PHOTO GALLERY: New Zealand’s Gorgeous Kepler Track See Photos of Kepler Track here New Zealand’s Deparment of Conservation (DOC) has designated, among hundreds of hikes around the country, nine ‘Great Walks’, which are considered to be premier hikes through especially spectacular scenery and habitats. Three of those nine walks are located in South Island’s Fiordland …
PHOTO GALLERY: New Zealand’s Famous Abel Tasman Coast Track Abel Tasman Coast Track is one of New Zealand’s 9 designated ‘Great Walks’, those tracks passing through areas of exceptional natural beauty and/or unique eco-systems. Located along the top of South Island in Abel Tasman National Park, the track mostly hugs the coast, offering many gorgeous …
10 Best Photo Galleries of 2014 on LashWorldTour I’m happy to report that 2014 was yet another fantastic year of continuous world travels for me. In total I visited five countries: India, Malaysia, Australia, Fiji and New Zealand. The latter two I finally reached for the first time in my life and, thus, explored quite …
My Experiences Hitch Hiking Around New Zealand I first read about New Zealand and its amazing outdoor wonders while in university in my mid-20s. Ever since, I’ve been keeping my eyes & ears peeled for news, stories and tips about traveling around that far-flung natural paradise. Including in those stories were many tales about travelers …
My Best Travel Adventures of 2014 Miraculously another year has almost come to an end. For me and LashWorldTour, 2014 has been another fantastic year of continuous world travels with many amazing adventures and several exciting ‘first’s and ‘at last!’s. To start with, I finally stepped away from SE Asia for a major chunk of …
PHOTO GALLERY: New Zealand’s Spectacular Westland National Park Fox Glacier, Franz Josef Glacier & Mt. Cook New Zealand’s fabled South Island is an outdoor lover’s paradise, full of dramatic scenery that’s amazingly diverse. The country’s highest mountain peaks at altitudes over 3000 M / 12,000 ft are found there as well as several easily accessible …
PHOTO GALLERY: The Dramatic West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island New Zealand’s fabled South Island is an outdoor lover’s paradise, full of dramatic scenery that’s amazingly diverse. The country’s highest mountain peaks at altitudes over 3000 M / 12,000 ft are found there as well as several easily accessible glaciers, deep fjords, rugged coastlines, …
New Zealand’s Famous Abel Tasman Track – 11 Reasons it’s an Easy Multi-day Hike I recently completed New Zealand’s famous Abel Tasman Coastal Track, one of the country’s nine designated ‘Great Walks’. I’d originally planned doing the hike way back in my 20s, so I’d waited an awfully long, long time to hike that trail. …
What’s it Like to Pilot a Stunt Plane? My Story… “Roll, roll, roll, roll!” Bug-eyed, completely surrounded by bright blue sky, I pressed the stick and watched Earth’s horizon line tilt…further, further, further…until the distant ground was under me- above my head. I was upside down in the open cockpit of a tiny stunt airplane! …
Woo-hoo! Watch Me Fly a Stunt Airplane! I’ll be writing a full story about my experience soon. For now, watch me pilot a plane into rolls and loops, screaming the whole way round! Thanks to flight instructor Vincent D’Ath and his wife, Alison, at U Fly Extreme for this fantastic experience in Motueka, New Zealand …
Hi! I'm Lash, an American nomadic world traveler who's been traveling solo since 1998. I’m passionate about traveling the world nomadically and then sharing it all with you. I hope to inspire you to travel the world, to entertain you with tales from the road, and to help you reach your travel dreams. Welcome! 
