Two Weeks Alone at the Bottom of the World
Two weeks wandering Bluff and Invercargill alone. Museums, oysters, truck parades, and rain. What happens when you slow down enough to hear the wind.
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The Hotel Job That Fed Me Rainbow Trout and Left-Behind Yoghurt
Six-hour shifts cleaning hotel rooms in Te Anau. Shared meals with European backpackers. A vanlifer who caught trout with his bare hands. Working travel, unfiltered.
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Two Weeks Cleaning Bunks in Greymouth (And Why I Loved It)
Two weeks of hostel work in Greymouth: 4-hour shifts, instant coffee breakfasts, and hitchhiking to Pancake Rocks. This is what backpacker life actually looks like.
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Strangers, Sand Dunes, and the Kindness I Miss
A two-week bus journey to New Zealand’s northernmost point. Six homeschooled kids asking endless questions. A family who opened their home to strangers for no reason except wanting their children to meet the world. This is what travel looked like before the internet made everyone suspicious.
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The Best Travel Memories Cost Nothing
We packed four people into a car with no plan and $200 budget. That two-day road trip taught me that the best travel memories cost nothing – they’re the conversations, the small-town wandering, the time spent with people who matter.
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The New Year We Spent Failing at Fishing (And Why It Was Perfect)
We drove three cars to Raglan for New Year’s Eve, pitched tents on the grass, and caught nothing at all. The morning after was a different story.
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Strawberries, a Truck, and a Police Officer I Wasn’t Expecting
Three months into my New Zealand working holiday, my boss handed me a truck key and said I was ready. I was not ready.
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Working Holiday New Zealand: Eating Raw for two weeks
Before the strawberry farm, there was a WWOOF host, a Volkswagen we could barely afford, and two weeks of eating raw food in someone’s trailer.
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Why I Can’t Sleep in Airports Anymore (And Other Things 40-Year-Old Me Won’t Do)
From sleeping through earthquakes in Christchurch Airport to requiring confirmed WiFi before booking – how travel changed between 25 and 40.
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First Solo Trip. Foreign Country. Strangers’ Sofas. What Could Go Wrong?
Yes, I’m a woman. Yes, I did it alone. Yes, I stayed with strangers. An honest account of Couchsurfing across the UK — the first time I ever travelled solo abroad.
