Cape Reinga: the top of the bottom of the world
Cape Reinga at the tip of New Zealand’s North Island is a beautiful, isolated little spot that is said to be the place where the spirits of the dead enter the underworld.
Oceania
It’s time to take a road trip through Australia
It’s time to put on your traveling shoes and take a road trip through Australia. Make this trip count and expand your horizons along the great horizons of the land of Oz…
The many trials of an aspiring travel blogger
How do I blog? How can I get more hits? How can I increase my page rank? I am an aspiring travel blogger and these are the questions that keep me up at night…
Moving to Auckland and the future of Man vs World
Sirens, horns and the sound of a million cars rises 14 floors to where I’m sitting now, admiring the view of the Auckland Harbour Bridge. […]
The 30 nicest travellers to follow on Twitter
It seems like every travel blogger and his dog has a list of the so-called “best travellers to follow on Twitter”, cataloguing the most popular, […]
The Istanbul Pact: a delicious travel tip for couples
It started with a meal; not just any meal, mind, but a really really terrible one. My fiancé and I were in Istanbul, it was […]
Confessions of a New Zealand beach snob
Brighton, Cannes, Biarritz and Marbella: they’ve got nothing on Raglan, Piha, Matai Bay or Punakaiki. Once I took the beaches of New Zealand for granted; […]
Why I backpack (and you should too)
It’s raining so I’m sitting in my room, where it’s dark because the light doesn’t work. The bed is as hard as concrete and I […]
Going home after four years on the road
After four years living in London it was time to go back home to New Zealand – at least for a visit. I was missing […]
Australia’s safest beach
When I think of Australia what immediately comes to mind is shrimps on barbecues, thongs as footwear, the accent, all manner of dangerous and deadly […]