Win Two flights to the UK with Alt Albion and Air New Zealand
Win two free flights to the UK? Really? Sweet!
This competition is now closed. We will be contacting the winner in due course and announce the winner onthis site.
Yup, thanks to the great people over at Air New Zealand we’ve got two return flights to the UK to give away.
All you have to do is to reply to this post or any other post on this site with your expression of what Alt Albion is all about and we’ll pick our favourite one.
Easy as, really. You’ve just got to fly before the end of August 2009.
Competition closes on the 31st of March, so get in quickand you could be on your way to the UK with your best friend.
Full T&Cs are over here.
Lavinia Kingi
Alt Albion is all about going places that no man has gone before. Going into secluded areas and fishing for breakfast and eating it with the locals. Sitting in a castle somewhere feasting on local delicacies and watching the Adams Family. Yes Alt Albion has it all, Music, good food exotic people of the land a true exchange of cultures discovered. An experience to remember.
Mar 08, 2009 @ 8:16 pm
Brianemone
Alt Albion is lots of colours that travelled in time and relocated on a previously white website because it had a picture of a girl lingerie with a suggestive subway sign on her leg.
HOT!!!
Mar 09, 2009 @ 3:32 am
Tim Newman
Altalbion to me represents the kaleidoscope that is the nation of my birth.
Mar 10, 2009 @ 2:34 am
Bobby Campbell
For me Alt Albion is about showing what the guide books don’t. There are no guides to the UK written for and by young kiwis - but Albion ticks those boxes. It’s taught me there is way more to Britain than just London and the tourist traps. It makes me want to explore those back street stores, watch football games, visit spooky Scottish villages and my top ambition - to see a squirrel - I’m easily pleased
Mar 12, 2009 @ 2:27 pm
Sarah-Rose
Alt Albion is about seeing the best of the alternative scene in the UK, more selective than the Lonely Planet, and more reliable than random google searches!
Mar 15, 2009 @ 7:21 pm
Brigid
Alt Albion makes me want to hug the previously dreary old UK! It’s filled with colour and culture, with briefing on all the music festivals, talented artists, kitschy markets and galleries. I have visions of record stores, bright lights and late night underground gigs teamed with historical faraway villages and rich countryside. Alt Albion is by the people for the people. Choice.
Mar 15, 2009 @ 8:15 pm
Adrian
AltAlbion is a wonderful mythical place where Centaur’s give piggyback rides to turtles.
A man once came up to me and offered me a cigarette, I don’t even smoke! How funny, what a funny man!
Mar 17, 2009 @ 3:37 pm
Jarred
AltAlbion is a website where I’m trying to win free flights.
Mar 17, 2009 @ 4:16 pm
jo e
Alt Albion is stodge-free UK. It’s about sampling the freshness of current UK culture.
Alt Albion is subtle guided discovery of all that is awesome.
Alt Albion does not contain the YOU-MUST-SEE-THIS of staid traditional travel guides.
Alt Albion is wee jaunt in the Tardis to reveal the possible future of Britannia.
Not a Yorkshire pud in sight.
Mar 17, 2009 @ 5:08 pm
Lynne
Alt Albion is about memories, the ones you recall and the new ones you make. It feeds the bug (travel bug that is) with glimpses of art, fashion, and tech, mixes the brew with culture and throws in some sport for good measure.
Alt Albion reminds you of excitement and adventure, of exploring beneath the obvious, the touristy, and beyond the travel brochures.
Best of all, Alt Albion doesn’t leave you on the sidelines, wondering about what is hip, new, happening and vibrant about Britain today - it takes you to the heart of all that is new.
Mar 18, 2009 @ 10:50 am
Melanie
Alt Albion is the sort of company which turns Kiwis’ dreams into reality. For the masses and masses of New Zealanders (young and old) who have spent many winters dreaming of the Mediterranean, or many summers dreaming of Mt Blanc, Alt Albion has pulled them through
As a self-confessed travel dreamer, it is this website which encourages me to live off weetbix for weeks on end and hold onto my dream. Alt Albion = Life savers! Legendary.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 2:52 pm
Matt Slierdrecht
Alt Albion - UK for the rogue professional.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 3:16 pm
Alan Parish
AltAlbion is the first site you go to when planning the trip of a lifetime to the UK.
Its where to find out all about tours, venues, travel, accomodation, highlights, meals, sightseeing and generally enjoying yourself when travelling to and around the UK.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 5:41 pm
Cynthia
A funky website with great information on the weird and wonderful: places to go, things to see and do, a much more exciting and interesting showcase of the other face of the UK that tourists don’t usually get to know about. Well done!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 5:44 pm
ALISTAIR ROONEY
ALT ALBION actually introduces you to areas and cultures that you normally have to trip over or find “by mistake” as most of the mainstream travel promotors stick to the old hary annuals.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 5:45 pm
Evelyn
Definately makes one want to return to the land of one’s birth and see it all through a refreshing vision of newness with my new husband! (who is a kiwi
Mar 19, 2009 @ 5:46 pm
Amy
Alt Albion takes you to the visceral heart of Britain. If you want to be a superficial transient tourist - this is not for you….Alt Albion for those who want to fill their minds, not their photograph albums.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 5:47 pm
sue
Uncensored life, colour, vibrant to the maximum travel
Mar 19, 2009 @ 5:49 pm
Helen
AltAlbion is the kind of tour company I’ve been waiting for. Forget your usual run of the mill touristy guff, explore the alternative side of the UK with people who get what it is that’s so great about their country.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 5:52 pm
Steph Frost
Funky, alternative spotlight on the kooky side of Britain that you won’t find in your average ‘guide’,
Magazine of the scene that is the place I LOVE UK take me there Pleeaaasssee pretty pretty pretty please
: )
Mar 19, 2009 @ 5:53 pm
Craig
Alt Albion is all about seeing the real UK and its people.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 5:55 pm
Don Peebles
I know very little about Alt Albion,but could learn real quick with free flights on offer from our own Air NewZealand
Mar 19, 2009 @ 5:58 pm
Bill Pelan
Britain is Great! So is Alt Albion. You can travel in style or ‘rough it’,
have a lot of fun, gain weight or loose it, enhance your knowledge or just ‘blob out’, and heaps more activities or inactivities.
The culture(s) and humour super.
60 million of my fellow UK citizens there waiting for me to win this fab trip back home–bring it on.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 5:58 pm
D.J. Bowen
All my life I have been told that Britain is ‘home’ but I have never travelled there. New Zealand is where I was born and live. New Zealand is ‘home’ in my heart, Britain is ‘home’ in my mind and Alt Albion is the place where my heart and mind merge. Alt Albion is the guide to take me into unknown territory and into amazing experiences getting to know my heritage and bringing my antipodean No 8 Wire ingenuity into the mix. Bring it on!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:00 pm
Hattie Vivarche
Alt Albion is bright and beautiful. Full of unexpected adventure. If yoiu want things to be the same - stay home
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:01 pm
Lisa
Alt Albion is??? I have no idea and would love to find out!!!!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:01 pm
Cathy
Alt Albion takes me to where I want to go when I win the free flights with Air New Zealand - my favourite airline.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:02 pm
Mandy
Alt Albion is seeing what the locals want to see, not being one of the masses queueing forever to see something that just about anyone who has visited the UK has seen, paid a small fortune to do so and possibly ending up disappointed at the end of it.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:02 pm
Amelia D
Alt Albion is about Adventure and fun for all.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:03 pm
David P
Alt Albion provides the ‘usual suspects’ of travel destinations in the UK but with a completely fresh perspective.
Travel is more appealing, more accessable and more like the way I want to explore Britain.
Vote Alt Abion! Quality rules in the UK
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:03 pm
Sofia Ostrovsky
Alt Albion makes my dream to become true.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:04 pm
Paul
I have heard a lot about UK, I would like to experience it myself. So I hope this is my lucky chance to explore and enjoy!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:04 pm
Deanne
Alt Albion is a open door to the UK it shows us the colours of life, art and culture in the Queens country.
It opens our eyes to new horizons allowing us to dream and exprience adventures as the journey evolves.
We are given an opportunity to see the must see and the seldom seen all in one place.
An amazing opportunity to fly into history to experience the future.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:05 pm
Bryce Hopkins
Alt Albion appears to advertise in a vibrant manner. Alt Albion takes people to all sorts of different and exiting places.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:07 pm
Winnifred
Alt Albion will help me make my dream come true.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:08 pm
DawnA
Alt Albion want to show you the quirky, alternative side to the UK.. not just the ordinary tourist destinations but the places other tourists don’t visit. Alt Albion give you more than just the usual London-based OE they show you the real UK!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:08 pm
Jessica Gibson
Alt Albion just looks like the most fun ever and makes me want to travel!!!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:09 pm
Ali
Go off the beaten track with Alt Albion. Explore the visual treats on offer with Alt Albion. There’s a lot more than meets the eye.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:09 pm
Winnifred
The experiemce will providethe opportunity to enjoy the delight of Britain
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:10 pm
Faye Bax
The Alt Albion tour took in some fantastic UK experiences, from the William Blake Art in Tate Liverpool, tThe Old Firm Game in Glasgow to the buzzing nightlife in Shoreditch, London.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:13 pm
Faye Bax
Win two flights to the UK with Alt Albion and Air New Zealand.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:14 pm
Katherine Cobley
this website connects me with the motherland, England the place where so many of my family were born. With altalbion I am able to experience it a little for myself.Thanks for that.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:14 pm
Debra
Alt Albion is the interesting bits of travelling which you usually only come across by accident. What a great idea to have a website that gathers together all that info so you don’t miss anything.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:16 pm
Heidi Roy
Alt Albion is what I NEED to know more about!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:16 pm
georgiine
how exciting
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:17 pm
Sharon
Alt Albion! Never heard of it, The fact is i have never been there, so until i go, i can’t comment! But would so much love this trip away to experiance Alt Albion at it’s fullist, and that’s the truth!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:18 pm
Robocop
Alt Albion is all about enjoying life and having fun - regardless of age and budget. Must Do It
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:19 pm
Kelly
Alt Albion is bizarre, a mix of the unknown, but exciting, interesting and full of culture and education. Wow, I’m speechless!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:21 pm
Kirsten
Crowded, rough, claustrophobic England, Alt Albion shows you the other side of the country, wild, free and calm. With the relaxing idyllic country side to the medieval castles to the quaint wee villages. With all the fast paced stuff added. What more could you want?
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:22 pm
John P.
Alt Albion is everything that others have described poorly. It is a dream — my dream -a segment of time that is undescribable, but something that is a vision lingering in your brain — it is “The Kiwi’s Utopia”.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:23 pm
mark smith
To win this trip to Alt Albion would be a great experience for myself and partner who is an artist and fashion lover,where i could enjoy the local pubs,sport,food,great bands and the pictorious out doors and mountains. what a trip it would be.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:24 pm
roy
Albion is reputedly the ancient Greek name for Britian, and Alt Albion is a way to enjoy something really different and cool in Britian - great for young people! Albion is also a drivative of white - like the white cliffs of Dover - and it is no coincidence that Alt Albion is full of colour, as it brings colour and excitement to Britian!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:24 pm
judy
I have no idea what alt albion is about. I have googled it…..got onto the zazzle website, can figure no connection or logic at all. Anyways I can’t fly before October 09 anyway
Good luck to all other hopefuls
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:25 pm
Lois Booth
I LOVE THE U.K. And Alt Albion is all about seeing the best of it. And for an “oldie” with a love of travel in her veins, Alt Albion offers a chance to re-vist once again, my best loved sites, and to visit new ones, so I can fall head over heals again, in love with Britain and it’s timeless landscape scenery, and the buildings that date back generations. N.Z. is my homeland, but it is so new in comparison to the U.K. I would never tire of visiting the U.K.
