Since coming to New Zealand I have really only completed one hike: The Tongariro Crossing in Tongariro National Park. I’ve been walking around Wellington, Snowboarding, Surfing, Paddle Boarding, Skydiving, Mountain Biking and Roller Skating, but not really completed any real hiking. I thought that this needed to be changed, so when James and his housemateContinueContinue reading “Hiking Mt. Holdsworth”
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Easter Weekend
As we have a lovely long weekend here for Easter, James and I thought we’d get out and actually do something or some things. Get out of the house and be active… Good Friday After having a long lay in we decided to take a drive out past Wainuiomata and see what we could findContinueContinue reading “Easter Weekend”
Tongariro Alpine Crossing
Since being in New Zealand and reading about all of the trekking opportunities there were here, the Tongariro Alpine Crossing seemed like a good idea. It was long and tiring (i have managed to strain my knee a little bit) but it was nothing on the Himalayas! It was most definitely and totally worth it in theContinueContinue reading “Tongariro Alpine Crossing”
Nepal: The Annapurna Circuit
I have walked a very, very long way. A very long way!I worked it out to be 83.5 Miles in total walked, with an incline of 5014 metres (I was already 402 metres)…I’d say that was a pretty epic amble indeed. © Copyright 2005 – 2020, Exciting Nepal The map in the image block shows whereContinueContinue reading “Nepal: The Annapurna Circuit”