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Raglan Slideshow
Raglan
Travel Blogs from Raglan, New Zealand
Day 70 Raglan
... as possible!) and we said we were just passing through, they LOVE it there! So we got it sorted and carried on the Raglan. The town is a surfer's paradise and we're staying the night in a lovely surfer friendly hostel looking out to sea. We spent the ...
left point-break dreamin'
... for anyone traveling this land with a surfboard. This epic left pointbreak turns more heads across the world than any other surf spot in New Zealand, although to be fair there are a few spots just about equally as good, but less known. The point is made ...
Out in the bush!
... land wars. The towns known history goes back about 1000 years when the Tainui waka of the local Maori people first landed in New Zealand during the Great Migration. Lengend has it that they saw Mt Karioi and after a long while they arrived there so they ...
Surfing NZ
... we decided to stay on another night so we could spend a few more hours playing. I'd read in lonely planet that people go to Raglan for a night and end up staying a summer and now I totally understand why! That night I polished off a massive pile of fush ...
More road tripping in the Silver Warrior
... it was about as exciting as reading 50 coursework essays... 'Black Water idling down through some caves on rubber rings' would be a more apt description. Oh well. The surfing at Raglan was cool.. BIG break. I did rather well too as the photos ...
Surfs Up, But We're Not
... '), so after our visits with the rel’ees in the Auckland area we drove, in the dark, straight to Raglan- something of a surfing mecca in New Zealand. Driving in the dark gave us new insight into just how crazy Kiwi’s can get when behind the ...
James and the Giant Peach
... us!!! So we offered him a piece of fruit. He asked for a banana but I had only bought one (because they were so expensive in New Zealand - 0.44 cents for ONE) so I asked if he wanted a peach. We never did get his name but he took the peach so he ...
Paihia to Raglan
The next morning we said farewell to Kirsten and Dave, and we headed south via the Kauri forest (to view the largest tree in New Zealand). Quite impressive - but a bit far out to look at a big tree. This was to be a long day on the road for us but we ...
Black water rafting
... but the road was blocked off and the detour was too far at this time of the day. When we arrived at the campsite in Raglan the light was starting to fade and we had a lot to do. The van needed emptying and cleaning before heading back to Auckland ...
Raglan
Wednesday Today we went to Raglan on the west coast. It is a small community which attracts surfers from all around the world and is renowned for some of the best waves. Here you can normally surf but of course due to the weather it was too dangerous. ...
hippy town of North island!!
... 7 hours!! but just pure beauty, the beaches were the best i had seen in all enw zealand and i had been all over new zealand Raglan was very quiet too no tourists!! i would have loved to have worked here famous for good surfin many kiwis travel all over ...
Raglan
... Paeroa, a small town made famous for the L&P that they make - spring water with lemon, a sort of lemonade really. Arrived in Raglan around 2pm and a fantastic view of the Tasman Sea from our hostel. Decided to do a bush walk (an hour long round trip ...
The BYO Booze Cruise, day#2
Chegados a Reglan, há a opção de fazer um cruzeiro durante duas horas pelo lago acima e abaixo, à roda de um circulo imaginário que o capital decidiu inventar, percebi depois. Este é um navio BYO, "Bring Your Own", ou seja, é possível incendiar ...
Rain, everywhere
We'd spent a whole 24 hours in Raglan before it stopped raining. For the wet day we just sat around in the hostel, reading and occasionally ducking outside to the supermarket or to the beach to see if there were any waves. The trip we had ...
From the Beach to the Farm
... (very sad) and got back on the boat for our return journey. We needed to get down to another one of Becky's nanny's houses near Raglan, so we set off straight away. Before we had gotten 10 mintues down the road, the weather had turned on us and it was ...
Surf enclave on Tasman sea
On my way back to Auckland I made a great stop at Raglan, a little city on the West coast famous to surfers for its waves. Just in time to join a surfers' party on Saturday night - great fun. ...
Raglan - Surf's up
Raglan beautiful surfing coast. Nice town with 60s feel. Too late for surfin and had fish and chips at 'palm beach motor home' instead. Under pressure from hamilton commutors - intersting to listen to arguments in local ...
To Raglan
... back to the hostel, which, it transpired, was actually quite a walk. He did however lecture me on the dangers of hitch hiking in New Zealand, and though tchnically I had not been doing so, he was so nice about it that I did not correct him, and the ...
West coast surfing
... the beauty of their dining room. Lots of wind too, and an ever changing weather. These seem to be the two main characteristics of new-Zealand anyway. On the way I checked the hike start to go up the local summit the next morning. Then I went back to get ...
Surfing cos we are Surfer Dudes!!!
Raglan is famous for it's surfing and seen as we are surfer dudes we thought that we had better pay it a visit! The first night we got there we did our usual and searched for a nice car park to sleep in, we soon found one with a few other ...
Surfers Paradise
... ein bissl abseits, deswegen ziehen wir morgen runter in den Ort. Hier wollen wir naemlich ein bisschen bleiben. today we arrived in Raglan, the surfer's paradise of NZ. We live in a cute Hostel with awesome view over the sea. Unfortuantely it's a little ...
NZ: Land of 4 million people and 40 million sheep!
... we said we were about to drive south to Tangariro National Park, the older of the two chuckled, shared a look with his friend, and said, "There's a state prison down there that we're both familiar with." New Zealand: Where even the felons are nice! ...
Sand, Surf and a New Zealand Veggie Burger
... I was really excited to get out there, and after having the bejesus scared out of me about Australian shark and shark attacks vs. New Zealand attacks, I was very happy to go in the water here. We got drove to the beach and rented a wetsuit and ...
The Lost World
Sob, sob, moan, moan... Today was our final adventure - BUT WHAT AN ADVENTURE ?! Today was our Caving/Potholing day. Becky especially has had her eye on this one for about five years!!! Jane decided to join us on this activitiy, so we all jumped in her ...
Raglan to Rotorua
Our surfing lesson got close to wrecking our plans to tour New Zealand - we had such a wicked day that we considered staying in Raglan and becoming 'surf bums'. We did tear ourselves away and hit the road for Rotorua but we will be back on the surf as ...
Raglan - Surf Paradise
... skin stunk like gasoline or chemicals after wards but it was well worth it. Rotorua is one of the main cultural hubs of New Zealand. Its where a lot of ancient Maori villages where found and there is alot of history there. The city itself was built in ...