Good on you, Alt Albion, you encourage us from down under to see the other side of the world. And for many of us, this is where our roots are.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:26 pm
g woodcock
gosh its good to see some different options that reg travel agents don’t have any info on.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:28 pm
Chantel
Alt Abion is about wearing the t-shirt!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:29 pm
Sarah Nicholls
Alt Albion is the best way of showing you what england is. i love it
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:30 pm
Chantel
Alt Albion is about wearing the t-shirt!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:30 pm
Mark Eyers
Alt Albion is an experience that satisfies all tastes.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:33 pm
Alex Dobie
Alt Albion is an infusion of cultures, a smorgasbord of fresh simulating creativity. A delight full kaleidoscope that embreaces the arts and it is a “must do experience” while one is in London
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:35 pm
Peter Aldridge
Hi, In my retirement years, I would enjoy visiting places in the UK again that were familiar to me during my childhood years, especially Cornwall were I was an evacuee during the early part of the war. I just love showing my Kiwi wife Kay the beauty of the English countryside and the wonderful history of the British Isles.
Regards Peter of Papamoa Beach, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:37 pm
Mary Molloy
Great opportunity with Alt Albion. shows all those places you wouldn’t hear about through regular tourist sites - genuine place to find points of local interest and really meet and understand the locals - a great idea!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:38 pm
Tracy P
Alt Albion is for people who would rather get their coffee from Flat White than Starbucks, who collect memories instead of teaspoons,who find their own way around instead of sitting in a coach, and who check out exhibitions instead of each other on nasty 18-35 tours…
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:40 pm
Michael Milner
Alt Albion is just a damn fine perspective of all that is good about the UK.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:41 pm
Angela Chambers
Hopefully Alt Albion will show me a new exciting England, country of my birth.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:41 pm
Angela Chambers
Hopefully Alt Albion will show me a new exciting England,country of my birth
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:42 pm
Annabel A
Alt Albion is travelling to the heart of imaginative Britain, with unfiltered access to the world of unknown. No touristy cheese or cheese rods, a world of plenty.
Rock on Alt Albion
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:43 pm
Lois Hudson
“When a man is tired of England, he is tired of life itself”.
Sadly, there are many who have been, and who are.
However! they obviously have never been to Alt Albion.
It is a place where dreams become reality.
It’s all the colours of the rainbow, with its multicultures, its arts, its history, and its natural beauty.
It is a place of fairy tales.
For those who travel the world seeking to enrich their lives, and those who have experienced the joy, Mt Albion is a dream come true.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:47 pm
ticfan 67
Alt albion is pure dead brilliant. It’s about seeing the real culture of the UK, not just the usual sights and sounds that we already know about and have seen on a million travel shows.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:47 pm
Rachelle
Alt Albion is the must see places in Great Britain that the locals know and don’t think of as attractions simply because they’ve always been there; those places that to a non-local are fascinating!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:49 pm
Dan Ripley
Alt Albion puts the chav back into Charlton, it shows that Lily Allen ain’t the only singer worth shouting ‘who are ya’ at. Temples aren’t just found in India ya know they could be anywhere - even in Brighton.
So “if you wanna goto a seaside”, or find the hottest new events, food, carnivals or just some amazingly good times - Alt Albion is the place to come. There is more than just old London town out there, it’s just waiting to be found. Alt Ablbion have the binoculars, come and have a butcher’s hook (look).
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:50 pm
Eric
Wow what a smorgasbord of interests,entertainment and culture all available from the one site. Planning activities and things to do,places to go is so easy peasy using Alt Albion.
And none of that boring usual holiday sales talk only excitement and the unusual to explore. Go the Old Country!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:51 pm
wayne
Alt Albion is a chance to learn more about the country of my parents birth, a place I have never seen, & a place that has fasinated my daughter while she has been exploring the UK for the last 2 years.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:51 pm
Barbara Lomas
Alt Albion is an opportunity for the not so yound, but young at heart, to seize the opportunity of seeing the unpublished wonders of the U.K.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:54 pm
col
Alt albion,it’s the bible of cool
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:56 pm
Kiri Dutton
I always thought the UK was about Roast beef, warm beer and tours of Buckingham Palace. But Alt Albion has shown me a thrilling alternative side to the UK, through the eyes of the locals.
You’ve shown me what I’ve been missing.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:56 pm
Barrie Williamson
Alt Albion for me is going back to my roots, which have always there but have never been exposed for me as my grandparents, from Scotland figured only in a small way in my life.
I want to experience what they knew and saw and try to regain some lost ground in terms of my Anglo-Saxon heritage.
Strangely when I visit the UK I do feel quite strong bonds, but cannot really explain the feeling because through and through I am a New Zealander. Perhaps what is in your heritary genes is only hidden from sight, but lies dormant waiting for the call to awaken.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:58 pm
Brian
Alt Albion is being able to visit the heart of creative Britain, hang out with composers, chill out with artists, climb mountains and swim in lochs, drink in local pubs. Where new music, fashion, technology, art and sport really come to life, no more stuffiness. Great “guides” who really know their stuff and are on board for their ability to make it an epic journey
Mar 19, 2009 @ 6:58 pm
Dorothy Gartner
Well where do i begin i guess its best to start with the facts which is that having not been to the UK and i always wanted to go there and see and taste what the UK has to offer then this is one way of doing it and Alt Albion is a damm good place to start so Whatever Alt Albion has to offer i am all for it
Dorothy
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:00 pm
Rosemary Smithies
AltAlbion is the cool website where I also am trying to win flights to the UK.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:06 pm
Christine
Alt Albion is all about going seeing different places Travelling to secluded areas and fishing, mixing with the locals Visiting the castle’s , checking out the local delicacies Alt Albion is not to be missed and has it all, Music, good food and interesting people. An experience to be remembered. All those castles.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:07 pm
Lynne Thomson
Alt Albion is about travel which I love to do. In particular I like to visit the places not neccessarily found on the tourist maps and to meet with the local people to experience their way of life
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:08 pm
Richard
I think Alt Albion is the essence of modern Britain - a fantastic mixture of the traditional with the “way out” and avant garde; of city and countryside; of pragmatism and romance. Who could not be enchanted?
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:08 pm
Steven Chapman
Alt Albion is the world we could see at a glance
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:09 pm
Pam Simpson
Alt Albion has all manner of information from fashion to sport, music to special places worth visiting. A fresh look at the UK
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:09 pm
Julie
Alt Albion tour UK shows the underbelly of colloquial culture in Britian. The adventurous experiences of Alt Albion take travellers beyond the old hack ABC (another bloody castle/church/cathedral) tourism.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:10 pm
Natalya
Alt Albion is about seeing the best of the alternative scene in the UK.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:10 pm
Anne Poland
Alt Albion encourages you to design your own creations allowing you to bring out your own individuality. With a fantastic effort on their part they will allow myself and my husband to go to the UK for a once in a life time trip and to surprise our daughter who is living over there. What a creation that would be for the both of us.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:10 pm
Angela Hollinger
Alt Albion is Art, Fashion, Life, Music, Sport, no other reasons needed to love the U.K.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:10 pm
philip
The thrilling and quirky ad
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:14 pm
Noeline
Alt Albion- conjures up mystical Athurian legends, different ways of seeing and knowing and the whole infrastructure of Britain epitomised by things like The Eden project, Stonehenge and wonderful vibe of 21st century banging up against it. Alt Albion suggests a place, a feeling and an experience that squeezes into the tiny gap between the two.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:14 pm
philip
The thrilling and quirky ad hoc mix that is Alt Albiam - It steals you away and enchants you with its eclectic and edgy cross-cultural experiences. Alt Albiam – real travel as it should be!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:15 pm
Graham Puddle
I see Alt Albion as a possible method of seeing placesI went to in the 1960’s and exploring wonderful places I visited then and now can’t afford.
I will take my wife to this scenic wonderland in the UK
Graham
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:16 pm
Simon Turner
Alt Albion is your hookup, it’s the guy you know who knows where the next next big thing is playing tonight, the girl who knows the artists collective doing the crazy cool installations downtown. Alt Albion is that kooky couple you keep bumping into down your local who tell you their funny travel stories of finding adventure in those cool little towns in deepest Devon.
Alt Albion gets you in the know, sweet.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:19 pm
joanne knox
Alt Albion is the way you should see the world.From the way “traditional” travellers tour to the way you can explore yourself and discover the real world with no trimmings.Go ALT ALBION!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:19 pm
Sharon Holmes
Alt Albion on first glance to me, is a unique way of showing quirky Britain. From the number 8 ball to the London taxi cab. It seems to be a versatile and sureal artistic format. Ladys forray with brick heads showing a traditional british stiff upperlip. Not to mention the colour and context is bizarre at best. Yep, with Alt Albion you can wear it, eat off it and it seems go for a ride board style. Just like me id like to wear my new clothes from London, eat in a traditional pub and cruise around britain (perhaps not on a board) but cab style instead.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:22 pm
Colleen Neemia
Alt Albion is all about LIVING! “A Legendary Translation Abounding Life Beyond Idealism Or Narcissism” That INITIALIZES my perception of the truly unique Alt Albion! “I Want It Now”
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:22 pm
Trish Heikoop
To me Alt Albion looks like an amazing adventure and a different way to see the UK. I would love to be given the opportunity to do something that is not the usual tourist thing.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:23 pm
Kattrina
Albion is the oldest known name for the island of Great Britain. I think Alt Albion means an Alternative British experience.
A creative, inspirational, gritty, cultural, epic journey to nourish the soul.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:23 pm
Robert Fortune
Neil Armstrong said it best: “This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Well, Alt Albion is the chance to take that giant leep, without flying to the moon. The alternative side of history, art, culture, people; the best reasons to leave home and fly 12,000 miles on an aluminium tube at 35,000 feet.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:25 pm
Barbara Lingard
Alt Albion is Sophisticated yet casual,energetic yet relaxed, awe inspiring yet approachable, a cornucopia of juxtaposition that meld together to create a truly unique opportunity to explore the historical yet modern place that is the UK. Makes me wish I had travelled this way years ago!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:27 pm
Maria
Alt Albion is a great website for information about Britain. It is good to have such an informative place to check out what to see, do and the best places to eat. Whether on a budget or splashing out they have the info you need. Visit Alt Albion and be prepared to have a great holiday.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
pam
Alt Albion holdeth the key restoreth my soul back to the land i once did dwell, so once more i may dream and behold the scenes where once my eyes did fell,only thee can cast this spell to transport me there, to sample this fair land and all that’s magically new to be found since my bare-feet last touched its ground.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
Suzzie
Wow that would be great to see the real Britain where my forebears hailed from way back in the dim dark ages and ages and eons since then, until some branches (maternal & paternal) of the tree decided to grow itself in lil old NZ. Its pretty hard trying to save fares in this economic climate!!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:32 pm
Raelene
Alt Albion IS the kind of UK experience I want to have. Exciting, quirky and cool with slightly musty vintage undertones - where the cool kids hang out.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:32 pm
Cheryl
Everyone seems to know what Alt Albion is. Not me, I want to win the competition so that I can find out all about it.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:35 pm
kearvy
Off-road- back-track splendid detours by the ZeitgeistBusters!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:37 pm
Jean Denholm
Alt Albion gives me the chance to visit the land of my Father and catch up on the History of Scotland where he was born, the Highlands, the Valleys, the Lochs,the Heather, the food and of course the Bonnie people.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:38 pm
MICHAEL KNIGHT
Alt Albion is possibly the last chance that 2 old fogies will get to feel young again and to see Britain for the last time.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:41 pm
Peter Nickolas
I have absolutely no idea what Alt Albion is about, but boy would I like to find out!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:41 pm
Gabi
Life is meant to be a glorious adventure, so step off the beaten path and follow the road less travelled with Alt Albion.
