A travel journal · 2008–2013
Kiwis Can Fly
Five years, six continents, and one very long way home — the complete travel diary, from a New Zealander loose on the world.
A travel journal · 2008–2013
Five years, six continents, and one very long way home — the complete travel diary, from a New Zealander loose on the world.
It started with a one-way ticket out of New Zealand in 2008 and didn't really stop until 2013. In between: a slow road to London, two years using the city as a launch pad for Europe, the epic overland haul all the way home, and a fresh look at New Zealand itself. This is all of it.
Every post, mapped on a spinning globe. Toggle a journey, hover a marker, click to read. Drag to spin · scroll to zoom.
2008 – 2009The Long Way to London24 entriesThe scenic route to a new life in London: leaving New Zealand, across Australia and the United States, a coast-to-coast loop of Canada, a detour through Ireland, and finally touchdown in the UK.
2009 – 2011London & Europe105 entriesTwo years based in London, working, exploring the city, and seizing every long weekend and holiday to criss-cross Europe and beyond — from Auschwitz to the Oktoberfest, Egypt to Ibiza.
2011 – 2012The Overland Adventure93 entriesThe big one: London to New Zealand entirely overland, no flights until the end. Twenty-seven countries, 43,000 kilometres, the Trans-Siberian railway and the whole of Southeast Asia.
2012 – 2013Home: New Zealand13 entriesBack on home soil, rediscovering New Zealand as a traveller — a South Island road trip through glaciers, fjords and adventure towns, then Fiordland and a wedding across the Tasman.