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The Wonderful Whakapapa Valley, on the Sunny Side of Mount Ruapehu
The Wonderful Whakapapa Valley, on the Sunny Side of Mount Ruapehu
A historic tourist chateau and rides on the Sky Waka cable car, in sunshine and snow, under pressure from global warming.
Mary Jane Walker
Aug 15
Woo-hoo Timaru
Woo-hoo Timaru
Or, why you shouldn’t just pass through on the way to Dunedin, Christchurch, or Oamaru
Mary Jane Walker
Aug 8
From Oamaru to Timaru
From Oamaru to Timaru
North of Oamaru lies the ‘bluestone town’ of Timaru. First stop there is the i-Site and the incredible Te Ana (‘The Cave’) rock drawing…
Mary Jane Walker
Aug 1
Hiking the Whangārei Heads
Hiking the Whangārei Heads
A wonderful wild peninsula right on the city’s doorstep
Mary Jane Walker
Jul 25
A Few Days in LA (Part 2)
A Few Days in LA (Part 2)
From hiking in the Hollywood Hills and an abalone-themed installation at the Getty Center, I fall in love once more with Venice Beach
Mary Jane Walker
Jul 18
A Few Days in LA
A Few Days in LA
Part one of a revisit, staying in Hollywood this time, on the way home to New Zealand
Mary Jane Walker
Jul 11
Carrying on through the Catlins
Carrying on through the Catlins
Part 3: Owaka To Balclutha
Mary Jane Walker
Jul 5
Arriving in Las Vegas
Arriving in Las Vegas
Another young city, conjured out of the desert near the famous Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam
Mary Jane Walker
Jun 27
The Other Side of Tijuana
The Other Side of Tijuana
A visit to Mexico’s newest big city, where the nation begins
Mary Jane Walker
Jun 20
Magical Mexico City (Part 3)
Magical Mexico City (Part 3)
A Famous Silversmith, Frida Kahlo’s House in Coyoacán, and the Floating Gardens of Xochimilco
Mary Jane Walker
Jun 13
Magical Mexico City (Part 2)
Magical Mexico City (Part 2)
The National Anthropological Museum, the Zona Rosa, and other Downtown Delights (plus Teotihuacán)
Mary Jane Walker
Jun 6
Magical Mexico City
Magical Mexico City
My first time in the capital
Mary Jane Walker
May 30
Oaxaca
Oaxaca
Mexico’s most indigenous state and perhaps its most artistic as well, popular with tourists and remote workers
Mary Jane Walker
May 23
Chiapas
Chiapas
From Yucatán into Mexico’s southernmost state, to view the pyramids of Palenque and the historic city of San Cristóbal de Las Casas
Mary Jane Walker
May 16
Cities and Monuments of Yucatán
Cities and Monuments of Yucatán
A tour around Mexico’s Caribbean peninsula, another land of the Maya, which is getting a train to make travel easier
Mary Jane Walker
May 9
El Salvador, Part 2: From Santa Ana to Surf City
El Salvador, Part 2: From Santa Ana to Surf City
Still a chance to “travel back in time,” but perhaps not for much longer
Mary Jane Walker
May 3
El Salvador: Small but Marvellous
El Salvador: Small but Marvellous
There is more to this country than its sunset-facing beaches (but I get to them in the end!)
Mary Jane Walker
Apr 25
Tikal and Uaxactún: Among the Mayan Pyramids
Tikal and Uaxactún: Among the Mayan Pyramids
I head for the northern Guatemalan town of Flores and two famous Mayan temple complexes deep in the forest
Mary Jane Walker
Apr 18
Quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango
Cradle of Culture and Revolutions, also known as Xela
Mary Jane Walker
Apr 11
Acatenango and Atitlán
Acatenango and Atitlán
The Mountain of Fire and the Most Beautiful Lake
Mary Jane Walker
Apr 4
Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala
Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala
Where Life Remains Old-Fashioned
Mary Jane Walker
Mar 28
Guatemala City
Guatemala City
Gateway to a beautiful country symbolised by an exotic bird of freedom, but only just now becoming democratic
Mary Jane Walker
Mar 21
New York, New York
New York, New York
Why I love coming back to America’s most thrilling city
Mary Jane Walker
Mar 14
The Catlins: New Zealand’s wild, rocky, southern shore
The Catlins: New Zealand’s wild, rocky, southern shore
The first of three posts about the southern tip of the South Island, home to rare penguins and an ancient forest
Mary Jane Walker
Feb 29
Above Worry Level: From St Bathans to Ranfurly, on the high plains of the Maniototo
Above Worry Level: From St Bathans to Ranfurly, on the high plains of the Maniototo
A trip that takes in a haunted hotel, in New Zealand’s most romantic old-time mining district
Mary Jane Walker
Feb 24
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