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Raglan Slideshow
Raglan
Travel Blogs from Raglan, New Zealand
Everybody's gone surfing
... coast of NZ and headed West - the surf was calling Ade and he wanted to hit the beach. The place we were heading was called Raglan - home to some V famous surf beaches - which is of course what people of our caliber need. It was a glorious day (I was ...
On Raglan beach, on a summer's day....
... was really quiet but I booked in to one of the more central places for the next couple of nights. A really nice, chilled out hostel. Raglan is only a tiny little place, but is a famous surf town as it reputedly has the best left hand break in the world. ...
Surf City
... was not enough so I extended my stay for 3 nights, still not really enuf. The very first day I took surf lessons with Raglan Surfing School on Ngarunui beach. The surf was excellent to learn on and I actually rode 4 waves! It was incredibly fun! I ...
Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!
... right up to him. Well for some reason I decided to stay the last night in town so I headed off to Raglan Backpackers and I was soooo pleasantly surprised when I arrived that they were celebrating Thanksgiving!!!! I was so stoked! I thought for ...
Auckland to Raglan
... we're in these cabins in the hills above a big surfing beach - it's got a really hippy vibe and a hammock! I hope you guys are all keeping your new year's resolutions and enjoying the January sales! I'll blog in again soooon! ...
Kiwi Kristmas
... with my Uncle Jeff, Auntie Joan and the rest of the Cook Clan, David, Lynne, Greg and Alanna. Christmas is strange in New Zealand as its really warm and we really didn't feel Christmassy until the excitement of the 10 year old Allana got us feeling ...
15ft surf? gona split my board i think!
... new waves he was a fair bit older that me but still a great guy liekd to party and surf all good! s and so we set off little troublke wiht the boards to start on top the car but sweet after! * LOVE RAGLAN! ...
Surfin NZ
... mache ich noch einen Tag Pause an der Westkueste. Bei immer noch supergeilem Wetter ist der recht beschauliche Surferort Raglan genau das Richtige. Die Straende in der Umgebung sind der absolute Hammer. Bei Surfern sind die Straende weltweit ...
Rap, Raft and Rock!
... ! After the trip i headed back to town where i caught my first bus to otorohanga, as there was no direct connection to New Plymouth. The driver was a really nice guy who was local to the area and filled with loads of useless knowledge, although some of it ...
The Painful Kite
... Auckland behind and headed south to explore the rest of the country. My destination was a small west coast surfer town called Raglan. Upon my arrival, I was immediately sure that I would enjoy my stay, with its chilled cafe's and unique little stores ...
Agnes..visit the south of the North Island
... water is really hot and in the sea the water is really cold. So funny..and so wird! The day after we went to Raglan:really famous beach for the NZ' surfers. After we went to Waitomo caves, Roturua, Taupo and Tongariro National Park. Honestly I ...
Surfing... Sweet as!!
... it was good to be off the bus for a few minutes. Before long we were back on the road again. We arrived in Raglan, a small town with beaches internationally famous for their break points so no better place to try out some surfing then! We were ...
sun, sea and surfing!
last stop before our return to Auckland, Raglan is apparently, for those in the surfey know, home to the best 'left hander in the world' (and I always thought that was me - B). So we had to try our hand at surfing. We got our board and a brief set of ...
Are you havin a laugh
Left Hahei and drove to Raglan, the best place to surf in New Zealand. I didn't bother. We stayed in an unreal hostel in the woods with zip wires, basketball courts, rope courses and all ...
Raglan
Raglan - a chill surfer town/artist and hippie community. We took morning dips in the harbor, surfed very successfully on giant banana boards (we were up at the same time and almost ran eachother over it was cooool!) had sunset singalongs on the cliff ...
Surf's Up
... place to hit on the journey south and take in a bit of Kiwi beach culture. Since I had read or done nothing about New Zealand and was happy to let her organise the trip (it was her holiday and at this stage into the travelling organisation and planning ...
Raglan Riptides
... Raglan, a tiny surf town, and dumped us out at a little lodge on the side of a volcano in the middle of thick New Zealand rain forest. Most of the population were backpackers who had been passing through and ended up getting stuck in the sleepy ...
Surfing v standing on the board and falling off
After burning our feet we headed over to Raglan where we stayed at Raglan Surf School, a fantastic place on several levels in a rainforest. Attractions in the grounds include a rope course and a rat-run aka death-slide, which we tried in both daylight ...
Blackwater toobing and scary monsters
After a great couple of days at Raglan we headed off with new recruit Cathy as our driver, the first stop being Waitomo for a bit of 'blackwater rafting'. This involved us dressing up in the funniest outfits I've ever seen (aprt from Jordan), consisting ...
Surf's Up....
... to get a great view of the bay and local area. After more coffee stops and supermarket trips we arrived at the surf town of Raglan where they filmed 'Endless Summer' years ago. The hostel was away from the beach, in the bush and was really nice. Some ...
Hahei to Rotorua
... bottoms out on the ground and has everyone off, but its good fun to watch. After a day chillout in the forest retreat we set off to Raglan. Well its time to head off again and its an early strat to the day, we are heading for Rotoura, on the way we have a ...
Road Trip begins!
So after just one day in Auckland with plans to return later we hit the road in the SilverFox [old Toyota ...
Surfin
After visiting Hobbiton I went straight west to Raglan. Raglan is a world-class surfing area with footage appearing in several famous surf movies. It wasn't the best place to learn how to surf though. The waves were really big and this caused the beach ...
Sunset in Raglan
... ran for 3 days, I didnt care. The first day, we headed south then west, to spend the night on the coast in a town called Raglan. Its a big surfer town in NZ. It took a bit, but we eventually found a room for the night. Then had an ...
Surfing and chilling... again
Another beautiful spot, lovely weather, nice people and surf. Slept in a tipi marvelling at the stars at ...
Where is the surf?
27th march We didn't really do much in Raglan really. We could of gone surfing because the town is world famous for it's left hand break but the weather was rubbish and there was no surf. We went on a little walk to see a waterfall close by to the town ...
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 ...
Raglan
... .. deux francais y travaille.. de nouveau... wouah un suisse qui parle francais.. c est la premiere fois qu on en voie a Raglan... lendemai, faut rempacter et repartir.. on a un long trip jusqu a Wellington et pas assez de toujours.. ca va etre comme ...
Conor is the New Kelly Slater
... and one premiership mag which happened to be three months out of date, its the thought that counts though. The weather in New Zealand has been unbelievable since we arrived, luck of the Irish or something because spring time is usually quite a mixed ...