For a magical mystery tour in a place that’s ecclectic, eccentric and exciting - and a multitude of choices and “ALTernatives” - you can “ALl Be In ON”
………go Alt Albion to the UK.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:43 pm
peter catterall
alt albion is like Liverpool Revisited, that is the rellies, the football, at Liverpool and Everton F.C , the Docks, the culture, the way of life. The humour, the excitement of being there the glamour of the whole thing wrapped up waiting to be enjoyed…..can,t wait.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:43 pm
MICHAEL KNIGHT
Alt Albion is possibly the last chance that 2 old stooges will get to feel young again and to see Britain for the last time.
Show us what no one else can offer!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:45 pm
Cyrillic
Alt Albion is my first port of call for ANY and ALL information I need about what really matters in the UK.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:46 pm
Alicia
Alt Albion is your Pommie mate who takes one look at your Discover The Charms Of The United Kingdom’s Country Walks And Gardens guidebook, laughs, then drags you down to Shoreditch-The-New-Hoxton to dress you up like a proper indie cindy and educate you in that is undiscovered and downright awesome in the back streets of Cool Britannia.
Alt Albion reminds me WHY I’m working my butt off saving every last cent for a plane ticket out of here
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:49 pm
shari
Wow, what an amazing creation Alt Albion turned out to be. My kids are grown now, and I’ve waited over 40 years to go on my OE. I feel truly inspired to enjoy an alternative traveling experience now that Alt Albion has opened my eyes to planning my holiday outside the square of conformity. Who would of known that The UK had so much going on outside of London. I love the way that your website is informative, fun, and vibrant. With the current state of the world, it is good to see that the English still lead the way in the arts, culture, and tourism. Way to go!!!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:52 pm
Alfred Luther
Albion is an old name for Britain. The spirit of courage and adventure of the Britishers are reflected poetically like this:
“When gallant Cook from Albion sail’d
to trace wide oceans o’er
true British courage bore him on
Till he landed on our shore.”
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:53 pm
Malcolm Pahl
Do you want the chance to touch, breathe, visualise and experience Britain’s cultural diversity on a grand scale. Alt Albion tours gives you the opportunity to get amongst it all and enjoy the unconventional side of the UK up close and personal like.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:58 pm
Isobel Lang
Alt Albion takes you to the heart of the UK where you can finally discover what it is about England that makes you laugh at their comedy. The people, the places, the things that they do - and they thought it was a well kept secret. They did not reckon on Alt Albion.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:00 pm
Patricia Edge
Alt Albion is a look into the U.K. with all it’s interesting people and places to see. Beautiful Castles, Garden’s and Historical places.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:01 pm
paul maxwell
Alt Albion to me is about HOPE. The hope to return to the land of my birth and formative years. The hope to see parts yet unknown and unseen. The hope to find how ‘perfidious Albion’ is embracing this exciting new millenium - new cultures, new ideas - and to bring the experience back for the benefit of my whanau, and my adopted, and loved home.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:01 pm
Rob Ferguson
Alt Albion is not your grandmother’s Britain; not a time-locked look at the now mythical land of bad food, bad hygeine and the Queen. What Alt Albion is, is a reflection of modern Britain in all its multifaceted glory.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:04 pm
Sherry
Alt Albion? No, means nothing to me. Tell me more. Then I’ll spread the word!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:07 pm
Gill O'Donnell
Altalbion to me is the land of my birth although I left there over 40 years ago. My inlaws had a pub called the Albion - coincidence! I would love to return to see all the lovely villages, castles and countryside that I never saw in my youth.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:13 pm
Howard Wills
Life experiences beyond the norm
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:13 pm
Pam Hooykaas
ALT ALBION - Had no idea what your talking about so searched the net. Now I get it:
gone are the dull cold miserable days
gone are the drab old buildings
gone are the poopy pigeons
The UNITED KINGDOM COMES TO LIFE now that would be a “fait accompli” (translation into today’s language - A done deal)
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:17 pm
anthony
“Alt Albion”, ah, quirky enticement to exploration of the once perfidious, the Land of Hope and Glory, the new Jerusalem, proud Britannia.
An invitation to that which is off-beat, unusual, hidden yet quintessentially home-land Britain. Places of history, mystery and excitement beckon.Cultural,informative, challenging and so, so different.
British heritage revealed through highways and side streets, underground and hilltop, cottage and castle, flower garden and football pitch.
People and events that stimulate and inspire.
The land of Elizabeth and Churchill, Cromwell and Drake,Shakespeare,Brunel,Beckham and Jagger, The South Bank and Old Trafford, The Tower and “The Gherkin” becomes irresistible through Alt Albion.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:19 pm
Alan Boniface
With Albion you see Britain as a resident and not a tourist, and because of this you see and enjoy sights and sounds that most tourists miss.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:23 pm
Dennis R.Bell
Please turn my dream into reality ,as I was born in England and left in 1963 on transfer to the Royal New Zealand Navy from The Royal Navy.
Would love to go home but my financial state will not allow such a luxury.
Dennis
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:24 pm
Bill Friend
Anything you ever dreamt of experiencing,or wondered if it was fallicy or fact in the United Kingdom,Alt Albion will answer all your queries in full.
Great information,recommendations and advice in a friendly concise manner.
Best wishes and the Best Of British to you all at Alt Albion.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:33 pm
Grant Porter
The land beyond the white cliffs that reflects around the world.
The Old world that has created the New world.
The rock that acts as the foundation of the here and now.
A place that has developed from the world around it into a world of its own within it.
Albion has cheated time by being timeless.
The magnet of history that pulls you towards it.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:34 pm
Sue Turnbull
Alt Albion
Is my Albion, the land of my birth.
That I long to see again, where I escape to in my dreams
Make it my reality
Come share my dreams and dreamaker…make them your own reality too.
Take a chance and open your mind, all life is there.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:38 pm
Himiona
Alt Albion is up with the times. No more boring get on the bus, off the bus and line up behind fuddy duddies to see the sites. Alt = alternative, or alter’native’ as I prefer to call it. Alt Albion provides an alternative point of view, point of reference. Point. Starting point, finishing point. Alt Albion points you in the right direction. Alt Albion sees the point, is the point. Alt Albion is a funny, fun, quirky and hip way to see the World. The blogs say it all….
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:40 pm
Robyn Bridge
Informative, Creative & Spunky. Mentions all the places the guidebooks are slow to mention.
Married to a spunky Brit and we love the place.
Love to see what Britain means to young people today.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:41 pm
Maureen Bradley
Alt Albion is the place to be,
Fantastic sights for all to see,
so please please, let it be ME!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:41 pm
Hayley
The sprit of Alt Albion for me, is bringing people “Real, interesting, exciting, and honest information, experiences and recommendations.” I have enjoyed looking at this site.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:41 pm
Kate Sarginson
Alt Albion lets you discover the real Britain and all it has to offer. There’s a lot more to catching a double decker bus and trying a Starbar…
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:45 pm
Howard Webb
Alt Albion to me is simply a way of being able to see for the first time England with all it’s interesting and fun places, The History,Heritage,Culture in a complete package.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:51 pm
Heather Kerr
Alt Albion puts me where I want to be - Outside The Square!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:53 pm
Phillip Kilroy
Alt Albion sounds to me as though it would be a visit back in time, coupled and balanced with modern facilities,amongst fantastic artistic buildings and scenery, with very friendly people.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:53 pm
Heather Kerr
Moderation doesn’t sound like an Alt Albion element …
Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:54 pm
claire bown
Alt Albion, see the real Britain, country and city, history and vibrancy
Mar 19, 2009 @ 9:00 pm
Karen McVay
I trust Alt ALbion will show be the fun side of Britain , not the boring old stuffy chruches and the endless castles , cream tees and cup cakes . It will be a blast go on I dare you
Mar 19, 2009 @ 9:04 pm
ANNA RIDDLE
Alt Albion , not for Grandparents? Oh yes it is!We enjoy the excitement of all the things we saw through the years in magazines, on TV or film, but never dreamed of being able to visit.So,all “grey brigade” want to be able to do those exciting discoveries too..Never old..just a few more numbers on our clock! How thrilling to actually see those places & experience many, many delights.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 9:05 pm
Donna Trott
Drift, Dream,Arrive, Wonder,Amaze,Intrigue and just Love The Place
Mar 19, 2009 @ 9:06 pm
Karen McVay
I trust Alt Albion will show me the fun side of Britain . Not the boring old stuffy churches , endless castles and cream tees and scones . It will be a blast , go on I dare you
Mar 19, 2009 @ 9:06 pm
Charlotte Horton
Alt Albion providing access to real Britain for real people, its as simple as that
Mar 19, 2009 @ 9:08 pm
Marlene Handl
Alt Albion is felt by all mankind
Something with us where’er we go
Something impelling us to know
The perfect places to go.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 9:08 pm
warren mccready
When you wish upon a star- and cross your fingers
you live in hope that you maybe the lucky one to travel to the old country that we all love and to see all the lovely places including
the Alt Albion tours and to visit and pay your respects to the fallen men and women who served their country in the wars gone by.
as a retired service person would love to see all places related to the war effort
march 20th 4.15pm
Mar 19, 2009 @ 9:13 pm
Pam Hooykaas
ALT ALBION - No idea what you were talking about so searched the NET.
Now I get it: UNITED KINGDOM COMES TO LIFE
gone are the dull cold days
gone are the drab old buildings
gone are the poopy pigeons
‘Fait accompli’ - english translation “a done deal”
Let there be light - ALT ALBION
Mar 19, 2009 @ 9:15 pm
Wallace and Faye Moore
WHO THE HELL IS IS ALT ALBION? I JUST FOUND OUT BY CLICKING ON THE “VISIT BRITAIN” EMAIL THAT JUST ARRIVED HERE. EVIDENTLY IF WE SAY SOMETHING NICE OR INTERESTING ABOUT THEIR TOUR GUIDANCE OR THEIR PERSONNA GENERALLY, WE [WIFE & I] STAND A CHANCE TO COME TO BRITAIN COURTESY OF ALT ALBION AND AIR NZ-MARVELLOUS OF YOU BOTH. WE HOPE THE COUNTRY OF OUR ANCESTORS SEES US SOON WITH THIS ENCOURAGEMENT SENT TO US. CHEERS TO ALL @ ALT ALBION………..
W&F MOORE
Mar 19, 2009 @ 9:16 pm
Gail Laing
Alt Albion takes us home to the land of our Ancestors. It takes us back the our roots.
To the mythical lands of King Arthur and the Druids, oh such history that must been seen to believe.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 9:28 pm
Chris
Alt Albion is where Air New Zealand makes dreams become reality
Mar 19, 2009 @ 9:30 pm
Louise Boreham
I’m not really sure what Alt Albion is but it looks pretty. Tell me more, I wan’t to know….
Mar 19, 2009 @ 9:36 pm
Howard Webb
Wrong e-mail address in my first message, apologies, however my comments remain the same
Mar 19, 2009 @ 9:38 pm
Betty
Alt Albion presses all the buttons for intrigue,adventure and vivid memories. What more could one ask for ! Do it now.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 9:39 pm
Carolle Smith
The UK’s history, countryside, and people are the things that make the Country tick. An impressive reccommendation.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 9:40 pm
Jack and Dorothy Tregear
Our heritage is britain and Britain is home. There is no one better to make you feel at home in Britain than Alt Albion.
Dorothy and Jack Tregear
Mar 19, 2009 @ 9:41 pm
Gavin Searle
Alt Albion will get you in and under the skin of Britain. Their guides know just how to surprise you by finding what you didn’t know you wanted to see and do. On the other hand, if you think you have a tall order, just watch them rise to the challenge. Alt Albion rules.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 9:44 pm
sharon willians
Alt albion awe inspiring website for those of us that wish and hope to travel overseas oneday,to experience all parts of the different cultures there are to experience in one lifetime experiences that have to be seen to be beleived and relived constanly
thank you may ou keep up the excellant work
Mar 19, 2009 @ 10:19 pm
Rachel
Alt Albion is a way of experiencing another culture and all that the country has to offer. This is a great way to see the other side of the world, meet new people and take in all of the tourist experiences that offer you memorises that you will never forget. Create some wonderful memorises with the people you love
Mar 19, 2009 @ 10:25 pm
Mike Playfoot
Albion - the land of mists and mellow fruitfulness.
