by Sarah Gallo | Mar 23, 2016 | Accommodation Reviews, Australia/New Zealand, New Zealand, North Island, Reviews
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could walk through a wardrobe, see Aslan, and enter Narnia? Well, what if I told you you could? We made The Crossing Backpackers our home base for Tongariro National Park, and discovered that they learned the secret into Narnia! Take a look:...
by Sarah Gallo | Mar 21, 2016 | Australia/New Zealand, New Zealand, North Island, What Gets Your Heart Pumping
What's the complete opposite of The Shire? Mordor: a place of darkness, evil, and “doom.” It's only logical that, like Frodo and Sam, we journeyed from The Shire to Mordor. We sure had the right weather for it! We were shuttled into Tongariro National Park...
by Sarah Gallo | Jun 2, 2015 | Central America, Costa Rica
To get from Liberia to La Fortuna, you have to take three busses: Bus #1: 7:45am from Liberia to Cañas – 1500 colones per person Bus #2: Arrive in Cañas at 9:05am and hop on a bus to Tilarán at 9:10am – 1200 colones per person Bus #3: Arrive in Tilarán at...
by Sarah Gallo | Feb 11, 2015 | Africa, South Africa
When roadtripping the Garden Route, it is a necessity to stop and view the suspension bridges located within Tsitsikamma National Park. Tsitsikamma is a Khoisan word meaning “place of much water.” The color of the water is exceptional, and the power of the waves is...