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Day 206-13 – Auckland
Over the next couple of days, we just recovered from our South Island trip and ran a few errands. We went to a few shops around Auckland, looking to resupply our bags with new items and potential upgrades. The only thing we really ended up getting was a scratch resistant screen for my new Samsung […]
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Day 205 – Christchurch to Auckland
Today we woke up, still in shock about last nights events. We left the 311 Motel Riccarton after breakfast and drove our rented Hyundai iMax to the drop off point close to the airport. Unfortunately, we didn’t have a chance to look around Christchurch as we wanted to last night. We boarded our Jetstar flight […]
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Day 204 – Hokitika to Christchurch
Before leaving a raining Hokitika, we visited the Hokitika Visitor Centre. Unfortunately as we had both sets of parents with us, we were unable to explore the Jade mining town in the rain, as we knew there would be plenty of protests. We therefore decided to drive up to the Pancake Rocks Blowholes. After parking […]
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Day 203 – Wanaka to Hokitika
Once again, most of the day was spent on the road as we drove from Wanaka to Hokitika. The 419km drive was once again full of amazing sceneries and several highlights. We started the day by popping down to Lake Wanaka, right near the town of Wanaka. The water was really cold, so we didn’t […]
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Day 202 – Wanaka (Milford Sound)
Today we left our accommodation in Wanaka at 5:15am, so that we could cover the 340 km journey to Milford Sound. As the sun rose, we were once again rewarded with immensely beautiful scenery around every bend. It was raining for most of the day, which created thousands of waterfalls all along the mountain ranges […]
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Day 201 – Auckland to Wanaka
Today, was the start of our South Island trip. It is the first time I would be travelling to the South Island of New Zealand. We would be travelling with both sets of parents too. We all took the short Jet Star flight from Auckland to Queenstown Airport. The views from the plane as we […]
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Day 195-200 Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
Friends and Family Time We landed in Auckland around 1am and we were surprisingly awake. The flight with Air New Zealand was refreshing due to little things like blankets and entertainment systems. At the airport, we had to show our hiking shoes to customs, but they let us through without any issues, as I had […]
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Day 179-94 – Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
We landed back home for a quick pit stop on our way to New Zealand for a friend’s wedding. The flight with Air Asia X, was surprisingly decent. Once on the ground in Avalon Airport we were greeted by actually smiling immigration staff, which is one of the things I miss about home. The two […]
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Day 178 – Kuala Lumpur
Today is our last day in Malaysia and Asia for now. We had an afternoon flight, so we packed our bags and left them at Hotel Signature International at Pudu. After checking out we had breakfast and then walked to the National Museum of Malaysia (Muzium Negara) which was 2.8 km away. Unfortunately, when we […]
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Day 176-7 – Kuala Lumpur
Exploring KL Feeling a lot better, today so we decided to explore, which unfortunately mean shopping. We walked from Hotel Signature International at Pudu towards the Central Market. The Central Market, is a double story building ideal for souvenirs, and it has clean toilets. After what felt like hours (which it probably was) we walked […]
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Day 169-75 – Kuala Lumpur
The next few days, my wife was really ill. Since we had just come from Laos, we were fearing any number of deadly diseases. After a recommendation from a worker at Dorms KL 2 Hostel, we went to Tung Shin Hospital in the morning. OMG! The Malaysian health system is incredible. What looked like world […]
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Day 168 – Vientiane to Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Big City Life Today we woke up before sunrise, to pack before hopefully meeting the tuk tuk driver from the night market. When we went downstairs he was waiting for us. =D We were glad to have organised this before hand, as there wasn’t really any other activity in the morning. We arrived at Vientiane […]
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Day 167 – Vientiane
Exploring the capital Today was our one and only full day in Vientiane, which is that capital of Laos. Vientiane is very close to the boarder with Thailand. We were thinking about checking out the Buddha Park (Xieng Khuan), but that would have taken the entire day and not let us explore anything else. Instead […]
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Day 166 – Vang Vieng to Vientiane
Travelling to the Capital Today we checked out of Many Riverside Guesthouse after breakfast. We planned to catch a taxi to the bus stop and buy tickets to Vientiane. We knew we could buy tickets from the bus station for 60,000 LAK / $9.85 AUD per person, as we checked this out when we arrived […]
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