Where history surrounds you, and you can be a part of making some anew.
Made of many cultures, and being enriched all the time.
But do remember - if Yorkshire ever declares independence, England will sink!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 10:26 pm
Brent
Albion :- Ancient Greek for Great Britain
Alt :- Short for Alternative (not the key on your keyboard)
altalbion.co.nz :- Kiwi for UKOE…….
Mar 19, 2009 @ 10:31 pm
Fran Bell
Alt Albion is for culture-vultures who want to explore a different side of the UK.
ALTERNATIVE, AWESOME and AUTHENTIC
Mar 19, 2009 @ 10:32 pm
Mike
What would you like Alt Albion to be? I just really want those free tickets to the UK…
Mar 19, 2009 @ 10:33 pm
david fogg
Alt Albion
looks like the place to be
love to go to the uk would vist family and get to do some thing ive never seen before Alt Albion
Mar 19, 2009 @ 10:51 pm
Kymia Raquel
An invitation
to live a little,
love a little
and share infinetly
color up the canvas
bring warmth to the heart
and celebrate this world we share.
Thankyou Alt Albion
for bring wonderment to my door.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 10:55 pm
lal
Can I do it? Am I too Old? What the hell…Alt Albion will show me how. Cheers!!!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 10:59 pm
Kymia Raquel
Alt Albion
a wealth to share in for those willing to be embraced by the delights of change and sights of glory.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 11:03 pm
Kristina
Alt Albion is about proving to my Kiwi husband that my birth country is more than just ‘Coronation Street’ and ‘EastEnders’.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 11:05 pm
Marita Ansin-Johnson
Alt Albion is knocking at your door step,with
unexpected treasures,for one who dares to
look…
Mar 19, 2009 @ 11:09 pm
Jo Maplesden
ALTALBION is….
Absolutely awesome alt art
Liverpool longings and lads
Tasty temptation, terrific Tate
Absolutely A1 Action all over
London lurkings, lusciousness and lodgings
British beef, Brighton, Bloxam and Blair
Instant Ideas for idling and indulgence
Over-the-top oggling
Nice, nifty nice
ALTALBION you ARE…….
Mar 19, 2009 @ 11:28 pm
Eleanor
The chance to win a trip to the UK with Alt Albion & Air New Zealand is a wonderful chance that might not otherwise happen to see some of another part of the world. Well done!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 11:31 pm
ena
Well I have to say Alt Albion is the way to travel and see another part of the world…the way it really is, and why stop at Britain? Surely your Company shall venture further afoot, so why not have me along for the trip of my life-time. It would be a lovely dream come true to visit my son, Alton, in his adopted hometown of London.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 11:32 pm
Eleanor
Fantastic opportunity to see the world with Alt Albion & Air New Zealand.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 11:33 pm
joanne halliday
Alt Albion is the alternative travel site for the young in us all, they show you everything you want to see and even some things you did’nt know you wanted to see
Mar 19, 2009 @ 11:36 pm
Laura
Alt Albion is about going somewhere, and really arriving.
Mar 19, 2009 @ 11:37 pm
Pat
ALT ALBION……
…Better than a good idea!
Mar 19, 2009 @ 11:43 pm
Brenda Rolston
Alt Albion together with the generosity of Air N.Z sounds a wonderful way for me and my husband to get to enjoy and see the REAL England and the place of my birth over 60 years ago. Alt Albion obviously spends a lot of time showing you the normal and interesting everyday type places and not just the usual tourist type places that so many tourist companies tend to show you.
It would be a dream come true for us to win this promotion with Alt Albion and Air N.Z as for the first time last year we travelled for 4 weeks to visit my birthplace but unfortunately our trip was ruined because of illness that occurred during our visit. Normally we will never be able to make the trip again but with your kindness hopefully Alt Albion can make this happen again for us to enjoy.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 12:14 am
Kim
It’s the Britain every Kiwi craves for.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 12:30 am
Patricia
Alt Albion, pick me to win 2 free tickets to the UK I will be your new best friend forever (as long as I win the tickets of course). In fact I would do anything for love of those tickets … but I won’t do that!
Mar 20, 2009 @ 12:36 am
ChrisD
Define the indefinable. Alt.Albion is just that.It attempts to show the New Age version of the Old Age Britain from a Visitors perspective. From the White Cliffs of Dover, where it started to the Flat Whites of today. The ideas are as far flung as is the diversity of choice. It is as up to date as today and as old as History. Take your PICK. it is all about your Choice of experience.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 12:38 am
John
Trusted and real in the Real Britain. Surprises within the comfort zone which is what reality travel is (or should be) all about
Mar 20, 2009 @ 12:43 am
Mary
Gives me hope to beable to experience the UK, discover the people, places, historic and modern.
Alt Albion sounds ans exhilarating way to do it.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 12:52 am
Nigel
Altalbion is a purse seine net, dragging the full breadth of the interwebthinggy, facebook, twitter, myspace, viral emails; you name it, this group plunders it. The ultimate game I guess is to make money, so good luck to them. May your efforts give the rewards you deserve. Me, I just wanna fly to the UK for free. Thanks for the oppo guys.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 12:56 am
david cooper
Alt what?
Oh yeah.
Riiiight,
OK.
Um what was the question?
Mar 20, 2009 @ 1:00 am
alex smith
planning a trip to the UK… do you see the whole place on a package tour,, nah … you can see Buckingham palace for a minute on a tour bus,, Alt Albion can drag your imagination to the dungeon!,, talk with the serfs,,
Museums,,, phooey!!,, see the real creativity , the crafts people who are out of the usual tracts,, real music cratyed by centuries of practise…
yeah real culture, not plastic reminders on the journey home….
Mar 20, 2009 @ 1:15 am
Brian
Alt Albion is about diversity of sight/sound/colour/sensation to be found in the UK. It draws out the not so well publicised and less tourist trodden features of the UK, allowing visits to get closer to the heart of the nation and its people.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 1:20 am
Johnboy
A sublime sweet travel experience,get into the real heart and create unique excitement and fun. Explore unknown crevices of delight, then dine in castles by candlelight at night.What-ever you desire your holiday can be. Don`t wait any longer come over and see.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 1:26 am
Jeannette Gillesppie
Alt albion you atr my man!
Fastest trip in the world of sun
Have to travel - have to roam
Have to go home have to have fun!!@
We wish that we could have that fun
to see the birth of a new grand son
Off to Good old London Town
To wear the specail grandparent crown.
In the word of Tina Turner,stuff the rets!
Alt albion “youre simply the best!
Mar 20, 2009 @ 1:34 am
Robert Compton
Alt Albion is trhe website which introducs me to the excitement of the UK experience and the nostalgia of seeing the land of my father’s birth in 1906, Ahoghill, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and heightens the anticipation of seeing the land of his people and the place of his birth.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 1:40 am
betty
Alt Albion with Air New Zealand allowing kiwis to experience Britain moving and shaking in the new Melinimum whilst still appreciating past culture and history.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 1:41 am
Margaret
Alt Albion is the website that brings back to me the Scottish heritage of my mother and father and opens the way for me to experience the joy of walking where they walked, seeing what they saw and imbibing the history, the tradition and the vibrancy of the UK experience.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 1:48 am
Carolyn
Alt Albion travels to the heart of
Britain with the travelling to the unknown and undiscovered. It’s a place where fashion, music, technology, art, sport and life come together, and it should make for an interesting journey in and around Britain.
Alt Albion gives you the dream of a lifetime.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 1:49 am
Nevin Tait
The Albion Website is entrepreneurial excellence. The way to reach the 21st Century traveller. It takes us to the places we have never seen before. It opens our imagination to all the global possibilities imaginable.
It is web par excellence!!Thank you Albion-people for your love of adventure and kindness to travellers of all styles. May you always prosper!!
Mar 20, 2009 @ 1:54 am
Colin Stratton
Alt Albion looks like a a way to experience a once in a life time trip to vist another culture an create a wonderful host of memories
Mar 20, 2009 @ 1:56 am
Brenda Plummer-Allinson
To us Britain is not just home, from many years ago, but the whole world.
The history, the culture, the colour, the people. Walk in the footsteps of the ancient Britons or the Romans. Sit quietly and absorb the hugh cathedrals, or sit in an old country church, wander amongst the grave stones of our ancestors.
Explore the new world of colour and culture, the many ethnic groups, the old English food and new ethnic foods. Enjoy threatre, drama, comedy, musical and ballet.
Walk the old streets, admire the restored areas and just absorb everthing that is Britian.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 2:21 am
James Hurst
I don’t believe it,That such a site as Alt Albion,as all the info that one ever needs.Whatever you want to do,They can show you how,when,where and how to do it.I have visited many a site on travel,But this as to be the ultimate site for anyone.I am glad that I have found such a site,I have definitely bookmarked it,Thanks Alt Albion.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 2:27 am
Marty
Alt Albion is all about real reasons to love and experience the UK in many and varied ways, some not at all well known. Great site for great sights (except perhaps for the Geldof gel and her tats, sorry).
Mar 20, 2009 @ 2:48 am
Colin
Alt Albion? Reminds me of the famous historical club which has only just returned to the Premier League for the first time after running away with the Promotion stakes last season.
Unfortunately, it languishes at the bottom of the table despite attempting to play attacking football. And it is the famous name of Albion is the only one that features in the Barclays Premier League, too.
Historical Britain also features many historical football clubs, and last time I only had time to visit my favourite Midlands club at Wolverhampton, as well as the club Shop which we don’t have here in NZ.
But, a visit to any of the Club Museums especially the likes of even Arsenal or even to Villa Park or even Hampden Park would be a great honour to be lapped up - such would be the atmosphere at the home of football.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 2:50 am
Janine
Alt Albion is all about bringing families together who are on their OE - it is about “Enjoying the moments” and “Making the memories”. To be able to share a moment and memories with my daughter in the UK is beyond anything I can imagine - and oh I long to have that mummy hug I miss so much.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 2:55 am
Shireen
Alt Albion is an opportunity to experience another country that is rich with history, heritage and culture. This is an opportunity to see the UK courtesy of Air NZ.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 2:56 am
Terry Sale
AltAlbion is THE site to go to for great info on the UK. I have been away from there for 43 years, and AltAlbion really makes me homesick. Longboats on canals - wonderful - I remember canals when they were just grotty waterways, clogged with waste and occasionally a barge going along them.
Visit country villages, their shops, markets, pubs etc.,- go to Alt Albion.
Stay in lovely accomodation from castles to isolated country farmstay B & Bs - go to Alt Albion.
I may be old, but I ain’t dead yet!! I could cope well with any trip
Mar 20, 2009 @ 3:02 am
Heather
Albion is the oldest known name for Great Britain - interestingly it is even mentioned in a verse of Advance Australia Fair! This Alt Albion website is a way of connecting with places, people and events in Great Britain in a very alternative way compared to that of traditional travel brochures and websites. I welcome the opportunity to experience more of this alternative viewpoint by interacting with the “tour guides” as they show me their Alternative Great Britain!
Mar 20, 2009 @ 3:20 am
Anne-Marie
wow! Thanks!!!!!!!!! Alt Albion just hits the spot,so much to see and do..Let Me See…
meeting the Locals,
roaming around the countryside,
taking in the heritage of days gone by, revelling in the here and now,
tripping the light fantastic
so much to do - so little time! I can do that - Yes Please
Mar 20, 2009 @ 3:30 am
Roseanna Tupe
I think Alt Albion has a mystic mix of good and better all waiting to be founded, enjoyed and remembered for a lifetime!! a subtle mix of beautiful surroundings with a sneaky tantalising surge of life just waiting to be explored and exposed like a magic you never thought possible!
