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Hamilton Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton
Sadly it was time to leave Paihia and head on down to the glamorous town of Hamilton. Hamilton is apparently the largest inland city in New Zealand. As I encountered all of about 12 people there, I dread to think what the smaller towns are ...
Catching up with Mark
Saturday started wet again as we made our way over to Hamilton. Mark (who was one of Alex's clients when we worked in Bermuda) and his wife Jenny had moved there a couple of years ago from the UK and had invited us over for a bbq and a proper ...
EEEEEZY!!!
... ! The heater in our campervan is being put to good use! Goodbye lovely tans :-( Friday was pretty much spent travelling down to Hamilton where we spent a night. We didn't really do much here although we did visit the Hamilton Gardens as it was free and ...
Biggest inland city or so Mark tells me
... from work, Katie, for coffee and a catch up. She left the UK in December to train to be an airline pilot in New Zealand. Theresa is looking forward to the day she hears Katie's voice from the cockpit as she flies off on holiday. After ...
The best of the rest
... Edinburgh of the South - Dunedin is the Gaelic name for Edinburgh), and has rare yellow-eyed p-p-p-penguins, Royal Albatrosses and New Zealand's only castle. I didn't manage to get to the penguins, but I got to the others. The castle, Larnach ...
Eager Beaver!!
Ok so I know that I'm being a TOTAL eager beaver, but this is our first time out in the big beautiful world (other than KiwiLand and Oz of course) so I'm a taaaaaaaad bit excited :). We bought our tickets last week so OFFICIALLY the journey has ...
NZ is so odd
... Thai chef in for the night and the food was stunning, and the wine was ok as well. Saturday, made our way down through Auckland to Hamilton, we are parked in a camp site in the city (20 min walk to the centre). We did the walk to the city and found an ...
Cool Luggage and Bridal Veils
My last weekend in New Zealand and I thought I'd explore some more of the area around Auckland. First stop was Waiheke Island, about a 40 minute ferry ride from Auckland's downtown. I met my friend Lara (a coworker from the Asian Games in Doha) and we ...
Our first night away - Hamilton
... itself on the 2hr drive to Hamilton when Melinda found the driver and passenger "seat heating" buttons. We saw the sights of Hamilton CBD a few times because we couldn't find the dang motel but eventually checked in around 7pm. The rain didn't ...
Janine and Jase's Wedding
An amazing wedding. I was honoured to be part of the wedding party. Here are some ...
Leaving Auckland
... else is around, but it'll be good to get out of the city for a little while. I think I'm going to stay in Tauranga for a few days and then head back to Auckland to catch a Kiwi Experience tour of New Zealand before settling somewhere and finding a ...
Hamilton Academical....
While I was in Raglan, I bought a ticket for the 'Super 14' rugby match between the Chiefs and Brumbies in Hamilton on Saturday night. I intended to just chill in Raglan for most of the day before driving the one hour across to Hamilton but as I woke up ...
Zwischenwelten.
... of "yes, having a cell phone myself does not make me like them any more". ~~~~ In other news, I'm learning some new words/terminology: Scoddy: (my favourite) means gross or nasty or any variation of that term "God, that bathroom ...
Day 29 San Francisco / NZ
Heading home this evening and Robin goes to Houston just before us. Had a last day slap up breakfast and a little place up the road. It was the best breakfast so far. Beautiful homemade breads, croissants and preserves. I has a delicious tomato and crab ...
Creepilly Sleepy Hamilton
... I have come to the right place. Raglan was all booked up, so I left my lil party of friendly Germans at a Pac N Save in Hamilton, NZ's 4th largest city, and walked over the Eagle's Nest,one of the few backpackers in town, and by far the WEIRDEST one ...
FINALLY
I've got Leila's camera and a few random photographs to clean out of it. What better place to unload them than ...
In and around Hamilton
... the road and meant we could stay warm and dry in the car a bit longer (did I mention the car had heated seats?). Back to Hamilton for lunch and this time the rain did give up. There was a great kids park by Lake Rotoroa. The boys had a great time ...
backdrafts and sand tracks
Last night, after a day at the beach and dinner and presents for Leila's birthday, we went out to a couple of the local pubs, drank flaming drinks, walked along the river, had races down the banisters, and hopped the fence into the gardens. We left our ...
Student of Life
... moment to give myself a break from the sensory overload. It's amazing how much your brain devours and processes when everything is new and unfamiliar. Another wonder is that I get to be anonymous. I get to have moments that are totally and completely ...
Are Mushrooms Really that Dangerous?
... ! The lake itself is actually the crater of an ancient eruption roughly 20km by 20km in size, making it New Zealands largest lake. Today we are in Hamilton visiting with Anna and Eric and their daugher Zoe. We are going to an ALL BLACKS rugby game ...
NZ dictionary
... the NZ word game, heres a cracker from yesterday. Igs. No? It's what birds lay. Hilin also recommended a pub in Hamilton called "The Dick". Apparently not a gay bar, think ships, boats etc. Will update this again soon, but all depends ...
Home from Home / An Update from Hamilton
... ) back to Whangamata and then down to Hamilton. With a view to going to the rugby on Saturday night (Waikato v Wellington, Air New Zealand Cup Final). And had more-or-less had my fill of travelling and playing the backpacker and all that. And Friday ...
Day of catch up!
I arrived in Wellingotn to find that there isn't much to do there and so decided to go to the cinama that evening to see Memoirs of a Geisha with a girl I met in my room. It was good but a bit drawn out I thought. The next day I stayed in the hostel ...
From Forests to Motels
Another early start for another long day of driving. This time we had to leave Northland (as the northern most part of New Zealand is originally named) drive South, through Auckland again and then down to Hamilton. And our first challenge, rising in the ...
Our last road trip
... and buy a lottery ticket hoping to get some extra cash. Who knows? We dedicate our lunch time to Hamilton. This is the fourth largest city in New Zealand with 200,000 inhabitants. It has a growing and diverse economy. The only geographical appeal would be ...
We don't take kindly to your type around here
Yes this place, in short got pizza hut and went out Irish style meaning first a visit to the offie. The night ended up the following morning. Glynn got threatened in the jacks for looking at some locals, ha ha ha. That was about it ...