Raglan
Travel Blogs from Raglan, New Zealand
My World is Upside Down
... spectacular! |'ve come to the conculsion that one ought to train at the gym for weeks and weeks before embarking on a vacation to New Zealand. Almost daily, I venture on a two hour tramp (hiking or trekking in the rest of the world.) The tramps are ...
On to Raglan
Drove to the world renowned Raglan surf beach. In the afternoon we relaxed on the beach. Our hostel was in the bush...literally. After we came back from the beach we did another group dinner...I made goolosh for about 25 people. I was great...one of my ...
Surf's up
Coming to have a look at Raglan, after a short stay in Auckland. It is a nice little place, with lots of young people hanging out. Quite a lot of wind and the surf is good, so along the coast we see lots of surfers in the water. The place where we are ...
Ruby and surfing
... out of the house, wearing the rugby shirt (which is very similar to the German flag), matching socks and the most ridiculous hat. Raglan is famous for it's surfing and as we were driven along the coast to our hostel we could see all the surfers out ...
Raglan in one day
So Holly kindly dragged me out of bed at the ungodly hour of about 9am to help me make the most out of my day in Raglan. She then forced me into my first ever cup of coffee, she said it would help me wake up. In an attempt to mask the bitter taste of ...
A bude robota... možná :-)
... nám poštěstí a do Bay of Plenty přijde severní swell a rozjedem to nanovo :-) Slušelo by se zhodnotit Raglan z pohledu surfaře: Jednoduše nářez! :-) Ty point breaky tam jsou neskutečný a i když na nich ...
Pink togs lost - a nation mourns
... over that morning, wasn't that keen on modernisation and was content to share a beer with, well, anyone who'd show up. Went to Raglan's main beach in the afternoon. It's a bit too calm for surfers but swimming was fine except that I'd lost my ...
Surf's Up!!
... go. I was an appalling teacher and after a few failed attempts we gave up. We dried ourselves and went back into raglan for lunch. We decided on a great little place called the Shack where Laura had a beef burger with cheese and a ...
Chrissi versucht sich beim Surfen
... dem F-Wort einen ganzen Satz ausfüllt, spricht das nur für seine Schätzung dieses einmaligen Wortes ;) Endlich in Raglan angekommen haben wir ein geniales Hostel bezogen. Super Betten! Keine Metal-Quietsch Dinger, sondern schöne, ...
Kia Ora and Welcome to New Zealand!
... about New Zealand from friends who have already visited the country, I went into my trip with high expectations. And I wasn't disappointed. New Zealand is possibly one of the most breath-taking countries I have ever seen, and I only went to the North ...
Surfing in Raglan
... ) and camped out near the harbour. The next day, Brandon, Luke, and Galen went surfing again while Dave and I spent the day playing around in town. Raglan: 4.5 out of 5 high fives...Loss of .5 because well...I don't really know....just go with ...
Sep 24, 2010
its been fun donna
... here than i did at home. anyways, we got bored of turangi, went to taupo and checked out some hot water beaches and headed to raglan. we found a beach there and it was so much fun. the waves were fantastic and it was nice sandy bottom. i makes me like ...
Surfs up (and so are the grey clouds)
... offers and treat ourselves to a lovely fish and chips in town (cheese toastie for Hannah). Then headed over to Hot water beach to get ready for Hannahs birthday which we had better do a new entry for being an important day! ...
Camping on top of the world
... lens on the camera we discover they have spoonbills. Must look up what they are, took heaps of pics. Near to Raglan we spot a sign saying Bridal Falls/Wairenga so we head down the road and find a beautiful reserve in the middle of farmland ...
Surfers Paradise
... P (Lemon & Paeroa) juice is made, the town was like something out of a cowboy film! All old fashioned and quirky! Raglan itself was beautiful, right on the beach front and a surfers paradise with huge crashing waves along the coastline. We stayed in a ...
Day #109. Mt. Karioi
Jawel, een nieuw avontuur. Ik ben samen met collega Tim naar de top van de locale berg geklommen, heb m'n tentje opgezet en een keitoffe zonsop en -ondergang gezien. Ik was eerst niet helemaal zeker of het verstandig was een tent op te zetten op een ...
Into the Abyss 2 -- NZ day 6
... so cool. One point in the cave adventure had us on all fours crawling through the river and ridiculously small spaces. New Zealand is not a very friendly place for obesity or claustrophobia. Unfortunately no cameras were brought due to worry of damage. ...
25.02.04 Rangitoto and onto Waiuku
25/2: We had an early start and were checked out of the hotel and on the ferry to Rangitoto Island at 9am. The views from the ferry of Auckland and the surrounding area were superb. Rangitoto is a volcanic island that was formed just 600 years ago. It ...
Raglan and the wild west ranch
... a kayak for about 30 min up the channel otherwise its an hour drive.sweet. been surfing a little though still waiting on the first big fall swell. soo ill give more info later but new zealand is truley a beautiful place. best wishes keep it real MIKEE ...
Raglan and Reflections
... pretty institutional. The views from the cliffs was incredible, a gorgeous bay and big surf This was our last stop before leaving New Zealand and we left with mixed feelings. I thought that I was going to absolutely love the place, and half expected ...
Taupo, Raglan and back to Levin
... really nice town (although no one could tell us exactly why they liked it), it's also the best place for surfing in New Zealand and Rich wanted to give it another go at standing up on a board after a few attempts at ...

