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READ MOREMy first trip to the beautiful country of New Zealand was in June of 2016 for a work assignment. After flying for over 14 hours from LAX (Los Angeles), I had a 24-hour layover in Auckland. Now I could have stayed at a hotel close to the airport but opted for one in the city […]
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READ MOREOn my second trip to New Zealand, my co-worker, Andrea and I planned a weekend road trip to Queenstown, New Zealand. It was going to be my first international road trip. Queenstown has been on my radar since my first visit to New Zealand. I was told that it was the town to see […]
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READ MOREThe first time I went to over to the Oceania, I didn’t stop in Australia. I went directly to New Zealand. The second time around, I made the decision to stop in Sydney and Melbourne. The first time I did was research if Australia requires a Visa. Yes it does and here is the link […]
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READ MOREWhen I arrived in New Zealand about two weeks ago, my co-worker (Andrea) said “you are going to bungy jump when we visit Queenstown for the weekend”. I was like uh. I was thinking of skydiving or zip-lining. Bungy jumping never crossed my mind. As the week progressed, my client started to encourage me with […]
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READ MOREThe last time I traveled to the Oceania continent, it took 44 hours. On this trip, I said no! I am going to do a longer layover in Sydney which was about 48 hours. Did I have a plan? No! I just knew that I was going to see as much of Sydney as I […]
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READ MOREHow could I come to New Zealand and don’t explore Auckland….so on my one day visit, I decided to the do the Skywalk at the famous Sky Tower. When I arrived I just missed a session and the next one was at 2:30, so I decided to have lunch. During my lunch, I needed […]
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READ MOREWhen I first arrived in New Zealand, I was not impressed with the food. I pretty much ate once a day and hopefully I would sleep away my hunger (lol). Since arriving to Dunedin and finding out that the city is very close to the harbour (see video from yesterday), I am loving the seafood […]
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READ MOREWhen I travel, I never drive. It is usually a cab, uber, or metro. So for the work assignment, I had to drive in New Zealand. I have never driven on the wrong side of the road. I learned the highways are called motorways. The turn signal and windshield wiper are the demons especially when […]
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READ MOREMy “bread and butter” asked if I wanted to go to New Zealand for an assignment for two weeks. Who would say no? So the person I am who chases frequent flyer points couldn’t seeing me flying on Air New Zealand/United. I couldn’t give up 10,000 points with Delta and the opportunity to be Platinum. […]