Mar 20, 2009 @ 3:36 am
Colin
My wife has several elderly relations in England and would love to see them.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 3:40 am
Maeria Koligi
Beyond touristy attractions, events and dreary institutions, Alt Albion will no doubt expose, challenge and inspire me with unlimited hidden treasures. For just a wee snippet of time I am sure I’ll get packed into a whole new lifestyle where I’ll come out the other end just not the same! Visiting the world famous and the indiscovered, taking on board inherent cultures, sights, sounds and endless cuisines creative Britian has to offer. Not withstanding my boundless energy, my zest for life and my passion with action my return to Aotearoa, New Zealand will enable me tell all my friends and family of my magical discoveries with Alt Albion - Yay !!!
Mar 20, 2009 @ 4:01 am
Gill
Definition of Alt.. With a specific function
Definition of Albion…British Empire
and that is exactly what the Alt Albion website delivers. It has the specific function to give us up to date information for travellers to the British Empire.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 4:02 am
Pat
Alt Albion is the pinnicale of a dream come true.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 4:10 am
Les
Alt Albion to me is an interesting and innovative way of thinking about and enjoying the UK. A chance to see past the mystery and look into a heritage that is shared by many New Zealanders
Mar 20, 2009 @ 4:13 am
seveselvi
St Albion sounds very exciting and adventurous and of course mysterious too because I have never stepped into that part of the world. I would love to connnet with it.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 4:21 am
Leigh G
Alt Albion - take me to everywhere I want to go.I want to see and do LOTS in Britain that myself and the “regular” tourist operators don’t know about.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 4:22 am
Sara Cole
AltAlbion rediscovers at last the UK of the hot, hard and funky, today. The world leader in music and cool revisited. Coro St no more! The Royal Family, No! We want the AltAlbion’s UK experience, we want it REAL!
Mar 20, 2009 @ 4:23 am
seveselvi
Alt Albion sounds very exciting and adventerous and of course even mysterious too because I have never stepped into that part of the world. I would love to connect with it real soon!!
Mar 20, 2009 @ 4:24 am
Desire Sinclair
WARNING ….. WARNING
Alt Albion is a candy counter indisguise. So much choice, all temping and everyone a winner. You usually pick a few vowing to try the rest next time …. once tried, you’ll be back again and again …….and……again… and again.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 4:25 am
tony
alt albion is a kaliascope of colurs and images of art music and culture all wrapped up in the excitment which comes with air travel.Its a experience of fun travel and meeting people in all the right places either at a castle a cafe or a music event where you leave feeling totally immersed in the sense of the occasion.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 5:43 am
Gil Gurney
Test the waters before you take that BIG UK OE - nothing comes better at it than Altablion - if you want info on fashion the lables the country the characters the artists the pubs the way of life - its all in here - so if you’re still here and still looking over the website - then you’re late - Get your gear on and come on - or - get over there!
Mar 20, 2009 @ 6:18 am
Jeremy Ruane
If you want to know the places to go
Throughout the British Isles,
Ask the number one - Alt Albion!
They’ll make it worth your while.
Scotland, Wales and England-wide,
They really know their stuff.
Teaming up with Air NZ
Is surely proof enough!
Heritage, culture, scenery,
They make it so much fun!
If the UK’s where you want to go,
Do so with Alt Albion.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 9:28 am
Bron Masom
Alt Albion is all about exploring the real Britain, to see how the locals live and experience daily life as a local. To explore the back streets, the side streets and the ones in between! To get away from the touristy scene and discover sights we have never believed existed. So exciting!!!!!!!!!!!
Mar 20, 2009 @ 11:33 am
Grant Porter
You offer a door to seeing,feeling and being part of the old England that was known as Albion.
An old name used to introduce the new Britain.
Alt Albion, let you see how the fabric of Britain was made while also showing the now.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 11:41 am
Bernice Quaife
Amazing Altalbion is for me the doorway to the ecclectic and vibrant realm of Britain. Art is a passion shared and this is a shaker of new experiences encased in a tangible meander at a pace set by the traveller. A wonderful blend of ancient mythology at legendary places..Londonderry, Liverpool,mystical Edinburough. Music, pulse and visual delights in a journey that is sure to make us proud of our Ancestry. Would love to embrace heart and soul of Britain
Mar 20, 2009 @ 12:48 pm
Ruth Hatch
AltAlbion is all about bringing Britain to life - past, present and future - and creating life time memories to be shared with family, friends and all like minded people. Go AltAlbion!
Mar 20, 2009 @ 12:56 pm
Margaret Lenehan
It is abour a combination of the magical myths of olde Albion fused with colour and excitement to create a place of dreams
Mar 20, 2009 @ 1:12 pm
Brian Anthony
Consider a place of excitement, fun and modernity with the backdrop of the past and history of Albion.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 1:14 pm
ross butler
alt albion is not abc = another bloody castle. It is about uk smells, tastes, colours, sounds, sensations, feelings,and real people
Mar 20, 2009 @ 1:20 pm
Colin
You can take a bullfrog to the water but can you make it drink? Alt Albion does that for me - UK UK UK
Mar 20, 2009 @ 1:27 pm
Julie-Anne Tucker
Alt Albion is like having your best friend show you around their home town. They know all the best places and all the best people to hang with.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 2:07 pm
Adam Smith
Well how can i compete with such great comments from previous entrants…i can only state how these images of Alt Albion make me feel.
I’ve never been there but now i’ve seen it i know i want to, badly.
I want to be eveloped by its history and culture, my senses dazzled by its sights, sounds and smells….and tastes.
I want to wander aimlessly and discover all that Alt Albion can offer and bring those memories home to knowingly speak of with cherished thoughts.
Alt Albion, you make me want to marry a girl of English blood.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 2:26 pm
Elena
Altalbion is avirtual version of the ‘white cliffs of Dover’ for the French - always magnificent, always promising, always mysterious…
Mar 20, 2009 @ 2:32 pm
Denise Stokes
Albion is our chance to visit UK and see the sights and sounds we could only dream about. The wonderful ancient history and architecture that we so miss in our own country. Also a chance for my husband to catch up with an old pal he has not seen for 45 years
Mar 20, 2009 @ 2:40 pm
shelley prescott
what a place to live and breathe, a place to cry with wonder and really absorb a culture that is not considered normal.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 2:49 pm
Sue McGehan
Alt Albion is being able to venture to places in the United kingdom that i would only have dreamt about in my wildest dreams
Mar 20, 2009 @ 3:11 pm
jim wallace
Your tantalising snippets of Southern English countryside where I grew up and rode my bike around as a boy stir my ever increasing longing to see it all again. Alt Albion, you have all the right cultural gems featured in your dynamic colourful travel packages. Many of us ex-pats have waited 30 years or more to ‘go home’ for the visit of a life time. You’re the obvious way to do it Alt Albion!
Mar 20, 2009 @ 3:22 pm
Nanette
ALT ALBION is about a love story. A love story that I want to unravel. To trace my father’s steps when he left the United Kingdom as a Celtic boy, settled in New Zealand, married - then posted to the Pacific Islands where he met my mother and I was the product of love.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 3:42 pm
john hjorth
We have had a bus tour and seen a lot of the areas but had no time to meet the locals and view the out of tourist places.
A Tour like this would make us both very satisfied and more wise to the general public and places in the U.K.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 3:50 pm
Margaret Olsen
This is such a wonderful competition to have the opportunity to enter- I have always wanted to visit Britain and see the historical sites of our forebearers- this is such a lovley gift from all concerned- here’s hoping for some luck!
Mar 20, 2009 @ 3:53 pm
erin saunders
You show what other companies do not. It is the culture and feel of a place that you are passionate about and want other to as well. You open the doors to new and exciting travel with a cultural atmosphere. You make it easy for colorful travel and everlasting memories!!
Mar 20, 2009 @ 4:10 pm
Keith Williams
Alt Albion reads like a blueprint for heaven.
Embrace and share with family and friends the treasures and wonders of Britain courtesy of Alt Albion.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 4:15 pm
Lyn
Experience the other side (of the world. Find the places that normally you only accidently only trip over. Real travel is not following the norm
Mar 20, 2009 @ 4:28 pm
Bev Patchett
Alt Albion is the ONLY site you need when planning a visit to England.
Why go to all the tourist places when you can see a bit of the Real England with Alt Albion.
My hope is to have the chance to do exactly that by winning a trip. Finances will never let me visit otherwise.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 4:33 pm
Aaron
Altalbion - its about opening our eyes to the real UK. Snippets giving insights into experiences and places beyond the guidebooks - places you have to go, things you have to do to really appreciate them, things that could easily be overlooked by ‘regular’ tourists…
Mar 20, 2009 @ 4:59 pm
Lynn Whitburn
Alternative Lifestyle Travel
ALT ALBION FOR ALL AGES
Mar 20, 2009 @ 5:16 pm
M. Anderson
Alt Albion is whatever I want it to be .
Thanks Air New Zealand for giving us this chance for my wife and I to indulge in our Alt Albion adventure and the opportunity to leave our adventure briefly to nip across the border to visit our daughter in Bonnie Scotland .
Otherwise she will have to come and join us to discover Alt Albion for herself .
We look forward and hope for a happy adventure.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 5:22 pm
paul wilson
air new zealand flies you, alt albion tours you
Mar 20, 2009 @ 5:41 pm
Sara Calman
Alt Albion is an innovative way to discover a new place, its providing an opportunity to experience the culture that cant be described on a postcard. Looks like a totally cool way to travel.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 5:44 pm
Trina
Wanting to visit Britian at it’s finest?
Try Alt Albion, and see the beauty and tranquility that England has to offer.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 5:45 pm
Annette Walker
Alt Albion.
Real Britain.
Adventurers only.
Tourists need not apply.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 6:31 pm
Mark Chapman
Alt Albion is what they others can not hope to provide, it is the all and everything that anyone could want to hope to fully
Mar 20, 2009 @ 7:09 pm
ck smith
The Alt Albion give me alternative places to see and immerse myself in the uk diferent cultures past and present and the history and all it has to offer .. not just see it but live it
Mar 20, 2009 @ 8:06 pm
Phillipa
Alt Albion is the UK I want to visit. Alt Albion is not the UK of “14 famous sites in three days” that I don’t want to visit.
Alt Albion is bright, funky, alternative and fun.
Alt Albion is a new view on an old destination…
Mar 20, 2009 @ 8:23 pm
Maureen Murphy
Reading comments it sounds like Alt Albion is for the young only. But the oldies like to win a trip too and explore more of what England has to offer away from the Chelsea flower show, London Bridge, Changing of the Guards etc.
We back packed thru Asia at 65 so can still keep up
Mar 20, 2009 @ 9:10 pm
Maureen Murphy
Reading comments it sounds like Alt Albion is for the young only. But the oldies like to win a trip too and explore more of what England has to offer away from the usual tourist attractions
We back packed thru Asia at 65 so can still keep up
Mar 20, 2009 @ 9:37 pm
andrea cameron
Altabion a website
That Visit Britain recommends.
Altabion tells how to book a hol
For yourself or with your friends.
It gives you insight and advice
It shows how to go away.
But most of all, an awesome chance
To win a holiday!!
Andrea ( ex pat) and Mike ( Kiwi)
Mar 20, 2009 @ 9:38 pm
Brian Follas
Alt Albion is a fun and useful site to explore,dream and whet ones appetite for travel and to look at different views.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 9:40 pm
Kathleen
Alt Albion is the UK your grandparents didn’t tell you about.
Mar 20, 2009 @ 10:12 pm
Cher Caetano
Alt Albion is a fabulous,’twitterable’ site.
I don’t like the normal tourist places, I like real people, exciting adventures, seeing the world like the locals(Invading places that are their best kept secrets)and having the T shirt to brag about it with AND Alt Albion custom gifts for mates at work to make them jealous!
“Oh! Air New Zealand take me there now!”
