travel diaries

travel diaries

stories from my travels, near and far
Jan
13

notes from the road • 13 jan '15

pintail duck, kutcharo lake, hokkaido. +++ i’ve got three series of images that i’m playing around with on this
1 min read
Jan
11

notes from the road • 11 jan '15

taking flight, hokkaido, japan the coastline here is wild and spectacular and we’ve had a great day exploring on
1 min read
Jan
09
polaroid photograph of a street in shinjuku, tokyo, japan. copyright leonie wise. all rights reserved

where would you go?

along with 17 other new zealand travel bloggers, i was invited to contribute my top picks for travel for 2015
1 min read
Jan
07

notes from the road • 07 jan '15

biei, hokkaido there is something about this place that moves me and i’m struggling to define it in any
1 min read
Jan
06

notes from the road • 06 jan '15

+++ up early to grab a quick breakfast then head north to hokkaido. we are out exploring for all of the
1 min read
Jan
05

notes from the road • 05 jan '15

1 // tokyo sunrise from the 33rd floor of the hotel. japanese breakfast. need more coffee 2 // shopping in ginza earlier
1 min read
Dec
31
rotoroa island

rotoroa island

just a 20-minute ferry ride from the orapiu wharf (at the other end of waiheke island) is rotoroa island. it’
2 min read
Dec
01
from there and here [abandoned]

from there and here [abandoned]

1 // there: we are invited to join some friends on a trip to chernobyl & pripyat to learn a little
1 min read
Nov
29
pruno village, apuan alps, italy

from there and here [a bit of a walk]

1 // there: i watched (and thoroughly enjoyed) the movie the way last night and it reminded me, again, of how
1 min read
Nov
29
rope bridge and carrick-a-rede, northern ireland

from there and here [bridge]

1 // there: the rope bridge that spans the 30-metre deep and 20-metre wide chasm between the mainland and carrick-a-rede island.
1 min read