A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
On a cold winter’s weekend last month, I headed to Yulefest in the Blue Mountains, mid-year Christmas celebrations that are held every year in the Blue Mountains town of Katoomba. I may be from the Southern Hemisphere, but after spending several years Christmassing in the colder climes of the Northern Hemisphere, having a BBQ and […] Read more…
Want to find out what the best Auckland activities are so you can make the most of your stay there? Then read on for the best days out in Auckland! Poor old Auckland gets a bad rap. Unfortunately this is mainly from New Zealanders who didn’t grow up here. Or from people that haven’t spent much […] Read more…
Every time I go home these days, I try to add on a trip to a destination that I haven’t been to before. This time around it was Cape Reinga, north of Auckland at the northernmost tip of New Zealand, that was calling my name. It was time to do a Northland Road Trip! Despite […] Read more…
Like increasingly more things in my life, our day out in Melbourne was driven by my desire to see kitties. I haven’t been able to have one myself as I have been either living abroad or travelling over the last 11 years, which I think has made me a tad obsessive over every cute kitty […] Read more…
Beautiful Sydney, Australia. You could spend weeks in Sydney and not see everything worth seeing so 5 days in Sydney will never be enough time – although you can cover some of the highlights if that is all you have to work with. With it’s iconic opera house, world-class dining, stunning city beaches, and pockets […] Read more…
It has now been three years since I set out on this trip that has become my life – three years as a nomad! I can’t quite believe it myself. I have already written a post about my reflections on this landmark milestone for me, so I won’t go back into it in detail here. […] Read more…
Month Thirty Five of Digital Nomad Life has been a pretty chilled month in terms of travel, but I have been really busy in other aspects of my life. I started the month where I ended it, working a full time Executive Assistant contract in Auckland, but I did manage to escape the city for […] Read more…
Month Thirty Four of Digital Nomad Life was pretty much split in two – with the first half being spent still traveling on my solo trip in South East Asia, and the second half being back home in New Zealand. I started the month with one more night in my beloved Kampot. Although my last […] Read more…
Wow, what a wild ride the past two months have been! So wild in fact that I didn’t have time to do my round up for Month Thirty Two so this one is going to be a MASSIVE recap of Month Thirty Two and Thirty Three. Sorry about that but you just have to read […] Read more…
One of the main complaints I hear from travelers that make it to my beautiful home country of New Zealand is how expensive it is. Especially the food. But it doesn’t have to be. Sure, New Zealand is no South East Asia when it comes to prices, I won’t pretend that you can eat out […] Read more…