Popularity contest – New Zealand has won over the Chinese

Each year the Chinese International Travel Monitor (CITM) provides information on what mainland Chinese travellers are doing and what they want to do. It recently revealed Chinese LOVE New Zealand and ranked us the third destination (equal with France) they’d like to visit after Canada and Australia. They love New Zealand hospitality. The report revealed a […]
5 of Auckland’s best Farmers’ Markets

I’m not travelling at the moment for a very good reason. That’s because I became a granny two weeks ago and I might add, a very young one! I was happily grounded leading up to the birth of Baby B, our first grandchild. And now he is here, I just can’t get enough of him […]
Camp Glenorchy – accommodation we should all aspire to

When I recently visited Queentown I made a trip to Glenorchy to see the recently opened, Camp Glenorchy. For those of you not familiar with Glenorchy, it’s at the northern most tip of Lake Wakatipu, about an hour out of Queenstown. It’s remote and surrounded by spectacular mountains giving it a real wilderness feel. It’s […]