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7 Awesome Places in New Zealand You’ve Never Heard Of 24 Jun 2013 | 02:34 pm
It’s been pretty quiet here on the blog front over the previous weeks; my Spring, Summer and Autumn consisted of me either learning to paraglide, going on backcountry mountain bike rides, or running N...
Learning to Fly in New Zealand 12 Nov 2012 | 12:55 pm
Just about three years ago, I was driving from Franz Josef on New Zealand’s West Coast to Queenstown in a rusty, old, 1986 Toyota campervan. As I arrived in Queenstown, I viewed the emerald blue water...
The 7 Most Stunning Lakes in New Zealand 17 Aug 2012 | 10:16 am
What follows is a guest post from a fellow Yank and friend who until very recently called New Zealand home. Jeremy has spent months exploring New Zealand and was based temporarily in Auckland, Welling...
A Winter Walk on the Routeburn Track 17 Jul 2012 | 07:51 am
I often wonder how an Iowa born and bred boy like myself could develop such a passion for the mountains. Needless to say, snow-capped peaks aren’t a common sight anywhere in the midwest, and this is c...
NZ Adventure Experience: Paragliding in Queenstown from Coronet Peak 9 Jul 2012 | 12:00 am
It’s now been a full week since my first experience paragliding in Queentown, New Zealand, and I am still riding a high. Paragliding. In layman’s terms, paragliding is running off the face of a mount...
6 Highlights from a Trip Home to Iowa, to South America and Back Home to New Zealand 9 Jun 2012 | 06:59 am
It’s been a whirlwind five weeks since leaving New Zealand that has seen me on 11 different flights, two long-distance buses, a road trip from Iowa to Illinois, and a cargo ship up Chile’s West Coast....
New Zealand Backpacking & Budget Travel Guide :: GoBackpackingNewZealand.com 12 May 2012 | 08:07 am
If you follow me on Twitter or stop by this travel blog very often, you’ll know one or two things about me. First, you’ll probably know that in the past six months or so, the frequency of my posts he...
An Open Letter to Twenty-Somethings in America 13 Mar 2012 | 03:43 pm
Dear Twenty-Somethings in America, You’re not moving around or across the US – at least this was the case made by Todd and Victoria Buccholz in a New York Times essay on Sunday. Why? For a number of...
Climbing New Zealand’s Iconic Mitre Peak (Photo Essay) 10 Mar 2012 | 01:28 am
When I made the decision some months ago to stick around New Zealand for longer than I anticipated, I did so for a variety of reasons – a fantastic circle of friends, a good job opportunity, an unbeat...
On Top of the World: Climbing Ben Lomond in Queenstown 29 Nov 2011 | 10:37 am
When I first decided to come backpacking in New Zealand, I never expected to find a temporary home in the Land of the Long White Cloud. New Zealand seemingly has this effect on many – especially my cu...
