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A month in New Zealand–my perfect itinerary. I spent a very happy year living, working and travelling in New Zealand, and in that time I got to see quite a fair bit of what this magnificent country has to offer. But what if you don’t have a year? What if you’ve got a more normal holiday period set aside for your trip, and you want to see as much of this phenomenally beautiful country as possible? Say… a month? Well, fear not. New Zealand, unlike its vast neighbour, is a country which is eminently explorable in a month. Pre-trip planning Transport For this trip, I’m going to recommend that you have your own transport. For a month, the easiest option is to rent, and my advice would be to rent a car via one of the cheap car hire portals and pay for hotels / hostels rather than rent a campervan. You could also try and buy a car and then sell it at the end, but in a month, you might not have the time or inclination to go down this road, despite the potential savings.

Accommodation Prices vary. When to go Budget Safety Wellington – 1 day. Gift Ideas for Poor Creative Souls (21) Posted by: Cathy on Oct 06, 2012 Tagged in: Untagged I saw this idea a few times on the Martha Stewart site and I would really like to make these as stocking stuffers this Christmas. It seems like such an easy thing to do and would really take no longer than baking a cake. I have some lovely old jars that I could place these in too which would really make it a lovely gift for someone. Materials: Baking soda Cornstarch Citric acid Spritzer bottles Food coloring Glass bowl Essential oil Baking molds 1. 2. 3. If you wanted to have a different shape, you simply just need to use a different mold, like ice-cube molds.

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