February 2016
The biggest sand island in the world, this World Heritage Area and the traditional homeland of Batchulla people, is a small piece of heaven. As the sand goes as deep as 500m, it is said that it contains more sand than the Sahara desert! And that’s why one can enjoy it only by using a […]
The home of Steve Erwin, Australia Zoo, is said to be the biggest zoo on the continent. The number of international species is not as impressive as in other European zoos (e.g. Valencia), but koalas and lizards are everywhere!!! We arrived there on a hot afternoon, just in time for the koala information session where […]
“Happiness is Australia’s biggest theme park”! This is Dreamworld’s logo and they are right! I couldn’t stop smiling and laughing like a child the whole day. Adventure, water fun, small zoo, ancient race cars expo, Dreamworld is all in one place. We arrived there in the very morning, so we were the first adventurers to […]
Wow! Lots of kilometers of gold, soft sand beach! Truly amazing! Our first day here was quite “un-probable” as I like to say. We arrived in the morning and knocked at the door of our host (a friend of a friend of the Bear) – let’s call him Sam. We knocked and knocked and called […]
Hamilton Gardens or 2014 Garden of the world is definitely a must-do if you get to the Northern Island! We found here a history of gardens from all around the world – from Japanese Gardens of Contemplation to Italian Renaissance, American Modernist, Indian Char Bagh Traditional Maori or Fantasy Gardens! A wonderful mix of colors […]
We felt like kids again for one day while experiencing the fantastic world of Frodo, Gandalf and Bilbo Baggins – Hobbiton movie set. Built on the wavering hills of Alexander family farm, the small holes with multi-color doors and carefully crafted furniture, with flowers at the entrance and surrounded by fantasy trees are just like […]
After having trained through the jungle on the Pinnacles, we needed something more! So we accepted the challenge of crossing Tongariro – 19.4 km up to more than 2000 m surrounded by volcanoes (one of them still steaming – last picture), at almost 30 degrees Celsius. 2 more difficult climbs – Devil’s stairways and Red […]
For those of you who might wonder how New Zealand appeared on the world map, it seems that it literally raised from the sea millions of years ago when it was part of the landmass of the southern hemisphere known as Godwana. NZ ground is full of energies that lead to spectacular geothermal activity, with […]
Rotorua is situated on the edge of the lake with the homonyms name in the center of the northern NZ island. Located in an area with a pronounced geothermal activity and smelling intensely of sulfur, the city is also famous among adrenaline junkies for all the extreme activities that can be found here. We’ve tested only […]
This is a must do if you reach Rotorua! A unique geothermal experience with erupting waters, steaming fumaroles, boiling muds. Named by the maori tribes that used to populate the area “Tikitere”, the place got it’s more popular name “Hell’s Gate” after the 1934 visit of the famous Irish writer George Bernard Shaw. When he saw […]