Vietnam is an exciting, beautiful and very interesting country to visit. It's full of history, adventure, stunning scenery and lovely warm, kind, gentle people. We loved our 2 weeks there and had such a good time!...

The Alps to Ocean Cycle Trail has got to be one of THE most stunning cycle trails around. Superlatives abound when describing the trail and they are well justified.  With its snowy mountain ranges, wide open grassy plains, shady...

If you love dressing up, dancing, music, parades and all the style and fun of the 1930’s/40’s then you would love the Napier Art Deco festival.   Held over 4 days, this festival is absolutely jam packed full of fun things...

One definition of the word "adventure" is not 'knowing what the outcome is going to be.'  That was certainly the case in this kayaking adventure! A group of 7 of us met up with our guides from Auckland Sea Kayaks...

Did you know we have our own spectacular cave pretty much right on our doorstep, (if you're from Auckland or the Waikato)?  That's right.  On the back road to Port Waikato is a wonderful hidden gem, called Nikau Cave. A...

What a perfect day we had for this adventure!  We certainly appreciated that fact when we found out that the day before had been unfavourable conditions and as it turned out, the day after was thick with fog! We headed...

Gliding through the grey still water, gentle misty rain caressing my face, a sense of calm and being at one with nature, I smiled as I thought, 'there's nowhere I'd rather be right now.' Yes, the forecast wasn't good at...

OK, I admit it, I was a bit nervous about doing this adventure.  I had visions of the blokart speeding uncontrollably along the beach, me hanging on for dear life or the blokart flipping over and me getting hurt...

Well, what a weekend that was!  We had perfect weather, a great group of women, a lovely place to stay, an absolutely beautiful walk on both days.....the Bay of Islands really turned it on for us and definitely lived...

Well, who would have thought it.......?  The weather forecast wasn't looking too good and it was touch and go whether the trip to Tiritiri Matangi Bird Sanctuary was going to be called off or not, but it turned out...