Asia

There is a specific kind of magic in enjoying a holiday highlight reel, but nothing compares to the quiet realisation that you have actually moved somewhere new. It is the moment you stop being a tourist and start weaving yourself into the fabric of a different country. For 10 months of 2025, we traded the slow travel rhythm for a full-on working life in Osaka, Japan. We feel incredibly lucky to have been able to call Japan home in 2025 and it was absolutely worth cutting out

After over year of bouncing around Asia, Europe and North Africa, we were finally ready to make our way back to New Zealand to set off on our biggest adventure yet, getting married! As much as we loved the chaos of the road, we were both buzzing with excitement to get back to New Zealand. We knew the second our feet touched the ground in Christchurch, it would be a non-stop sprint of wedding preparations and catching up with everyone, but we were more than ready for it. Getti

After a wonderful tour through Rajasthan, we found ourselves a little “India-ed” out. The constant noise, harassment, and air quality made us yearn for a more peaceful experience – especially as we now no longer had the comforts of our tour guide, Manu. So, we decided to take a little staycation and book a nice hotel in New Delhi’s 'Aerocity'. It was a perfect western bubble next to the airport where we could just slow down and pretend like we weren't actually in India before