Mar 20, 2009 @ 10:19 pm
Russell Brown
UK is a vibrant alive and full of history. The same can be said of Alt Albion who are a compant with a pasion to show England. What a patrnership - Alr Albion and Air New Zealand. Both wxciting companies with a passion to serve
Mar 20, 2009 @ 11:17 pm
John Cridlin
Cool rule sceptered isle,
Red white and blue with style.
Double Deckered Finsbury park
To Christmas cold London dark
Sunday roasted regents park
Rule Britania!
Mar 20, 2009 @ 11:20 pm
Alan
Alt Albion - British tours with attitude!
Mar 20, 2009 @ 11:20 pm
bren
Albion - the grand old name for the greatest Ile. It’s come along way since when it was named. It’s the place that I dream of and it’s not a question of if I see it, but when? I want to feel the land, the culture, the oldness. I want to mix with the modern, the art and the artist, the famous and the common. I see I’ll have to make many trips to England and glad to have found a new resource to help me with my dreams
Mar 20, 2009 @ 11:30 pm
Andy McDowall
Alt Albion is THE way for people to see the REAL U.K,to sample the best of what is available. By going to busy little pockets of the Real people,and feasting,laughing and even crying with them,taking in all the subtle nuances of how they live and meld together.Seeing sites the only way recommended to Kiwis as well as the world,being in the moment,going somewhere new and exciting.Eating my way around The U.K is my dream,being a foodie,all i crave is new and mind numbingly ravishing dishes!!!! Bring it on!
Mar 21, 2009 @ 12:38 am
Lee Thomas
If you are tired of doing the tourist stuff and wanted to see Britain in a different light then Alt Albion is the way to go. You get to see Britain your way. You get to rub shoulders with composers, artists and designers over a pint of beer in a pub. If drinking is not your scene but nature is then tramping or mountain climbing can be an exhilarting outdoor pursuit. If music is in your blood then pop in to listen to the new bands that are around to make you tap your feet or boogie if you must. With Alt Albion you cannot lose as it will cater to all your whims and fancies
Mar 21, 2009 @ 12:57 am
Lesley McIntosh
Alt Albion is giving kiwis a chance to fly to the UK to find their roots. What a great way to give this flightless bird a chance to trace her ancestors.
Mar 21, 2009 @ 1:13 am
Lesley McIntosh
Fine
Mar 21, 2009 @ 1:16 am
Iain Brown
It’s a window on the world
It’s a view of what can be
It’s a kaliedascope of life
It’s an imperial tapistry
It’s a bible of some sorts
It’s a guide book ever changing
It’s something fresh. And New. And Great.
It’s a bookmark that’s worth saving….
Mar 21, 2009 @ 2:07 am
Tania
Alt Albion is the newest way of seeing the old country:
It shows where where we come from, and where we’re going.
It shows what is possible, and what is probable.
It’s a place to share dreams and experiences.
It’s an OE for IE, and I think I like it…
Mar 21, 2009 @ 2:28 am
chris
Alt Albion is about taking the road less traveled and finding the treasures of the UK off the well worn tourist path. It is about exploring the art, fashion, markets, food, music, sport, culture and life of the UK today and days gone by.
Mar 21, 2009 @ 3:07 am
JEN WARD
ALT ALBION IS THE UK - YOUR WAY
Mar 21, 2009 @ 3:16 am
Ray Parsons
Alt Albion has what all the others don’t
Mar 21, 2009 @ 3:34 am
Rex Fausett
Alt Albion - great destinations in Great Britain. Give me that English food and let me eat it in the carpark at Stonehenge, then take me to the market at Camden Lock, wing me on to a rock concert and let me watch the sun come up in the Orkneys. My bag is packed, my passport is current.
Mar 21, 2009 @ 4:11 am
Heather Kennedy
Alt Albion is a BRILLIANT place to go to find all things to do in the UK that are off the beaten track. You’ll find places to go and adventures to experience, to fill in the times when you have had enough of visiting relatives, hanging with old school chums and trapsing around boring museums. I wish I’d known about Alt Albion that last time I was in the UK, it would have made my visit much more enjoyable.
Mar 21, 2009 @ 4:51 am
Mark Mackenzie
As a ex pat Briton I know how much there is to see other than the usual tourist traps. Alt Albion allows you to explore the multiplex which is Britain. A Magical Mystery Tour where you get to go where your nose is pointing, to see what is around the next corner, to turn right when your gps says turn left. Good on Ya Alt Albion.
Mar 21, 2009 @ 4:57 am
Nick Meechan
Wow,i never new this existed.Alt Albion the alternative travel experience.Colour my world.
No more boring Brittain.
Mar 21, 2009 @ 12:43 pm
Sally Bond
Alt Albion - the only way to travel Britain. Off the beaten track and into the real british way of life. Awesome!
Mar 21, 2009 @ 1:28 pm
Tony Dobbie
Alt Albion is not just a holiday its an experiance
Mar 21, 2009 @ 2:19 pm
Myriam
Alt Albion is an exciting colouful interactive site that sets itself apart from other travel sites.
It has all the info on the topics that you really need to make a great trip to the UK.
Its essence is UK culture and I know that by using Alt Albion as a guide before leaving NZ, I will get a chance to experience not the tourist side of the UK, but what makes the UK really special.
Mar 21, 2009 @ 2:22 pm
Tony Mackrell
Alt Albion is comp winning bag packing taxi taking passport stamping rubber glove snapping koru decked high flying pulse pumping photo clicking fine ale quaffing football chanting arty gandering old country miandering hello strangering loud laugh and smiling hip hooray fun !!!!!
Mar 21, 2009 @ 3:05 pm
Pat Rooney
It would be wonderful to win the two flights
and experience all the great sites and senery
We live in New Zealand imagine travelling all that way , what a thrill it would be.
Mar 21, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
alex page
In ships of heart of oak we spread across the world .Now I want to visit that great Albion from where we came.
Mar 21, 2009 @ 3:54 pm
Alistair
you don’t wanna see some 3D postcards, nah, you wanna feel, smell, touch the gritty, earthy, flashy flesh of it and breathe in the Brit spirit.
Mar 21, 2009 @ 4:56 pm
Andy Smith
Alt Albion UK tour adventure is a virtual ticket to the soul of creative Britian. It provides a personal interaction and exploration of the cultures and subcultures of this great land.
Following the steps of our ‘tour guides’, we are provided with intimate encounters with the famous, infamous and underground.
An authentic voice of cultural Britain guides us through the tour, introducing us to new local pubs, bands, artists, composers, or mountains of conquer.
This is the real alternative side of Britain, one that filters into the collective conscious and makes Briatin what it is.
Luckily for us, with the help of Alt Albion, we have unfiltered access to the start.
Mar 21, 2009 @ 5:39 pm
Phil O'Riordan
Alt Albion is win a wish come true.
Mar 21, 2009 @ 6:49 pm
Julie Costello
Visit Britain with your best friend … of course you would take the friend that had all the local knowledge/know how and experience!! Alt Albion - my new BFF!!
Mar 21, 2009 @ 7:00 pm
June Dunn
Alt Albion for me means …..escape to the land of my dreams - where I can live and breathe history from yesteryear & join in magical moments of today.
A means of fulfilling my deepest longings, standing on the shores of “Land of Hope & Glory”
Mar 21, 2009 @ 7:25 pm
Mel Graham
Alt Albion is everything you need to know, every place you need to go and every one you need to see, if you want to ‘do’ the UK. Years worth of experience and contacts and all in one place!
Mar 21, 2009 @ 7:34 pm
Max Dunn
Alt Abion answers the call of my heart to see the land of my grandparents. To live the nursery rhymes of my childhood, visit London Bridge, and see and hear Big Ben in person. To experience the markets at Covent Gardens and check my watch against Greenwich time.
Mar 21, 2009 @ 7:37 pm
Imm Teoh
Alt Albion is about being innovative, different and super cool, thats what it is.
Mar 21, 2009 @ 9:14 pm
Craig Wootten
Altalbion the funkatastic site for all you young budding kiwis seeking local and happening uk knowledge for your o.e. happy searching.
great site try climbing ben lomond over loch lomond awesome views easy climb great day trip if your in glasgow
Mar 21, 2009 @ 9:32 pm
Melissa Skehan
Alt Albion represents the new funky age of discovery in the UK. They offer a unique recipe of FABULOUS ADVENTURES, UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCES, MINDBLOWING FUN combined with EXTRAORDINARY REAL BRITISH CULTURE for all people who are ready to have these “once in a lifetime” opportunities. Only with Alt Albion.
Mar 21, 2009 @ 9:34 pm
Katie Mckay
Lets face it, New Zealanders are adventurous people. The early settlers packed up and travelled all the way here here with little more than big dreams and open minds. This is who we are as a people and this is what Alt albion is me, its a chance to dicover the undiscovered, about opening your mind, stepping outside of the box and taking the path less travelled. Thanks Alt Albion!
Mar 21, 2009 @ 9:38 pm
Marilyn
Transported to the historical beauties of England - so many places, so many delights await. Alt Albion, such a wonderful site, thank you for turning a dreary afternoon into a time of imagining a tour here, there or anywhere! Ir would be a dream come true to be able to put some of those places on a winning trip.
Mar 21, 2009 @ 10:11 pm
Chopper
There is always another side to visiting any country. You have the mundane and the eccentric. Bring on the eccentric experience!!!
Mar 21, 2009 @ 10:30 pm
Mollie Wilson
Alt Albion opens many pages through which one can plan a wide range of exciting adventures - for any age.
Life is for living and what a wonderful chance to expand on knwowledge and fun. Thanks for the opportunity to participate in a dream - with the hope of more to come.
Mar 21, 2009 @ 10:31 pm
Zarn
I would love to Hit the Ground Running and see not only the touristy spots but also the places that you would normally only stumble across. Having never been there before, I would love to experience all Britain has to offer the good, the bad, the ugly and the artsy.
Mar 21, 2009 @ 10:47 pm
Ross
Pictures on telly and in books
Places of old
And of dreams
To walk the cobbled lanes
So many have walked before
Being surrounded by history
And knowing
It’s no dream
I’m really there.
Alt Albion - a way to live the dream!
Mar 22, 2009 @ 12:28 am
john Mccoy
Alt Albion is a chance to view the past by looking to the future.
Mar 22, 2009 @ 12:43 am
Debbie Randall
Alt Albion is the website to go to so you can be interesting when you come back from you trip and telling your friends about what you experienced in the UK…so they don’t have to hear about the Tower of London for the 100th time!
Mar 22, 2009 @ 12:50 am
Simonne Goodall
It’s alternative, exciting and intriguing. It’s about exploring the colourful side of English life and culture - it reminds me of The Shire in The Lord of the Rings and I’d love to visit the mysterious hobbits and mythical creatures of the English countryside.
Mar 22, 2009 @ 12:54 am
Gazza
Alt Albion allows us to start loving life and the living. The tragedy of life is what dies inside of us while we live!
Mar 22, 2009 @ 1:00 am
Bill Cornelius
Alt Albion our blueprint to the future ,a stepping stone to a world of adventure ,Going outside our normal comfort zone and loving it Alt Abion and loving it .
Mar 22, 2009 @ 1:27 am
Patrick Buddle
Alt albion looks like the type of site where we know we can get the most out of Visiting Brittain - to see interesting individual glances of a great nation - to actually experience the country- big and small aspects thereof. We have driven through alot of the UK and Scotland but we want to experience the “finer” aspects of this great country which of course has many centuries of fascinating history and wealth of knowledge
Mar 22, 2009 @ 2:29 am
AJ
Alt Albion- real people, real experiences, real travel, REAL UK
Mar 22, 2009 @ 3:53 am
Kim Conway
Alt Albion - awesome, sweet as, gives you the lowdown on amazing places, way different things to do, great times and cool travel adventures all done with soul, class, Kiwi initiative and sense of adventure - Alt Albion - we knocked the buggar off!
