26th October 2017 -My 32nd birthday!! I know, it’s getting older which totally sucks but at least I got to spend it in a HOT AIR BALLOON over a pretty spectacular site *girly squeal* This was my first experience in a hot air balloon and I was terrified! I love flying, but in planes, not Read More
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A Guide to Moving to the UK
My step-by-step type guide that follows my own journey to permanently relocate to the UK. This is something we’ve been planning for a couple of years but it wasn’t until last year that we knew we would be going in 2018. My husband, Shane, is a British citizen so it’s easy for him to go Read More
Travel Like a Pro even if You Have Back Pain
Welcome to my first guest post! If you’ve ever experienced back pain while traveling then you need to take a look at this article. So! Without any further ado, I’d like to introduce you to Mr Back đ Who is Mr Back?? Mr. Back is a 26 year old student that has a bachelorâs degree in Read More
Los Angeles In 12 Hours
Are you heading overseas and have a layover in Los Angeles?? We did, we went to Mexico late last year and as we live in New Zealand we had to go via LA to get there. 12 hours to kill before our connecting flight – what to do?! We knew we couldn’t just sit in Read More
How To Spend 5 Days On Aitutaki
Aitutaki is a beautiful island within the Cook Islands and is only a short flight from the main island of Rarotonga. We went there in March 2017 for our honeymoon after getting married on a gorgeous white sand beach in Rarotonga (thanks for your congratulations haha!). While planning the trip we thought 5 nights would Read More
Guatemala and the Ancient Ruins of Tikal
Guatemala was a short stop but it was a pretty amazing one and I can’t wait to get back there to explore more of the country. We were only there for 3 nights and only really got to see Tikal and the Museo Nacional de ArqueologĂa y EtnologĂa (National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology) in Read More
Overnight in Copan, Honduras
As I already mentioned in my previous post about Guatemala, we had ANOTHER early start at 4am to catch the bus to Copan. We were starting our 4th day with little to no sleep and I’m surprised I could still function! I don’t cope well without my 8hrs đ Guatemala City – Copan We decided Read More
Prepping for Mexico
ONLY ONE MONTH TO GO!!! As you can tell, I’m pretty excited! We have about a month to go until we board our flight from Auckland to LA where we have a 12hr layover. We arrive late morning local time so we’ve booked an 8hr private tour of LA which is going to be EPIC! Read More
Rarotonga: Island Paradise
We’ve been to Rarotonga twice now – the first time was in November 2015 for my 30th birthday (*sob*) and the second time was in March 2017 for our wedding (cue “Awwww”). It was our first time visiting the Pacific Islands and I had been planning a trip to Rarotonga for my 30th birthday for Read More
A Day Out at Hobbiton
Shane and I went to Hobbiton a couple of months ago, before it really started to get cold, wet and muddy. I’m not a huge Lord of the Rings fan – I only saw the movies in the last 2yrs! Shane is a huge fan and has wanted to go for many many moons. When Read More