For everyone who reads the books or/and watches the trilogy of the Lord of the Rings or the trilogy of the Hobbit will definitely dreams to visit the shire. The shire is a region where the hobbit lives. It can be defined as Hobbiton village. The shire is originally a fictional place, until being built for real for the purpose of the movie...

After staying for one night in Taupo, me and my friends continued to drive to our next destination. Our next destination is Huka Falls. Turns out that the water from the Huka falls drains to Lake Taupo across the Waikato River. Whenever I go to fall in New Zealand, I always amazed. I don't know why, it always makes me think how beautiful and amazing it...

Hello everyone! It has been a long time, since the last time I published my last post. I am so sorry that I have been gone and kind of forget to update my blog. But don't worry, I am back right now. Anyway, I am going to continue my story from my last trip. On my last post, I mentioned that I was going to...

Our next stop was Kiwi 360, a famous kiwi farming. It is still located in the Bay of Plenty region, to be exact in Te Puke.  It is only around 25 minutes drive from Tauranga. What we can do on this farm? We can join the tour, it's $20 for an adult and $18 for student. They have a specific time for the...

A month ago I went travelling with my friend to Bay of Plenty Region. It's located in the south part of Auckland. It takes around 4-5 hours by car. It was my second time to visit the region. I went there for the first time last year, during summer holiday. Unfortunately, my HD external broken and all the pictures are there. I couldn't post...

Two months ago, I went to a small rural town, 2 hours drive from Auckland to the south, which is called by Matamata. The town is part of the Waikato Region. This town is famous for their best quality of dairy product. One of their best cafes is Kaimai Cheese Cafe. It was built in 1920s by Mr. Frith. I went around last...

Hi everyone, it's been a loooonng time since I posted in this blog. Well, so much things happened in the past months, I moved to the new apartment (which is closer to uni and located in the city center - literally), preparing for the research proposal (can't believe one year already passed and one year more to go to finish my degree), applying for...

The last day is always difficult for me, because it means time to back to reality. We went to some places before heading back to Auckland, and here's some the picture. Sunrise at PaihiaThey said sunrise in Paihia is really beautiful and really breathtaking moment. So I decided to wake up early and not going to miss the moment. Thankfully, the weather was really...

10 AM is the time to check out of the motel, so we left on time. We were still heading to north, and our main destination was Paihia, Bay of Island. Yet before reach there, we stopped by at some place. Here,Whangarei Falls.It is only 10 minutes distances from Whangarei City. Hidden treasure inside the park. Because from the outside, it looks like...

After finishing with our coffee and food, we head to north, to the Whangarei City. It took around 2 - 3 hours to get there from Auckland. It was a rainy day, raining all the day with a little wind in between. Unfortunately, when we finally found the city, it was already getting dark. All the shops were close and the city looks...

It was my first super duper random trip in 2014. We planned to go up the side of the Auckland but we didn't plan any specific places that we should go. We left Auckland in the afternoon, and we stopped by in Puhoi.Puhoi is one of historical villages in New Zealand and since it was founded by bohemian people, the atmosphere over there is...

Still can't believe that it is finally 2014. So much happen back then in 2013, from moving to new place, visiting new places, meet new friends, start and ending the relationship, new status as a student (again), until moving to a new apartment. I hope 2014 is much better than 2013. I travelled a lot in 2013, but the sad part is my hard...