A brief video I put together of how I spent a month in the beautiful South Island of New Zealand. This was my first trip on my own and it was the best decision I've made - I had a car, no plans, and no one else to please so I had the ultimate independence. I began in Christchurch and drove anti-clockwise around most of the island before making my way back to Christchurch a month later.
I hardly filmed any of the people that I met so it looks like I spent a lot of time on my own but, in reality, I was with other people a lot of the time, I just always forgot to get my GoPro out when I was busy meeting new people. Loneliness was never really an issue like people seem to think; pretty much everyone was doing the same thing and so you could almost always find someone doing the same route as you. I picked up multiple hitchhikers (NZ is super safe and I didn't have any issues - all the people I picked up were great!), met people in backpackers/hostels/campsites and also on day trips eg. canyoning and skydiving so I was never at a loss to find people to chat to etc. I might do another, more chatty, video about my experience of solo travelling.
Please like, subscribe and all that if you enjoyed it xo
My trip went something like this: Christchurch, Hanmer Springs, Kaikoura, Blenheim, Nelson, Abel Tasman (I couldn't go further into Golden Bay due to road closures following a storm), Karamea, Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, Franz Josef, Fox Glacier, Haast, Wanaka, Queenstown, Glenorchy, Te Anau, Milford Sound, The Catlins, Dunedin, Twizel, Mount Cook, Tekapo, Akaroa, Christchurch.
((Watch it in 1080p cos the quality looks so bad otherwise))
