View our pictures from NZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/ThreeVagabo nds/FourVagabondsTakeOnNewZealand# http://picasaweb.google.com/ThreeVagabo nds/NZSWestCoastLakeWanakaToWestport# Skydiving pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/ThreeVagabo nds/EmbraceTheFearSKYDIVING After our Melbourne Cup celebrations, we got an early start the morning of Nove...

Entry 26 of a trip titled: The first big round-the-world adventure from London to Australia, Asia to Polynesia, Patagonia to the US, over 7 months living out of a backpack...

A passion to see the Inca ruins at Machu Picchu, the statues of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and the ice glaciers in Patagonia and delve into what's left of the Amazon inspired the longest trip I've done since I first started travelling. As a visit home was in order I added Asia to the itinerary and a few other places en-route to make this a really memorable world trip. Seven months is certainly not long enough to really explore the countries that I'm going to but it will give me a base for future return trips and I'll do my best to venture off the 'tourist trail' wherever possible to get a real feel for the cultures and lifestyles that I will encounter.

This log page will cover all of my travels in the South Island so that there aren't too many pages to go through. When a Kiwi brags about how beautiful their country is, rest assured that they have every right to... it is an absolutely magnificent country with awesome scenery - you only have to look at the Lord of the Rings movies to see how spe...

Entry 16 of a trip titled: The first big round-the-world adventure from London to Australia, Asia to Polynesia, Patagonia to the US, over 7 months living out of a backpack...

A passion to see the Inca ruins at Machu Picchu, the statues of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and the ice glaciers in Patagonia and delve into what's left of the Amazon inspired the longest trip I've done since I first started travelling. As a visit home was in order I added Asia to the itinerary and a few other places en-route to make this a really memorable world trip. Seven months is certainly not long enough to really explore the countries that I'm going to but it will give me a base for future return trips and I'll do my best to venture off the 'tourist trail' wherever possible to get a real feel for the cultures and lifestyles that I will encounter.

Hello! Arrived in Christchurch safley and have spent 3 nights here exploring the town. The first thing i noticed was that its a lot colder than Australia! Im staying at Cokers backpackers which was good fun, i arrived at the same time as the New Zealand University Games. The place was full kiwi's (name for a Newzealander) and boy can they drink!...

The flight to Christchurch from Sydney was only 3 hours. As we flew over the Southern Alps we started to get very excited about New Zealand. The mountains looked stunning from the air!!! Can't wait to get out and see this amazing country....Can't believe we're in New Zealand. We tried a couple of hostels before we got a bed in Cokers Backpackers...

Traveled with Piet for a week on the South Island from 27 January - 3 February. Started out at Christchurch Airport on the 27th late at night. Picked up Piet in Christchurch, but checked in at Cokers, our home-to-be for two nights, before that. A little weird at first but that was natural. Usual rush of blindness, spent the first day half in bed...

Well we are finally in our last major country (we are only in USA for 5 days) and it is all change. New Zealand has similarities to Australia but only enough to add confusion to the situation. For instance the money is not really that different but now the two dollar coin is the bigger of the two, which means I keep trying to hand over too much ...