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Mountains are my happy place and I’m always keen to hike in New Zealand if I get a view as good as thisThese are some of...
08/09/2026

Mountains are my happy place and I’m always keen to hike in New Zealand if I get a view as good as this

These are some of my favourite New Zealand walks with mountain views

But I’m keen to do some more these holidays so tell me your favs too!

05/09/2026

It had always been in my bucket list to take the Great Journeys New Zealand Tranzalpine train from Christchurch to Greymouth

I honestly think the best time to travel through Arthur’s Pass is when there’s snow on the mountains and now is the perfect wintery time

And yes I know it’s Spring already.. but it definitely still feels like winter with these brisk winds and rains

There’s so much to do on the West Coast, New Zealand while you’re over there and it’s so much fun to travel by train where you can walk around and check out the scenic car where you can stand outside of see nature all up close

23/08/2026

I definitely have some pet peeves when travelling…

My biggest is when you stand in line in customs in that big long snake… great…

But then force you to stand behind each customs officer… and watch as your person doesn’t have the right visa… and you’re the last person to make it through customs as you’re just stuck there….

Does anyone know this situation? Does my head in!

But this luggage situation - honestly someone should be fired for this monstrosity

And it’s not like it’s a previous flight just left here… someone just unloaded luggage instead of letting it go around.. so we had to fight to get our bags, and check every pipe instead of waiting patiently until our bags came around

Honestly - the normal system works..

Carnage!

Does anyone know this airport or has this happened to you before?

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