There is no shortage of incredible stargazing around New Zealand. With a population of just about five million, we don’t have a lot of light pollution compared with other countries. The bright lights of cities and towns, with their homes,…
Fiordland is New Zealand’s largest national park and home to many hidden gems. Fiordland never ceases to delight and surprise me. I never tire of visiting. There always seems to be a new walk, a new hut, a new secret…
Sometimes I think my best quality is my eternal optimism. I could stare in the face of failure, pain, and horrible, gut-wrenching mistakes and think, she’ll be right. Like that time, I totaled a work car on the biggest job…
Summer in Greece is the time to relax, and for many people relaxing is about reading a book at the beach, at the pool or the hotel balcony with view to the fantastic sea or the romantic sunset. Here are…
Sometimes, I find myself dwelling on the regions where I spend the most time in New Zealand; I’m the kind of person who likes to go back to places I love again and again. And for some reason, I’m always…
The beautiful island of Corfu may be mostly known for its historic town and its seafront resorts, although it has so much more to offer! This gem of the Ionian sea is in fact every nature lover’s dream! Are you…
The time has come for your trip to Greece and as soon as you realize you’ve fallen in love with the Dodecanese islands, you find yourself stuck in a big dilemma: Rhodes or Kos? It is indeed difficult to make up…
Thirty-four twirls around the sun. Wow, how time flies. It feels like yesterday I was a fresh-faced 21-year-old starting this blog to document my travels. Thirteen years later, I still feel like I don’t know what I’m doing, just a…
Two years ago, our tiny island home of New Zealand pulled up the drawbridge and closed its borders to keep out COVID. It worked except for a few incursions before giving up entirely earlier this summer. We had nearly two…
