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Tag: Wellington
Travel: Affordable and Mind Blowing Places to Eat in Wellington New Zealand (from a local)
Here is the cream of the crop for mind-blowing food (now available again) in Wellington
Travel: Wellington’s Chinese New Year Lantern Festival
Despite all of the media beat-up around Corona Virus, the Lantern Festival to celebrate Chinese New Year went ahead on Wellington's waterfront the other night. It was really beautiful, bustling full of people and one of those sacred and special Wellington evenings where there was virtually no wind and all was peaceful, balmy and summery.…
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Travel: Wellington from city to wild coasts
Watch my video of the journey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxaRIuTae8U Wellington is unusual and amazing in that you can walk along the beach for 10 km and go from being in the middle of the city to being in a really remote and wind-swept marine sanctuary. There aren't many other places in the world you can do that.…
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Day out in Wellington: The Terracotta Warriors at Te Papa Museum
The first week that we moved to Wellington we went to see Te Papa Museum's landmark exhibition: Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality. Enshrined in darkness and dim light, the exhibition feels like being submerged into the underworld. The exhibition offers you a rare opportunity to have an intimate and immersive encounter with remarkable treasures from…
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