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Hamilton Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Hamilton, New Zealand
Happy Halloween
I've been shipped off to Hamilton for the week. Well, it's a bit north of Hamilton, but that's ok, because I'm getting paid to travel! Plus I'm being put up in a sweet hotel. Went out to find another waterfall last weekend. This one was a little ...
The Last Leg Pt 3: Hamilton & Raglan
... actual surfing (as I had a cold in Mt. Maunganui, and didn't feel like getting wet...) Stayed in Eagles Nest Backpackers in Hamilton (only did a day-trip in Raglan so didn't stay there overnight). Eagles Nest is run by an a lovely older couple. Quiet ...
Leeeet's do the Time Warp agaaaaaain!!!!
... war an dem Samstagabend, an dem wir angekommen sind ein Konzert, zu dem wohl die ganze Jugend aus ganz Neuseeland nach Hamilton gekommen war. Zum Glueck konnten wir in der iSite noch ein Zimmer im Hostel ergattern, denn den Wetterberichten zufolge ist ...
Triffids travels about to begin
6 weeks before we leave NZ for our 5 month road trip around the Us and Canada. Am going to travel so ...
Hamilton - Family
... , the schedule is so jam packed that I don't have time to write!! Okay, here goes... Sunday, July 15, 2007 Travelled to Hamilton by bus to visit with Uncle Walter and Aunt Carol and had a lovely dinner with cousin Greg, his wife Maureen, and the ...
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Bar [ME] Reunited!!
... coes oh and sheep the welsh would love it here...remember its not gay unless you push back!! This was more of what i expected of New Zealand and was a very pleasant change from the hustle and bustle of Auckland! It was cool to see the Bar Me guys again ...
Journey continued...I'm a bit behind!
... night!) we were supposed to do the massive journey to Wellington (7 odd hours) but ended up stopping at Glenview club in Hamilton (again!). Whilst there I placed a bet on the rugby, the boys assume I've put England to win... 7th October-will we make ...
count the sheep, cows and green fields..........
... the car along the Desert Road to Lake Taupo, stopping in the town for a look around and a much needed coffee!!! Next stop, Hamilton. um, just another city, accomadation was on the lower end of budget, would I reccomend it, er, no. But it was ...
Kiwi Backyard BBQ and New Friend Reunion!
... Maori grace, we dove into a feast of summer salads, BBQ chicken, and sausages with tomato sauce (ketchup) and mustard. I learned that the New Zealand market for hot dog buns is very small and that the ones that are produced are too big for the sausages. ...
Starwood in Aspen
... And I tell you I'm happy to be here To share and consider this time For I see here the shadows are changing And a feeling of new friends survives And I see here some new friends to find It's a long way from this place to Denver It's a long time ...
Papakura
... for a ride in the Defiant on what was a very beautiful day. Tomorrow we will head back to Hamilton early and spend most of the day getting everything in order for the Tonga flight on Friday. The weather is shaping up ...
Hamilton
... was depressing. Over 80% of the congregation was over 50 years old. Aussies always tell me that people go to New Zealand to die and the younger New Zealanders migrate to Australia. This looks to be true from what I saw today. It ...
Hamilton
... . It was available and was only $48 between us so we booked it. We then took the bus into the city for a look around Hamilton. Not much here... Just a normal town, shops, shops and more shops. We found a Hogs Breath and went in for lunch, always a good ...
Sinna loves NZ
My last day in New Zealand, and so I have to attempt to remember what I've done for the past 17 days before I sail off the edge of the earth tomorrow. What to say. It's an amazing amazing country and I've loved every moment. So yeah ok I ...
Blowing up the Fuses
So this morning was epic when I pluggled my hair straightener into the electric converter that I brought and three mins later it all blew up. So now none of the lights work in my pod and everyone else is moving in today and its the dumb american ...
You can have sausage...or sausage
So the choice for lunch today was sausage on a slice of bread. That was it. So sausage it ...
First Lecture
... - Mayor Julie Hardaker. As the mayor of Hamilton, she spoke to us about some of the legal aspects and issues of being a mayor in New Zealand contrasted to the US. Pretty interesting to me, but I won't bore you with the details. P.S. The wine and apps were ...
Hamilton View
... visited his farm in the morning. A small farm with 200 cows, which Carl said is below NZ standard. After lunch, we went to Hamilton city for a walk. We ended up walking ong Victoria street for its free WiFi. Around 3pm, we started to move to Tauranga. On ...
Transit to tongarino national park
today It was another day of transit so i was going back to Hamilton and then further on to National park. It was a rather uneventful day. the busride is a bit wild they go really fast on these small narrow roads. But well arrived in nationalpark it is ...
Eating out with local friends
Today we went out to the local restaurant with Dad's work mates. Everyone was staring at us. The restaurant had very ineteresting ceiling and a lot of people were there. Dad's work mates took us to the beacah walk. It was dark but we ...
Taffs destroy Pacific Islanders
... it’s a beautiful spot. It’s also a fairly modern place built to host the World Rowing Championships and the New Zealand National Rowing High Performance Centre. We got our bearings and headed across the dam to Karaprio Village and had a bite ...
Long time - no see!
... our families who came here in the mid 1860's. A spot to pull over for lunch was really hard to find on the road to Hamilton so we parked at the Hamilton Gardens Nursery before finding our park over for the night. Glenview Club has a great area for ...
The Beast Mobile ("Just Remember. Keep Left!!")
We have a VAN!!! Collectively the eight of us have now purchased a van, some kind of Toyota, and it is now here and in its respective parking space. We purchased it on Trademe.com and paid 2800NZD for it which was about 300USD each. Its ...
Josh's Arrival
... I get sick of the dining hall. Later in the afternoon, we walked to go get the rental car and ended up with a brand new corolla for the budget price because the guy messed up our booking. Apparently the car we were supposed to get wasn't due back ...
On the road to Hamilton
... ; We did the 3km loop around the lake. We have been very impressed with the numerous parks and play structures in New Zealand. The play structures are quite elaborate and incorporate some real fun aspects like the bouncy pillow (more on that ...
Endless Summer (NOT!) in Raglan
We did a walk near Tairua up to a lookout (an exstinct volcano of course!) for fantastic views of the coromandel. We missed out on a great photo of the sun piercing through the clouds on to the water (it had disappeared by the time we got to the ...
Today was not a baaaaad day!
Today we had a true New Zealand experience! We were invited to the Woodcock’s farm just outside of Hamilton which is about 110km from where we are staying. Russell and Jane who we met here last time arranged the day for us. Russell and his 3 ...
Hamilton
... 5"2" (which I am) and to have a smiley roundy face (which I think I have....lolo!!!) Peter Jackson was flying over New Zealand looking for possible locations for filming when he spotted a potential place outside Matamata as the land had a lake, loads of ...