A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
If you are planning a trip to New Zealand but don’t know where to start with your South Island New Zealand itinerary, check out these incredible places to visit – I’m a Kiwi that has traveled all over the South Island and these are the places I recommend. I just returned from a wonderful road […] Read more…
Looking for a colorful autumn getaway near Sydney? Then you can’t go past spending an autumn weekend in Orange NSW. Read on to find out more. As well as being a color and a fruit, Orange NSW is also a small country town located in the central tablelands region, a couple of hours’ drive from […] Read more…
I have spent a lot of time in the Blue Mountains of Australia, and they are one of my favorite places in the whole country. I wanted to share my Blue Mountains Itinerary and guide for the perfect Blue Mountains weekend away to help you fall in love with this magical place too, so here […] Read more…
If you are visiting or live in Sydney and want to experience autumn colors, you can’t beat a Blue Mountains autumn day out! The Blue Mountains are one of those places that I keep returning to again and again. I just love it up there. It can easily be visited on a day trip, but […] Read more…
Like increasingly more things in my life, my one day 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 traveling over the last 19 years, which I think has made me a tad obsessive over every cute kitty […] Read more…
Sometimes it is the experiences that only come about in the last minute, with no expectations, that end up being the most rewarding. Such was the case on our last day in Fiji, where we ended up doing a half-day Nadi tour. Our flight was due out at 2.30 pm from Nadi airport and we […] Read more…
There are lots of fun things to do in Hamilton New Zealand so if you are planning a North Island road trip, make sure to add Hamilton to your itinerary – this surprising city has so much more to offer a visitor than you would think… Hamilton may not be on a lot of people’s […] Read more…
If you want to experience traditional Fijian culture, you should definitely visit a Fijian village. Read on to find out about my experience on a village visit on Nacula Island in Fiji… One of the reasons that I wanted to visit the Yasawa Island group of Fiji was because of their remoteness. With no roads, […] Read more…
I may be a North Island girl but that doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate the incredible landscapes of the South Island too, and there are some Otago Towns in particular that I love visiting. While the North Island is all about the Maori and Pacific Island culture, volcanoes, natural hot springs, and beautiful stretches […] Read more…
The best Mount Cook Hike that is relatively easy and stunningly beautiful? Definitely the gorgeous Hooker Valley Track! I had wanted to visit Mount Cook for ages but for some reason, I hadn’t quite made it there. But last spring during my South Island road trip with my Dad, the timing was finally right. Along […] Read more…