Mar 22, 2009 @ 3:59 am
Ann Saunders
It’s great to see someone thinking outside the box to give real experiences for real people and still have some fun along the way.
Creative, Challenging and Fun!!
Mar 22, 2009 @ 1:59 pm
ROY MILLER
TO SEE THE HISTORY, TAKE IN THE HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF PEOPLE LIVING, FROM ROBIN HOOD TO THE BEATLES, ALT ALBION CAN SHOW YOU IT ALL WHEN YOU GET THERE BY AIR NZ, YOUR HAPPY HOLIDAYER DUSTY MILLER
Mar 22, 2009 @ 2:38 pm
Mary La Pine
Alt Albion makes me feel young again. Full of anticipation, excitement and the joy of living, travelling and experiencing the new and the old. It eclipses the worries, cares and trepidation of everyday life in this world of ours.
Mar 22, 2009 @ 3:12 pm
Kerry Bryant
Alt Albion is about the “new UK”. It is more about the people than the old buildings.
Mar 22, 2009 @ 3:34 pm
Phil Collins
I have never heard of Alt Albion, but should I win a trip to the UK where we are going theis year I will make sure that I know all about Alt Albion
Mar 22, 2009 @ 3:50 pm
Philip Lloyd
Alt Albion is THE way to re-visit Britain and in the present economic times, it is fabulously affordable.
Mar 22, 2009 @ 3:57 pm
Ken Surridge
Alt Albion is about being there. Experiencing the sights and sounds of countryside and city, of people and nature, of heritage and history that makes this land unique. Being there and breathing it in, is everything. A kiwi in Trafalgar Square. A tuatara crossing Abbey Road. A kotuku on the banks of Stratford’s Avon. A weta on John Lennon’s white piano. It’s about making dreams come true.
Mar 22, 2009 @ 4:06 pm
Richard
United Kingdom, The Motherland. Home of Wet Weather, Welly’s (or gum boots in our land), warm beer, darkness at 2pm or 11pm (season dependant), soggy Fish & Chips with Vinegar, and whinging football mad people Alt Albion, prove me wrong!
Mar 22, 2009 @ 5:07 pm
Janis Tilyard
Alt Albion breathes life into the ancient , is a cobweb removing wind and
is a secret door in the back of tourist rut wardrobes.
Mar 22, 2009 @ 5:30 pm
Lyn Carswell
Alt Albion is something we have never done.Sounds great and relaxing,Take in William Blake Art, the buzzing nightlife and all the cafes. Sounds like us.
Mar 22, 2009 @ 5:54 pm
Dan McKenzie
Alt Albion is all about diversity. Diversity of the places, people and the way to experience the things that make the UK so unique.
Mar 22, 2009 @ 6:14 pm
amanda bull
alt albion is the undiscovered. Going to the depths of the underground. The alternative side to travel and tour. The colourful atmosphere, vintage and unique. A stand alone experience of old and new, sight taste sound. Alt albion entices all senses, and becomnes one in its own.
Mar 22, 2009 @ 6:50 pm
MIKE DEAN
Wow Amanda , your description gives me all the confidence to plan UK holidays through Alt
Albion
Thank you .
Mar 22, 2009 @ 7:03 pm
Brian
It is my spiritual home.
Mar 22, 2009 @ 8:07 pm
Grant S
What is Alt Albion?
Alt Albion is the other side. The reflection. Not the side you see when you first look, but side that’s glimmering back at you when you search a little deeper.
Mar 22, 2009 @ 9:02 pm
Winifred Struthers
Alt Albion is ladies with brick heads and splashes of colour everywhere.
Alt Albion looks like lots of fun and happy ever afters.
Alt Albion must be the be all and end all of all things good.
Mar 22, 2009 @ 10:07 pm
Derek Foley
Alt Albion tours can be be described by
a song by the band Queen, ‘It’s a Kind of
Magic’ -
Mar 22, 2009 @ 11:09 pm
bevan broughton
Alt Albion is the significant fat guy chomping a curry next to some insignificant building blasting out live music at 11.30pm on a bitter english night
Alt Albion is argueing playfully with a tblefull of pints and forgotten first names over the original birthplace of your favourite rockers and having no idea who the hell anyone is the next day
Alt Albion signifies the massive contribution that the UK had on music today
Alt Albion plays life loud enough to forget where you are
Mar 23, 2009 @ 1:32 am
Pam Webb
Alt Albion is a fantastic opportunity for me to experience the UK in a way no others can do. the unigue Countryside and History, Country culture and diversity. A wonderful way for me to re unite with family after 30 years.
Mar 23, 2009 @ 2:23 am
Ian
Alt Albion
Colour, Music, Arts, Fun, Freedom. It’s not only travelling but having the time of your life. It incorporates everything you would want in a travel package. It’s the new way of going for a holiday. You won’t be bored going the Alt Albion way. So for me Alt Albion is all about the new and best way to enjoy my holiday.
Mar 23, 2009 @ 3:37 am
Jenny Marchbanks
Alt Albion represents refreshing, fascintating, fun and funky travel - simply the BEST.
Mar 23, 2009 @ 7:38 am
Jan Mackie
What a marvellous idea Alt Albion has come up with, the best way to make sure you dont miss the fantastic veriation of history , people and country that there is to see in the UK. Theres such a big choice of places to go and things to do……….. this is fantastic!!
Mar 23, 2009 @ 12:20 pm
Lorraine Davies
We are told there are seven Wonders of the World. With Alt Albion you can discover a myriad more marvels.
Mar 23, 2009 @ 2:49 pm
mark knight
Alt Albion is the alternative travel site for people with alternative views, alternative tastes in food, dress sense, and travel requirements. Break the mould, push the envelope, think outside the square and become part of the alternative travel family. Experience Britain at its eccentric best by visiting the Alt Albion website and start planning the ultimate travel experience!
Mar 23, 2009 @ 3:15 pm
Murray Wakefield
Alt Albion where you see more than the usual tours and shows. You see art galleries,castles and lots of fantastic sights. You see night clubs, hear the music and taste the food. You will see small villages and secluded areas. You will experience the real UK like you have never seen before.
Mar 23, 2009 @ 6:31 pm
Cerian Wagstaff
Alt Albion is about discovering the undiscovered, the creative and the authentic voice of Britain. I would like to look at Britain the way Iain Sinclair does (London Orbital) or Scott Hamilton in his discussions on anti-travel at Reading the Maps blog.
I am a creative person, working around and with designers, writers, artists, musicians and dancers. I was born in England but grew up here in Aotearoa. I would love the opportunity to visit Britain the Alt Albion way - uncovering the underground, the creative and authentic voice of Britain!
I already have an idea for a book: A kiwi couple revisiting their roots and encountering a full cast of eccentric characters and unusual places on their quest to discover the real Britain. A kaleidoscopic portrait of Britain!
Bill Zavatsky wrote that:
‘The grand statement of Surrealism was that right here, right now, in this world, perhaps with a walk down the street and a chance look in the window of the local drugstore, you could find an entryway to the other world…the lost paradise…’
Alt Albion will you help me find an entryway to the other world?
Mar 23, 2009 @ 6:59 pm
Eva
I’ve decided that alt albion is kinda like a personal blog, in the sense that people are talking about things they’ve seen/done/tasted that made an impact on THEM, not just things they think they should do or would impress would-be visitors to the UK. In this way, it’s more about experiences that happen to be in the UK, rather than just bog-standard touristy shite that you could read anywhere.
It’s like having someone telling you about something they did or somewhere they went - you’d rather listen to firsthand accounts of things that are new/different than just read a glossy pamphlet, wouldn’t you? Big ups to ya. Keep up the good work and just be yourself and enjoy whatever comes your way
Mar 23, 2009 @ 9:51 pm
Juelle Hunt
Alt Albion - I love it, I never experienced my OE but want to do it now cause I really feel like I have missed out on an important ritual the ‘Big Kiwi OE’, this website inspires me and excites me - I want to plan already ….. and in a way I’m so glad I never had the money to go on my OE before cause Alt Albion has shown me I would have missed out on so much fun doing it the brochure way, bring it on I say hope it’s me that wins - thanks !!!
Mar 23, 2009 @ 11:17 pm
Amy
Alt Albion to me is “real.” Real Britain. Not flash as a pan tourist brocheres, but groovy reality. I like it!
Mar 24, 2009 @ 12:28 am
Graeme Webber
Alt Albion is all things to all men - and most likely all women too.
Its the five-dimensional British travel experience that encompasses everything about Britain you’ve never imagined. Get out and see it, taste it, hear it, smell it, experience it.
Be there and be outside the square!
Mar 24, 2009 @ 2:28 am
Dave Murray
Alt Albion to me is about going back to the beginning for me and my son.
It was all left behind about 80 years ago and now is catch up time.
I need to trace it all from Glasgow to Aberdeen and finally to Edinburgh.
There is a lot of history I cant let die.
Mar 24, 2009 @ 3:16 am
Derrick
Alt Albion Rhapsody
I’m just a poor boy
From a poor family
Stuck in a rut
I need no sympathy
Just want to go on a big OE
Thanks Alt Albion and Air NZ
For I can experience it all
Fashion and lighting-very very exciting
Art, music, technology and sports, are all cool
This epic journey will be a real ball
Good bye everybody, time
For me to fly
Better luck next time, sorry
Didn’t mean to make you cry
Gotta live life fully before you die
Mar 24, 2009 @ 4:21 am
Don Prince
Hey, take a look at Alt Albion for this is where you have an opportunity to stand within the history of the UK while at the same time experiencing the exotic contemporary world of Great Britan and the UK. Go well!
Mar 24, 2009 @ 3:15 pm
Mike D
Alt Albion gives you what you need to know before you knew that you needed it.
Mar 24, 2009 @ 5:28 pm
kirsten
oooo Alt Albion makes me want to mooove…
Mar 24, 2009 @ 7:02 pm
Jo Carter
Alt Albion is a huge box of jigsaw pieces just waiting to be transformed into experiences to last a life time!
Mar 24, 2009 @ 8:31 pm
Kim Bailey
Wow has everything you could dream of music culture sport fashion history great food the best company to travell with great accomodation beautiful scenery welcoming people what else could you ask for is what im thinking plus its my familys heritage. what can i say would be my priviledge.
Mar 24, 2009 @ 11:07 pm
Catherine
Alt Albion is about visiting places where you’ll see the real people of the UK. In a long awaited return to my country of birth, its something I wish to experience.
Mar 25, 2009 @ 1:39 pm
kim_blee
AltAlbion shows the hidden wonders of what used to be known as the dullest place on earth! And I want to go there!
Mar 25, 2009 @ 1:51 pm
Jay Shattock
Alt Albion conjures up the magic & mystery of ancient/ mythical England which still lives in the brick and mortar and soils of this special land. It is this connection to the past through the present that I would love to experience.
Mar 25, 2009 @ 2:44 pm
Sharelle Beguely
The veins of history, the vibrations of the past; infused with the sights and sounds of today…
Alluring
Lifestyle
Travel
Amazing
Liberation
Beautiful
Inspiring
Origins
Nature
I gave up my dream years ago. Is this my second chance?
Mar 25, 2009 @ 6:32 pm
Noel
Kiwis in the 70s got to experience the UK for all its best art, culture and history-in-the making.
The UK is more than the Big Ben - Alt Albion allows travelers to experience the UK for what it was and was best at - but in real time.
Mar 25, 2009 @ 8:22 pm
jacqui m
Hi, I would love to visit somewhere to experience a new culture and way of life.
Looks mystical and enchanting.
It would be a chance of a lifetime.
Mar 25, 2009 @ 8:47 pm
harry
be nice to see the old country again with the help of alt albion
Mar 25, 2009 @ 9:03 pm
Sandy
Alt Albion has it all! for everything UK. What would we do without it, what was life like before Alt Albion? “Its just the ducks nuts” Thanks Alt Albion!
