The Nomad

Australia | New Zealand | Asia

"Travel is good for the soul"

The final leg on the Kiwi Experience bus had come far too soon. I was loving it and would have happily done the full tour with them on...

It was time to sadly say goodbye to Queenstown and also Steve, Charlie, Rachel, Beth, Annabel, Anouska and Alejandra. We were down to the...

‘The adventure capital of the World.’ I peered out of the window as we passed Frankston and headed into Queenstown and saw hand gliders...

We left Franz Josef after 2 nights to enter Haast country. Juilius Von Haast was the first to start mapping this region and named...

By now we could start to see the outline of the Southern Alps. Snow tipped mountains stared down from above as we started to make our way...

By this point my NEXT bags were on their last legs with holes in the side of them but they were still going after 11 months of being...

First stop of the day, Lake Nelson. We jolted out of Tasman after getting stuck on the first hill of the day because of a clutch that was...

Day 1 of KIWI Experience. I was praying to have a good group as we embarked on our voyage up the middle of the south island towards...

The primary reason for visiting the North Island was to visit Matamata and the set of the Hobbit. I was gladly not left disappointed....

Feeling slightly nervous I stepped onto the Air China flight realizing that this would be the first time I would be completely alone on...