We left North Island thinking, “Well, it can’t be much better than that”. Then we landed on the South Island and it blew us away. Stunning landscapes, beautiful little towns and cities. We had an absolute ball.

North Island

We spent around 2 weeks travelling around the North Island of New Zealand in a camper van. It was the first time we’d actually stayed in a camper and it was pretty small to be honest, but we really enjoyed it!

We visited the Bay of Islands. The Coromandel, Mount Maunganui, Hobbiton, Rotorua, Taupo, Tongariro and did some amazing white water rafting at River Valley lodge.

The change of landscape as you drive down the North Island is quite a sight to behold and well worth spending a good few weeks visiting!

Here are a few pics!

Singapore

On our way to New Zealand we stopped off in Singapore for 3 days to break up the journey a little. Singapore was so humid, within 10 minutes of being outside it felt like you had been running a marathon you were so sweaty.

Whilst we were there we wandered over to the Zoo, swam in our pool, did some shopping, went to Universal Studios and visited the Gardens by the bay.

The strangest thing about Singapore at Christmas time is that its 30 degrees and all the shops are dressed up with Christmas decorations, pretend snow and huge models of Santa. It felt really odd walking around in shorts seeing all the Christmas decor everywhere.

All these taken with the Xt1 and 18mm lens.