Travel

Alex enjoying quiet morning at Wacky Stays, Kaikoura before a long drive to Queenstown Well, calling it “a road trip…

Dhigali was our fifth (and last) resort of the big Maldives trip back in November. And Gosh, I prayed it…

Queenstown is a quintessential New Zealand getaway. Sitting on the shores of the picturesque Lake Wakatipu and surrounded by spectacular…

There is something special about the way you first enter any Maldivian resort. It always starts from the water. You…

Maldives is one of those countries that is easier to show than to describe. All the palm trees, sandy beaches,…

At some stage I was ready to admit we’re some sort of travel losers. Imagine having a tour cancelled TWICE due to the weather conditions… Doesn’t sound too bad? Wait until I tell you the tour is located in the SUNSHINE CAPITAL of New Zealand. Yep, story of my life:) But after the success of our third attempt to visit White Island (I bet, you have guessed by now), I truly believe the timing was just perfect!

During our first trip down to ‘The Heart of North Island’, Taupo wasn’t even on our radar, to be honest. We intended to spend a night there and drive to Whakapapa Skiing Resort the next morning. Avid snow fans, we couldn’t think of a better way to spend the whole weekend, rather than on the sunny beautiful slopes of Mt Ruapehu. Apparently, things don’t always go the way you pictured it. At the bottom of the mount we were greeted by a severe storm, wind, rain and snowfall – pretty much all the natural disasters you can think of. We managed to have some fun anyway, but after pouring tons of water out of all our boots, jackets and helmets and a good half an hour in a hot bath, we decided to play safe and stay in Taupo on Sunday. And God, though I definitely didn’t have enough snow this winter, I never regretted this decision. Taupo is a wonderful town with lots of exciting and unique activities.

White Island is the ONLY active marine volcano in New Zealand. Obviously, a trip to Bay of Plenty is not…

"What was the most breathtaking place you’ve been to in New Zealand so far?" This question had me and Alex baffled. I mean, we hardly saw 1/10 of all the fascinating NZ landscapes, but struggled to choose the only one already. But I was never afraid of challenges, so today I’m pushing myself to choose the most spectacular beaches in New Zealand, that we were lucky to soak up the magic of.