Heather Hapeta's Articles and Website updates from KiwiTravelWriter.com in RSS2.0 format. KTW.COM V1.0 23:00 28/08/2008 http://www.kiwitravelwriter.com 182KB PDF: KEUKENHOF is one of the world’s great gardens – in fact it's the world’s largest flower garden. Very different from most gardens that tourists visit, it concentrates on one plant in one short season – yet still manages to attract some 800,000 people from late March to May. Most people think the tulip originated in the Netherlands – the correct name for what we often call Holland – but this is not so... http://www.kiwitravelwriter.com/pdf/mad_about_tulips.pdf AN amazing place, Rome is an extremely walkable city. Arriving by coach I inadvertently choose a pensione with 115 steps not a lift in sight to enable me and my backpack to climb the five flights to reach my bed. Next morning after a coffee standing at the counter I go exploring. Down the hill I wander, turn left and amazingly there is the Colosseum. This sums up Rome. Every where I walk, life is continuing around ancient monuments – ignored by the locals who seem blind to the history they are driving around... http://www.kiwitravelwriter.com/pdf/coffee_will_never_be_the_same.pdf 272KB PDF: For both visitors and locals, Christchurch can be a fun place for children, and now, halfway through the holidays is exactly when you may need ideas about what to do or where to go. Here are just a few. How about all the free places? The art galleries and the museum are great, jst remember to do them in small portions and visit often... http://www.kiwitravelwriter.com/pdf/family_fun_in_christchurch.pdf 306KB PDF: If you are attending an event in the Convention Centre Halls or at the Town Hall, and you've got a spare half hour or so, there's plenty to explore just around the corner. http://www.kiwitravelwriter.com/pdf/behind_scenes_24.pdf 258KB PDF: Victoria Square lies just over the river behind the Christchurch Town Hall and Convention Centre, looking nothing like the swamp settlers had to cross to get to the markets held there in 1850... http://www.kiwitravelwriter.com/pdf/behind_scenes_25.pdf 152KB PDF: The execution of a celebrated Nigerian writer 10 years ago this week is cause to reflect on many other writers' courage, says Heather Campbell Hapeta... http://www.kiwitravelwriter.com/pdf/courage_day.pdf 177KB PDF: Go down to the river and turn left," I tell myself. I'm in a new city, looking for the museum. I'm halfway there before I realise what I've said. The river, so casually dismissed as a place on the map, is the Nile. This is Cairo, the ancient city of Babylon, and I'm on a brief stopover, much to the disbelief of the staff at the low-budget hotel... http://www.kiwitravelwriter.com/pdf/egypt_land_of_heat_and_memories.pdf 133KB PDF: Herbal medicines and family history combine to provide one of the newest tourist ventures in Kaikoura. Maori Tours, which began in January 2002, takes guests on a tour that traces Kaikoura's history then on for a bush walk to explore the medicinal properties of our native trees and bush.. http://www.kiwitravelwriter.com/pdf/a_healthy_look_at_heritage.pdf 149KB PDF: With the school holidays nearing the end, you may have almost exhausted the activity options around the city, but have you included boating on the Avon - one of the time-honoured ways of enjoying the warmer weather in the Garden City? http://www.kiwitravelwriter.com/pdf/punting_in_christchurch.pdf 79KB PDF: GREENWICH Park, surrounded by a fence in the 15th century to protect the Duke of Gloucester's hunting ground, is the oldest of London's royal parks. Popular with visitors since 1838, when the railway allowed people to get there easily, it still attracts visitors from all over the world... http://www.kiwitravelwriter.com/pdf/spending_time_in_greenwich.pdf 259KB PDF: "Staff Wanted" the sign said and on a whim I enquired. I'd arrived in Athens two hours earlier - a city I'd vowed to never return to because of the heat, dirt and noise - yet there I was job-hunting. "Come in the morning," I was told, and at 8am I was asked if I could cook, to which I replied "yes". Five minutes later with six long loaves of bread under my arm... http://www.kiwitravelwriter.com/pdf/different_view_of_athens.pdf 259KB PDF: "Psst! Change Money? Opium? Marijuana?" Women mutter the offer from behind hands as I walk into the market. The black-market thrives in Laos and, here in Luang Prabang, a World Heritage site, I succumb to temptation. "How Much?" I ask, and, with that sign of encouragement, I'm whisked into the walkways of the market and negotiations begin... http://www.kiwitravelwriter.com/pdf/land_of_plenty_for_tourists.pdf In a hidden, almost secret valley, kiwis are breeding only 3km from Parliament - in the heart of our capital city; a slice of New Zealand is reverting to its former glory with the help of a predator-free mainland island. When early settlers wrote about this area they reported rich and diverse forests filled with deafening bird-song... http://www.kiwitravelwriter.com/pdf/a_visitors_story.html Heather Hapeta's Articles and Website updates from KiwiTravelWriter.com in RSS2.0 format. KTW.COM V1.0 23:39 28/10/2007 http://www.kiwitravelwriter.com/links.html Kiwiology is a directory of kiwi blogs - the stuff that makes up the New Zealand blogosphere. http://www.kiwiology.co.nz ... http://www.allwaystraveller.com Kiwi Boomers - by boomers for boomers http://www.kiwiboomers.com Freelance Market – for syndicated stories by Heather Hapeta http://www.freelancemarket.co.nz International Festivals - including pieces by Heather Hapeta http://www.2camels.com Promoting women’s travel businesses to women travellers around the world http://www.womentravel.info Offering over 60 women's places to stay and tours as well as lots of local information to make your New Zealand trip memorable. Everything from camping to 5 star accommodation http://www.womentravel.co.nz Meet another passionate nomad http://www.ritagoldengelman.com Read more travel stories by top New Zealand travel writers including Heather Hapeta. Great information for planning your trip in New Zealand. http://www.fourcorners.co.nz Try something unique - personalised tours in single or two-seater sidecar. (Christchurch) http://www.sidecarsights.co.nz The official site of Tourism New Zealand. http://www.newzealand.com/travel The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. http://www.teara.govt.nz The Women On Air radio programme. http://www.womenonair.org.nz Annual World Buskers Festival. http://www.worldbuskersfestival.com Karori Wildlife Sancuary, Wellington. http://www.sanctuary.org.nz New Zealand Maori Culture http://www.kotane.co.nz Christchurch International Antarctic Centre. http://www.iceberg.co.nz Maori Tours Kaikoura http://www.maoritours.co.nz New Zealand Travel Communicators http://www.travelcommunicators.co.nz New Zealand Society of Authors http://www.authors.org.nz Exclusive tours and urban Maori experience tours. http://www.potikiadventures.com See NZs flightless bird in natural surroundings. Christchurch. http://www.willowbank.co.nz