Oahu, Hawaii.

For this week’s post I thought I would do a throwback to when I went on holiday to Hawaii last year. Now this was my first big overseas trip so I just want to talk briefly about my experience.

We stayed in the Hilton Resort which was moments from the beach.  Our hotel room had a beautiful view of the big mountain and in spots around the hotel you could see the sea view side which was so amazing and blue.

The shopping I absolutely loved as I could finally go to all the shops I have only ever looked at online like Victoria Secret, Urban Outfitters, Forever 21, and H&M. Whilst shopping I saw a door that said “Janitor” on it and I had to get a photo with it because I thought it was the coolest thing haha! Considering we don’t use that word at all in New Zealand.

The main beach was really beautiful and the water was so warm. There were surfboards out sitting on the beach and palm trees everywhere. I was really surprised at how busy Hawaii actually was though. You had to go really early or quite late in the day if you wanted to actually get a seat at the beach.

We went on a few tours and one of the tours took us to the north shore where the beaches were much more beautiful. It was white sand everywhere and I spent most of my time snorkelling and chasing colourful geckos.

Another tour we went on was to a Luau which had beautiful music, amazing company and we saw the coolest sunset. It was great to be among a similar island culture to the native New Zealanders (Maori’s).

Hawaii itself was such an amazing trip but if you want to have a relaxing, peaceful holiday I defiantly don’t recommend the main island Oahu. It is very tourist like and the only bit of land that seems untouched can only be accessed by doing tours.  But for those wanting to go to a beautiful island and do some shopping it is the perfect island to go to in Hawaii.

I did go to Pearl Harbour but I thought I would save that for another post.

Hope you’ve all had a good week. Where is one place you can’t wait to visit??

View from the Hotel.

Janitor Closet.

Main Beach.

Main Beach.

Main Beach.

Snorkelling on the North Shore.

GECKO!

North Shore Beach.

North Shore Beach.

Luau Sunset.

New York

When I was 7 me, my mum and my sister would all cuddle up in the lounge and watch a romantic comedy movie that was based in New York. Ever since then I have longed to go to New York. Growing up I would have New York posters all over my room, I would get given New York themed items for multiple birthdays and would often dream about walking through Central Park. Now this longing to go to New York wasn’t because I wanted to have one of those romantic comedy movie moments. I just love the look, the feel and although never actually going to New York, I love the atmosphere. I love all the hidden crevices, I love the wide range of people, and I love how there would always be somewhere new to explore.

Last year I turned 20 and after a few years of saving my money I realized I actually had enough money to go to New York. My first instinct was excitement, I would finally be able to go to this place I have been dreaming about since I can remember. But where there’s excitement and positive feelings, the negatives are often around as well.

Ever since I left home my anxiety has slowly been becoming more and more visible. I often get anxious over travelling, even if it’s just around New Zealand, so the thought of going all the way across to New York for a week or two just freaks me out. There are days where my anxiety is less visible and on those days I feel the excitement again and I often say “Yes I can actually do this”. But then a bad day will come along and my anxiety will be higher and I start thinking of all the reasons why I should freak out and it’s just a vicious cycle from there.

Do any of you out there also get anxious over travelling? And is there anybody out there who has any tips for people like me on how to overcome this fear?

I know I will get there one day.

Whangamata, NZ

As I am new to the blogging world I thought my first post should be a little bit about my country, New Zealand. I recently went to a beautiful place here in NZ called Whangamata. This word is actually a Maori word (the native language) but I recommend you try to say it out loud! Its a high possibility you will be saying it wrong 😛 lol.

Whangamata is a small town off the Coromandel in the North Island. It is usually always busy during holidays and New Years as a large group from bigger cities commute down to this little town. 

The beaches here are flawless, the water is amazingly warm and the night sky is like nothing you’ve ever seen before. This is just a small but beautiful part of paradise I wanted to share with you all.