Frida + Diego at the Auckland Art Gallery

The Auckland Art Gallery recently had an exhibit that I couldn’t miss: Frida & Diego – Art & Life in Modern Mexico. Growing up, my grandmother loved Frida and had several copies of her art… View Post

Sunsetter Food, Wine & Music Festival

Last Saturday was my first festival of the season: Sunsetter in Albany, Auckland. This day festival had humble beginnings as a food and wine festival with music as an after thought. After progressing in popularity,… View Post

The Cook Islands: Atiu

Atiu. The Island of Birds. Once I won return flights to Rarotonga via Cook Islands Tourism, Mark and I knew we wanted to check out Atiu. I won these tickets after going to a travel… View Post

A Long Weekend in Fiji

The international borders are beginning to open up down here in New Zealand! Mark and I decided to check another Pacific Island off our list: Fiji. Due to a new public holiday, Matariki, we booked… View Post

Whanganui River Journey

The Whanganui Journey is one of 3 Great Walks on the North Island. It is the only Great Walk in the country that is actually a canoe or kayak ride, and thus is referred to… View Post

Motuihe Island – A day trip with Red Boats

Due to Auckland being in an extended lockdown during the Delta outbreak, the New Zealand government decided to offer tourism packages to get residents out & about. All you had to do was register as… View Post

Golden Lights vs Plane Sailing

The 2021-2022 summer festival season has been – weird – to say the least. New Zealand as a country changed from the Covid Alert Level System to the Traffic Light System. When this happened, different… View Post

The Cook Islands: Rarotonga

Rarotonga is the main and biggest Island in the Cook Islands. By car it only takes about an hour to drive the entire length, and there are only 2 busses: Clockwise & Counterclockwise. Being so… View Post