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Falling in love with New Plymouth, Taranaki

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Falling in love with New Plymouth, Taranaki New Zealand Travel Guide | North Island Published: March 2017 I’ve been to some small airports before. Usually when Ryanair has deposited me in a random Eastern European city about two countries away from where I was actually meant to be. But New Plymouth? This was something else. At a relaxed country pace, we casually shuffled through the hut door in single file, past the short queue of those waiting to fill our seats on the tiny dash aircraft. The luggage arrival area, where a small trolley would shortly be wheeled through carrying the handful of bags from our flight, was more of a corridor than a conveyor. I half expected a sheep to casually stroll onto the runway for a sheering. Flying into New Plymouth Airport Taranaki dubs itself as ‘a little bit out there’ and from first airport impressions, I thought they had been a bit over generous using the word little. Usually skipped over, as people focus on the best of New Zealand...

Video: Lake Komani Albania – Boat tour perfection

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Video: Lake Komani Albania – Boat tour perfection Travel Videos | Albania Travel Guide Updated: October 2016 I knew the beaches in Albania were beautiful but I had no idea how much the impressive, rugged raw north would blow me away. I’d only seen one photo of Lake Komani and whilst we sat around chatting over dinner and making plans for the following day I knew that was reason enough to shut down anyone’s ideas of ‘It’s too far’ , ‘It’s kinda backtracking’ and firmly declare the next day we were Lake Komani bound. It turned out to be the best decision of the trip. Turn the music up and take a boat tour of Lake Komani… Lake Komani Tours There are a couple of different ways to see Lake Komani and even the drive there is breathtaking but we jumped on a boat with Komani lake tours and I’m so glad we did. Taking a good four hours to explore the lake, the guest house and the caves  was a much better...