http://www.travelstripe.com/ Travel Stripe en Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:55:00 GMT Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:55:00 GMT info@travelstripe.com info@travelstripe.com http://www.travelstripe.com/santa-lucia-santiago/ With the Andes as a backdrop, with architecture ranging from fine old sixteenth century churches to sleek modern commercial centres, with stunning squares, gardens and monuments and with a vibrant... http://www.travelstripe.com/santa-lucia-santiago/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/santa-lucia-santiago/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:55:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/civilisation-in-the-waitakeres/ For all its wild, deserted coastline and its vast, untamed and uninterrupted bush, the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park has some picturesque and equally appealing oases of civilsation. Firstly, there's Titirangi... http://www.travelstripe.com/civilisation-in-the-waitakeres/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/civilisation-in-the-waitakeres/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:44:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/aucklands-west-coast/ The spectacular, densely-clustered, thickly forested hills of the Waitakere ranges are bordered by a stunning coastline of vertiginous cliffs, dramatic black sand beaches and wild surf. Turning off the main... http://www.travelstripe.com/aucklands-west-coast/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/aucklands-west-coast/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:21:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/te-wao-nui-o-tiriwa/ To the West of Auckland, little more than an hour's drive from the CBD is the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park, or Te Wao Nui o Tiriwa (the great forest of... http://www.travelstripe.com/te-wao-nui-o-tiriwa/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/te-wao-nui-o-tiriwa/ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:59:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/an-auckland-drive/ Tamaki Drive is certainly Auckland's, and arguably New Zealand's, most beautiful stretch of road. On one side is a succession of lovely beaches, where the sparkling blue waters of the... http://www.travelstripe.com/an-auckland-drive/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/an-auckland-drive/ Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:33:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/one-tree-hill/ Maungakiekie, or One Tree Hill, which sits in the beautiful, green acreage of Cornwall Park, is probably the most interesting of Auckland's 48 crater mountains. Until about 30 years ago... http://www.travelstripe.com/one-tree-hill/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/one-tree-hill/ Mon, 31 May 2010 23:29:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/maunga-whau-mount-eden/ Every great city has its high point. There are towers, like the Eiffel of Paris or Dubai's Burj. There are tall buildings, like New York's Empire State or Melbourne's Europa... http://www.travelstripe.com/maunga-whau-mount-eden/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/maunga-whau-mount-eden/ Mon, 31 May 2010 10:26:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/the-waitaki-valley/ Leaving Tekapo in the high country of New Zealand's South Island, we follow the road across a vast plateau. A few lonely mail boxes mark off huge farms and long... http://www.travelstripe.com/the-waitaki-valley/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/the-waitaki-valley/ Sat, 29 May 2010 09:37:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/tekapo/ On either side of the car, endless, flat stretches of dun coloured tussock fade into banks of mist. Somewhere out there, are the mountains, but this autumn afternoon they're lost... http://www.travelstripe.com/tekapo/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/tekapo/ Wed, 26 May 2010 01:59:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/fairlie-new-zealand/ In 1855 James Mackenzie stole 1000 sheep from a Timaru station and led them away to graze on the rugged slopes of the Southern Alps. The station owner and two... http://www.travelstripe.com/fairlie-new-zealand/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/fairlie-new-zealand/ Tue, 25 May 2010 08:46:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/orana-wildlife-park/ It's a crisp, sunny autumn morning and Orana Park, New Zealand's only free range zoo, just outside Christchurch, is busy with holiday visitors. Still we strike off down a path... http://www.travelstripe.com/orana-wildlife-park/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/orana-wildlife-park/ Mon, 24 May 2010 01:45:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/science-alive/ Strapped into harnesses, Matthew and Otis grope for toeholds on a sheer, 7 metre wall, then swing out and bounce their way back down. Science Alive, in the old railway... http://www.travelstripe.com/science-alive/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/science-alive/ Fri, 21 May 2010 08:58:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/ferrymead-heritage-park/ Located at the foot of the Port Hills, on the site, initially, of an ancient Maori hunting ground and later, of Zealand's first public railway, Ferrymead Heritage Park includes two... http://www.travelstripe.com/ferrymead-heritage-park/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/ferrymead-heritage-park/ Wed, 19 May 2010 08:53:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/the-port-hills/ There are several routes over the rugged hills to the Port of Lyttleton just outside Christchurch in New Zealand. You can zigzag, on foot or on horseback, up the Bridle... http://www.travelstripe.com/the-port-hills/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/the-port-hills/ Mon, 17 May 2010 02:56:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/boating-on-the-avon-in-christchurch/ In the city that is more English than England, cruising down the Avon River, through the leafy acres of Hagley Park, is a must for any visitor. While an Edwardian... http://www.travelstripe.com/boating-on-the-avon-in-christchurch/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/boating-on-the-avon-in-christchurch/ Fri, 14 May 2010 05:31:00 GMT