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Gisborne Slideshow
Gisborne
Travel Blogs from Gisborne, New Zealand
A very long entry indeed
... that I'm way to busy having fun and also the Internet is expensive for a poor backpacker on a budget that I now am! I am now in New Zealand and have been here since 6th January. The weather isn't great here, but hell its a damn site warmer ...
Bringing in 2010 Kiwi Style....
... , it was about digging the largest hole on the beach for absolutely no reason, counting down the new year to the tick of New Zealand cops watch, while finally getting absolutely zero sleep on new years eve to witness the very first, and most time stopping ...
23...pass me a walking stick
... 200 word wordlimit. Damn. an hour later and still can't cut it down. This is going to be fun...hardly what I want to do in new zealand. Went in for the afternoon, not a lot going on, a baby with gastro, a woman with dizzyness, a woman with tingling, a ...
retracing cook's steps
Today I had about a three hour (took 41/2 with photo ops and brief stop in Wairoa), from the Art Deco City of napier, to the Gisborne area known as Poverty Bay. Cook so named this area, his original area, as such because he felt that the area lacked any ...
Gisborne
The weather had kind of caught up with us, there was nothing we wanted to do under cover in Napier so we headed up to Gisborne, which had floods in the prevous few days. Despite being a bit nervous about more storms, we camped near the sea, far back ...
The Day After and Time to Chill.....
Well being as we were in Gisborne who boast to have amazing beaches i thought id check it out at a ridiculous time of 0730 still recovering from the whole sleeping early and waking early,not jet lagged just busy tikki touring around which makes me ...
The first in the world to see the sun
We have taken a break form our main Kiwi bus tour down south to start our add on 'East as' pass. Kiwi promise this to be a Maori culture experience as a living reality. First stop is a place called Tatapouri. Tatapouri is a fair old ...
East As!
... treated me to some wine tasting! Most of the gang from the bus joined in and we had an amazing time! Ten different New Zealand wines to taste, beautiful cheese, fruit, and dark chocolate! We learned quite a bit about wine too which was rather ...
Taupo, Napier, Gisborne
Nic's sky dive, Christmas celebrations Napier, drop off sis, meet up with Alan and Piet, drive to Gisborne for a tasty pre-wedding celebration and BBQ: an evening of eating, drinking, and singing. Cozy family environment at Val and Jo's, twisted tunes ...
New Years
... 15,000 people who attended the festival, held on a vineyard about 15 minutes drive out from Gisbourne. There were plenty of New Zealand bands there and it got kicked off by the Kapa Haka group performing and the entire crowd (mostly NZer's) performing ...
First Sunrise city
... weight it donw to make it up but it was good fun. We stopped at several places the first was the longest wharf on New Zealand, ffrom the 1920's when they were making the east the capital of the country but then things changed and the east coast has ...
the good, bad, and lax
... and plants out the wazoo, cool evening breezes, a passing shower, etc.,etc.. Think tropical paradise. Then we winged our way onto New Zealand. Only a three hour flight. Piece of cake. We had to stay a day in Auckland for Melissa to be interviewed by ...
East As
i traveled from Kiakora to Taupo over a couple of days,and started the 'East As' section of my Kiwi experience. This part isnt as popular as the rest so its done on a mini bus,there was 15 of us that did it. the first day we stayed out of Gisbourne right ...
Mar 26, 2010
Along the Pacific Coast Highway
03/02/2009 I continue my drive along SH35 Pacific Coast Highway. On my left are gorgeous sandy beaches in spectacular bays and to my right are lush forests on towering hills. Its as if I'm driving through a cross between Southern Calfornia and rural ...
kiwi myths
Today as I get ready to fuether explore Gisborne, I want to advise readers about some of the questions asked about NZ and whether it is the right place for them to come. NZ can be seen not only independently, as I have done now on five occasions, but one ...
East as.
... up the east coast, but the winds were increasing once more, and Jimmie decided to give us a bit of respite by turning into Gisborne. We had dolphin escorts on both our approach and departure, enjoyed beers and fish and chips at the fishing club, and ...
Surfen
Es war mal wieder so weit, meine 2. Surfstunde stand mir bevor! Wir restlichen WWOOFer Maike, Ji, Miwa und ich waren nochmal surfen, bevor wir die Farm verlassen wollten. Nicht wie beim letzten Mal, ging es nicht zum Stadtstrand, sondern zu einem ...
Must Be Long-Lost Cousins
... in the movie. It was a great flick about a Maori girl and I'd recommend everyone to watch it. It was hugely acclaimed for a New Zealand film and did really well at the Sundance Film Festival the year it came out. It was nice to watch such and interesting ...
We Got Rhythm (and a Sweet TAN!)
... thanked and thanked them for their generosity and hospitality. We honestly couldn't have asked for a better host family while we were in Gisborne for the holidays. We can't wait to see them again in fact so we are hoping we can treat them to something ...
A time for meeting, greeting...and the Stag Day!!!
... to meet both the Bride and Grooms Outlaw's. The drive is spectacular, through huge gorges with breathtaking scenery, finally arriving in Gisborne for 12.30pm, finally making it to the House we are sharing with 8 others, the house is amazing, so ...
New Years
... I get home. Oh yeah, I booked my flight back to California for the 31st. My adventure is ending! Anyway, I drove back to Gisborne to meet up with my Argentinian friends from Wanaka. Turned out they were going to the Rhythm and Vines Festival, so I kinda ...
Tolaga
A 50km detour up the coast from Gisborne took us to Tolaga Bay, a stunningly beautiful bay famed for its 600m jetty sticking out into the ocean. It was built 90 years ago to enable them to load cargo onto deep water ships. Now it's decaying and unsafe, ...
Auf der Farm
... wir noch eine aus Kanada und einen Deutschen kennengelernt. Wir waren in der Stadt, haben uns die verschiedenen Strände in Gisborne angeguckt und den Sonnenuntergang über dem Meer angeschaut. An einem Morgen um 5Uhr morgens haben wir Mädels uns die ...