Showing posts with label new zealand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new zealand. Show all posts

Monday, November 29, 2010

Hostel of the Week...




For such a travel-friendly nation, New Zealand really doesn’t have an impressive hostel scene. An exception to that rule may be YHA WELLINGTON. This hostel is a great place for the Dirty Hippie looking for a comfortable hostel in a prime location. YHA Wellington is located right around the corner from the ultra hip Courtnay Place section of the city where bars, cafes, restaurants, and nightclubs are all in walking distance to the hostel. The dorm rooms at YHA Wellington are clean and spacious; and the double rooms rival that of a hotel, complete with views of the Wellington Harbour. The YHA has an enormous kitchen to serve all your cooking needs. If you don't feel like cooking, they also have weekly deals with local restaurants, giving you the chance to taste Wellington on the cheap. There is also Internet with printing capabilities, TV room, lounge, game room, laundry, tour desk, and bike rental. The staff at YHA is extremely friendly and always helping guests get the best out of their stay. This YHA is so comfortable that they had to put a maximum stay limit of ten days because guests would come and never want to leave. Need way say more.


THREE REASONS TO STAY AT YHA WELLINGTON:

1. Perfect location. Whether going out to a café or for a beer, you can always stumble on back with ease.

2. Free bagel Mondays; Totally free breakfast once a week!

3. The staff is made up of young travelers who know Wellington and know what they are talking about.










www.yha.co.nz


Friday, November 12, 2010

Photo of the Day...


Mirror Lakes, New Zealand. Photo: Drew Rosenhouse

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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Photo of the Day...


Lake Gunn, New Zealand. Photo by: Lili Tyler

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Saturday, August 14, 2010

Photo of the Day...


Christchurch, New Zealand. Photo by: Crissy Daniels

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Photo of the Day...

Milford Sound, New Zealand. Photo by: Cory Sheer

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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Photo of the Day...

Queenstown, New Zealand. Photo by: Sarah Price

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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Photo of the Day...


Auckland, New Zealand. Photo by: Sarah Leech

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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Photo of the Day..


Mt. Cook, New Zealand. Photo by: Mons Salomonsem

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Saturday, April 3, 2010

Photo of the Day..


Queensland, New Zealand. Photo by: Madaline Dubin

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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Dirty Little Secrets...

MUSIC FROM THE ROAD

The Chills

The Chills

The Chills were formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1980, from the remains of a two year old High School "punk" band named The Same.

Initially in The Same, Martin Phillipps was taken on as the guitarist but soon became lead vocalist, and then started writing the songs.

Martin's songs began to outstrip the very rudimentary capabilities of The Same and he formed a new group with Chills co-founder Peter Gutteridge (who had recently been fired from fellow-Dunedin band The Clean). Martin had then (and still does today) a single-minded determination to take quality, original N.Z.-sounding, melodic rock music to the world.

Peter Gutteridge soon left to follow his own musical path. His departure was the first of nearly forty other band members who, in the last 24 years, have played in The Chills. Martin's requirement of band members over the years has been to meet a standard of musicianship which is necessary to deliver The Chills' songs with essential, consistent energy in the live arena.

Martin has maintained this difficult ideal through nearly all of the band's twenty incarnations, and when it has been missing he has acted and changed the line-up. This determination to maintain a high-powered approach to The Chills live shows stems from the punk rock ethics of Martins musical awakening, and from the subsequent proximity to charismatic persons like Chris Knox who drove home how crucial it was to deliver music always with intensity and conviction.

This live energy is the central reason why The Chills are remembered fondly in all of the thirty-nine countries that they have thus far visited on their promotional tours. It is the combination of this AND the consistent quality of their songs which have established The Chills as one of the most well-known New Zealand groups to date - particularly in the U.S.A., U.K. and Europe.

The Chills have had a string of hits over the years and have become a NZ institution with their songs being used in TV shows, commercials, and movie soundtracks.