By
Dina, on July 8th, 2010
New Zealand’s South Island is full of some of the most spectacular scenery on earth. As we planned our road trip, we struggled with the question: How are we going to fit it all into two weeks? It’s really impossible to do it all, as the South Island of New Zealand has so many amazing places, you would need months or years to really explore it fully. But you still can try to see as much as possible if, like us, two weeks is all you have.
During our trip we experienced some of New Zealand’s worst weather [read more...]
By
Ryan, on May 28th, 2010
We’re driving around the South Island of New Zealand by campervan. Over the past few days there have been severe rainstorms, especially around the Otago region we’re currently exploring.
We arrived in town late at night and drove around looking for a place to camp. It seemed like the water was getting high in places so we were extra careful to pass on some dodgy looking spots and eventually camped on a raised, well drained parking lot off a main road. It’s a good thing, too, as the next morning we found that many low lying roads [read more...]
By
Dina, on March 16th, 2010
Sometimes camping in exotic places means you will get exotic local guests. It could be an elephant visiting you in your campers, like what happened to some people camping in Africa.
An elephant visiting campers in Africa. Copyright by Peter Baxter at www.africatravelguide.com
Source: http://www.africatravelguide.com/articles/hard-facts-about-african-travel.html (Check it out for more elephant vs campers pictures!)
