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RE: Day Hike with Grandson: Kaitoke Regional Park

in EXHAUST3 years ago

Looks like a magical place. NZ is a place I've always wanted to visit, but the high cost of travel and tourism there plus the nearly impossible to get tourist visa for my Cambodian family members is a big deterrent. We were even denied transit visas for Canada on our way to Ecuador.

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That totally sucks.

It's quite funny as NZ'rs prefer bigger continents. Most desired destination is Great Britain, Europe and possibly US. The isolation/remoteness and mainly slow pace is the main reason why the young people leave, and these things is the reason why I stay.

It is expensive to live here from what I am told, but as I very rarely travel I cannot do any comparisons. My wife likes to travel and her convincing me to get on a plane where it is quite possible it will fall out of the sky at any moment ain't gonna happen :-)

I enjoy overseas travelling though online bloggers. Hiking locally in NZ is just as adventurous.