Jaunt through the New Zealand Countryside
Nov 27, 2006 (25 photos)

... depths of the earth. Can't wait to tell you all about it. Denise Aaron Says: Howdy from the colorful land of New Zealand. Today was a very long travel day. Instead of taking the direct route back to Hamilton from Rotorua, which is about 2 ...

Pinnacles Trek
Sep 16, 2009

... by her vineyard in martinborough! Headed from the pinnacles down the billy goat track(4hrs). Called mark from thames and headed to hamilton. Mark and his grandpa were vey welcoming and super cool. It was really nice to have electricity and a roof for a ...

Taupo - Hamilton
Mar 15, 2007 (2 photos)

... Did the walk we'd missed at Huka Falls, first time round. Windy, but at least bright again. Then, northwards towards Hamilton. Stopped at the Orako Korakeiri geothermal site, otherwise known as "Hidden Valley". A short ferry across the river/reservoir to ...

A visit to Hans friend and a real NZ family!
Jan 27, 2007 (2 photos)

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Random Acts of Kindness
Aug 28, 2008

... the beer in his and kissed mine, telling me I had made his evening. I wanted to buy him another beer but apparently the Hamilton buses are BYOB and I left mine at home! More proof that the cliche is true and there really is no point in judging a book ...

New Year, New Country
Jan 1, 2006 (4 photos)

... once again. So, it's 2006 and I'm no longer in Australia. Made the leep over to Kiwi Land last night .... rang in the new year on Freedom air somewhere over the ocean (most likely). Haven't really had a chance to check out this little town yet ... ...

Sleep is Overrated!
Aug 25, 2008

... to enjoy it. Until my boss went insane, that is. My other jobs are going well. I got back from my trip to find that the new supervisor at Aratika was already vying for my time - it's nice to know you're wanted. I enjoy the clients at that job and the ...

Oooooh the flowers, the lovely flowers
Jan 3, 2006

Okay ... so I'm writing a quick blurb about going to the Hamilton Gardens .... wonderful! Beautious!! Stupendous!! The gardens are not just gardens, they're super gardens!! the whole area is like a nature walking reserve with lakes and rivers and ducks ...

Hamilton
Sep 20, 2007

Later

The gardens of the world
Jun 26, 2007

... the night there but not much to keep us amused (unless you're into horse racing Joe) so we continued to Hamilton the next day.  There we visited the Hamilton Gardens which were really beautiful.  There is a huge landscape garden section ...

Emotional Conflict
Sep 13, 2008

I woke up this morning and helped save a life. Instead of feeling relieved and happy, I feel helpless, sad and - worst of all...and I am horrified to admit this... - disappointed. I thought I knew what the words 'conflicting emotions' meant but it ...

Highs and lows as we move ever closer to home
Oct 29, 2009 (6 photos)

Today has been a day of both climatic extremes and literal highs and lows. Firstly the climate: I am going to complain to the New Zealand Tourist Board because we have been here for 3 weeks and it hasn't hailed. Not once. We've had everything else, so what ...