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City of Sails: Barbados to Auckland NZ
The plane broke through the rain clouds somewhere over the Tasman Sea and Auckland appeared below — grey, wet and not exactly the sun-drenched welcome I had imagined after 48 hours of travel. My fligh
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Rotorua from Wai-o-tapu to Tamaki Village
Rotorua smells like sulphur. This is the first thing you need to know and the thing nobody tells you until you are already there with your nose trying to work out what happened. It is the geothermal a
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Wellington — One Day in New Zealand's Coolest Little Capital
I will be honest — I arrived in Wellington off an eight-hour overnight bus from [Rotorua](https://wanderingbajan.com/rotorua-2/) at 8am with a bag on my back, zero research done and twelve hours to fill before my flight…
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20 Things to do in Queenstown New Zealand
New Zealand is an incredible place to visit for reasons that go *well* beyond its cities. But if you're able to spend a day in Queenstown, you'll find that there's still plenty to do in and around…
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20 Things to do in Auckland New Zealand
Oh Auckland! I literally spent a day here and had no idea there were so many things to do in Auckland! It was also rainy when I arrived which made a few things more difficult. When visiting Auckland,…
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Stepping into Middle Earth — Visiting the Hobbiton Movie Set in New Zealand
I arrived into [Rotorua](https://wanderingbajan.com/rotorua-2/) from [Auckland](https://wanderingbajan.com/city-of-sails-barbados-to-auckland-nz/) around 9:30pm, walked to my hostel, showered, and passed out. The…
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Our First Taste of South East Asia: One Week in Vietnam
Travelling to South East Asia from Barbados is a long haul! I had Vietnam on my bucketlist and Jason had Bali on his. Jason only had two weeks of vacation and our air travel there and back would take…
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6 Days in Cape Town South Africa
After two weeks of [activities in Johannesburg](http://wanderingbajan.com/top-5-activities-in-johannesburg-sa/), it was time to check out Cape Town. Our trip was jam packed with activities from the time we landed. If…
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South Africa: Top 5 Activities in Johannesburg
My trip to South Africa was a random, last minute booking. When I arrived, the only plans I had were to spend time with one of my best friend's family. I wish I had my [cold weather packing…
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One Day in London
After two rainy weeks in [Iceland](http://wanderingbajan.com/epic-iceland-roadtrip-itinerary-12days/), we finally touched down in sunny London around 5.30pm. We hopped on the [Gatwick…
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Christchurch — A City Rebuilding.
I landed in Christchurch late that evening from [Wellington](https://wanderingbajan.com/wellington/) with a secret. My sister had moved here ten months earlier and had absolutely no idea I was in New Zealand. Nobody had…