Mar 25, 2009 @ 9:42 pm
Katy V
To party on the Piccadilly Line; pass by Pimlico; listen to pop hits with Aled Jones; take a pilgrimate to an alternate culture; shop for paraphernalia in Camden - anything bizarre, alluring, colourful, peregrine; soak up the incredible power of what is foreign, outlandish. All found in the mystery of Alt Albion. What a dream!
Mar 25, 2009 @ 10:12 pm
Murray G
We all must do the Double Decker bus ride but the rest can be found in the Alt Albion web. Yep those hidden markets to classic entertainment and attractions of recommendation. So check it out and make the Plan!!
Mar 26, 2009 @ 2:21 am
Eunice Perkins
Alt Albion is all about art and culture on the move.It encompasses the excitement of travel with the mind widening experience of many forms of artistic talent. It is the ultimate overseas expedition.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 5:35 am
Doug Cockroft
Alt Albion is funky and cool, not your typical tourist tat, more like arty and conversation piece. For the thinking person.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 3:40 pm
L Carter
Yeah New Zealand is beautiful and unique and people fly for hours to come here. But bubbling under the surface of thousands of kiwis is a strange desire to fly away from it and explore the Mother Land. After discovering a diverse range of peculiar and exotic nooks and crannies, some get onto the Alt Albion web-site and skite about it.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 4:40 pm
Kaysee
Discover the undiscoverable or go with the flow - all with Alt Albion
Mar 26, 2009 @ 6:28 pm
Claire Winchester
Alt Albion is all about cool
Mar 26, 2009 @ 6:31 pm
karen w
i live in new zealand. its a cool site. it would be nice to listen to artist and meet composers .their lifestyle of the people will be amazing and ride on a doubledecker bus will be great
Mar 26, 2009 @ 6:40 pm
Lynn Watson
I would love to say what Alt Albion is all about but i came to NZ as a 6 week old and have never been able to afford to return, i hold a British Pass Port and i am not a NZ citzen on the maybe one day i will get to visit my homeland where i was born.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 6:45 pm
Liz
AAA= almost AltAlbion alone. The vibe is Albionesque see references in popular culture in Wikipedia. But there’s nothing like experienceing the real thing. “Keep the Aspiditras Flying!” George Owell
Mar 26, 2009 @ 6:51 pm
A Webber
Alt Albion shows me the Brits Britain - and I want to go and see it for myself.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 6:54 pm
Bryan Wotton
I had never heard of Alt Albion, I wish I had before we went to London. After a short brows of their website I see so many things we missed that we would have enjoyed seeing and experiencing!
Should we be lucky enough to win the trip there are so many things left to see we would be hard pressed to see them all.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 6:58 pm
Beryl Chung
No need to play the tourist on the Alt Albion. Alt Albion allows us to touch base with what made and continues to make UK a country we all aspire to explore and meeting people excelling in all avenues. Alt Albion beckons - all aboard.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 6:58 pm
Beryl Chung
No need to play the tourist on the Alt Albion. Alt Albion allows us to touch base with what made and continues to make UK a country we all aspire to explore, and the added excitement of meeting people excelling in all avenues. Alt Albion beckons - all aboard.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 7:00 pm
Mary Tonner
Alt Albion is about bringing the fantastic array of beauty, fun, culture, and all there is to know about Great Britian into our hearts and minds with their well thought tours. Scotland is my Homeland where I was born and bred, New Zealand has been my home for the past 37 years, and while I love it I still miss my bonnie Scotland, and would love to see more of it as well as the rest of Great Britain. Alt Albion is the alternative way to see Albion (the old name for Great Britain derived from the greek Alba for Scotland), and as a person who usually travels alone this kind of tour holiday appeals to me. And to go back to see & be a partof Scotland this year of the Homecoming Scotland in full force would be the ultimate !!!!!!!! Wooooo Hooooo !!!!!!
Mary
Mar 26, 2009 @ 7:09 pm
Heather hapeta
makes me want to go back and check out all the stuff i have missed!!!
cheers heather aka the passionate nomad
Mar 26, 2009 @ 7:10 pm
Alison Davie
ALT Albion is the ALTogether ALTernative way to see the UK…take me home Alt Albion.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 7:26 pm
Eileen Phillips
Britain is a country in the process of change and Alt Albion is a great way to feel and smell (almost) the pulse of the place. I’ve never been to the UK in person but all the accounts from such a variety of people is a small window into life half way round the world.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 7:26 pm
Wendy Phillips
What a trip of a lifetime. What more could compare to going to the other side of the world and just experiencing another way of life and cultures. This trip would not be wasted on me and my partner as we would make every day count and every place would be a new and exciting and we would be just like kids in a lolly shop!!!!
I have family over in England that I have never met either, so far they are just people in photo’s and a voice on the end of the phone.
Alt Albion has the potential to bring me all my wishes at once.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 7:29 pm
EricHanson
Fantastic could imagine anything as great,love it.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 7:36 pm
Ross
Just the type of website I like. I really want to go and live the dream. Thanks Air NZ and Alt Albion. You could help me to see where my ancestors came from and visit relatives who I’ve never seen. Awesome!
Mar 26, 2009 @ 7:40 pm
Stephen Towers
Granddad always said it was cold and miserable and that a bunch of German bother boys always seemed to try and drop bombs on him whenever he tried to have a pint with his mates.
He also said the Americans had taken over the best cafes and any boarding houses with an inside dunny.
Italy was much more fun he reckoned.
However, after a peek at Alt Albion Granddad says it looks like they’ve tidied up a bit since 1945. Might be worth a second look he says.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 7:50 pm
janet Sampson
Alt. Albion is breath taking. It really catches your eye and want to learn and know more about it. Makes your heart skip a beat to think of what it can offer you and you could be right in there just waiting to explore.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 7:52 pm
Roger Moore
Alt Albion - the better side of Great Britain - real people, beautiful places, genuine history, a place to be happy, relaxed and content.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 7:54 pm
Diana Larsen
Unclear, the path ahead leads where?
Where I wish it to.
How will my future fare?
How I wish it to.
When should the journey begin?
When I wish it to.
Who will be my companion?
Whoever I wish.
While experiencing fate’s intervention
Travel I would like with Alt Albion direction.
Enjoying the day.
Spirit and soul will lead the way.
Body and mind will have their say.
So I take a big breath
With UK in sight
Clouds in the sky
I long to fly
Mar 26, 2009 @ 7:56 pm
Joy Terris
Alt. Albion represents travelling to the motherland, to experience London not as a tourist, but as a guest.This is a life long dream.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 8:00 pm
Sue Whaitiri
Alt Albion is at the cutting edge of discovery of all things creative. Experience art, music, fashion before everyone else, discover the wonders, enjoy the excitement and marvel in the experiences.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 8:01 pm
Sue Wilkinson
Alt Albion is about the OTHER UK - the real,one. The one the guide books never mention,the quirky, off the beaten track - Art,markets,bands - everything you REALLY want to see. And the fact that they’re offering the chance of an absolutely brilliant trip has nothing whatever to do with all the praise I’m heaping on them!
Mar 26, 2009 @ 8:03 pm
Ian
ALt Albion is like Real Ale - a living culture
Mar 26, 2009 @ 8:03 pm
Mary Speller
Alt Albion is just what we need right now. The media is filling our heads with so much doom and gloom and scare mongering. Alt Albion is an excellent way of showing us there is just as much beauty and specialness about our world as there ever has been. People, nature, togetherness, and unique experiences rule.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 8:04 pm
Sue Finlay
Alt Albion tells you where to go
and everything you need to know!
Alt Albion is the UK Bible you cant do without!
Be sure to use it for the best holiday without a doubt
Mar 26, 2009 @ 8:05 pm
Lynne Godfrey
Alt Albion and Air New Zealand are helping everyone to see Britain and reuniting friends and family.
What great people!
Mar 26, 2009 @ 8:21 pm
Chrsitine
Alt Albion is the place I go to dream about home and how I want so much to go there. Alt Albion reminds me that, although I love New Zealand, I would like to go visit my birthplace just one more time, just see the old rellies and meet some I only just discovered I had….before its too late! Alt Albion is a really cool website that makes me remember, makes me dream and also makes me very proud to be a Brit
Mar 26, 2009 @ 8:28 pm
Kathleen Morgan
Alt Albion is somewhere in Europe, thats enough for me just to know it is somewhere in Europe. as I am of two decendants, New Zealand Maori and English, Scottish and Irish decent (blood). It is history and Tupuna statis. I would dearly love to know and someday see where my Tupuna originated. That is a dream worth reaching for.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 8:30 pm
Lindsey Ann
Fantastic I agree I need to win this to see my son in London
Mar 26, 2009 @ 8:31 pm
Del
Alt Albion is all you need for the busy traveller to find out info from where amazing archieture is to the latest gig guide and everything in between.
For a kiwi traveller on a tight budget, unlimited information is avaliable to make their O.E. experience one to truley remember.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 8:37 pm
rae
Freaks and fetishes, an underground cruise,
Alt Albion Travels the trendiest groove.
Share a summer solstice or moonlight eclipse
take a haunted heritage bus tour trip.
Alt Albion knows where the best travellers go,
in West End or Soho, Mayfair or Kent -
nightclubbing, pubbing, or camping in tents.
Whatever your craving, whatever your need,
Alt Albion satisfies the wanderlust creed.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 8:39 pm
nicci halliday
If Alt Albion is the one to make all my dreams come true then they’re pretty dam great in my book.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 8:40 pm
Jill Groom
Alt Albion is all you say and more, but to put your personal touch on you piece is just out of this world, just think I could have my second child hood all over again
Mar 26, 2009 @ 8:40 pm
Ray Collett
My real old relly’s were from over the UK way and maybe I’ll be able to dredge something out of a dungeon from somewhere with the help of Albion!!!
Mar 26, 2009 @ 8:42 pm
Robyn T
Alt Albion .. ? Clever people, clever marketing, clever website - with a brilliantly managed exposure. An inspiring site for tiring advertisers and aspiring travellers. Well done.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 8:43 pm
Marie Stringer
Alt Albion ,My 50th birthday soon.Half a hundred.A golden holiday would be awesome…
Mar 26, 2009 @ 8:54 pm
david gatward-ferguson
transcend new zealand reinvent yourself to alt albion
Mar 26, 2009 @ 9:01 pm
Sandi
Brings the UK alive and makes me want to be part of that scene.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 9:03 pm
Sarah Biddiscombe
Alt Albion is all about experiencing life at it’s very best. Kicking out and letting go of yourself….. just having fun.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 9:05 pm
Wendy Cotton
Love such a beautiful old country with all the castles ,markets and antiques. Thanks for all the info Altalbion. Just what a gypsy like me needs is a trip for 2 to see this beautiful country maybe even on horseback but my husband may not agree.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 9:26 pm
Raewyn
If Alt Albion can deliver a UK of mind-blowing music, crazy composers, alleys, artists, odd, whimsical, anything zany and interesting then I AM THERE! Way oO Go ALT ALBION!
Mar 26, 2009 @ 9:27 pm
Graham Adam
At Albion will be one of my choices my real idea is to get to the UK having not been there since Nov 1945 when I returned to NZ after serving with the Royal navy
Mar 26, 2009 @ 9:29 pm
Sereena
AltAlbion could be the chance to finally meet my pen pals in England!
Mar 26, 2009 @ 9:37 pm
Robert Radley
Roses are red
Violets are Blue
I know nothing about Alt Albion
But boy Air New Zealand
I sure would Like to.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 9:47 pm
Frances
Having never been able to afford to travel overseas, and as my hobbies/loves are Museums and Trains, and as Briton has many of both of these, what Alt Albion is offering is the one chance of a lifetime for me. Thank you Alt Albion and Air New Zealand for this opportunity.
Frances
Mar 26, 2009 @ 9:48 pm
Rob C
According to the Collins dictionary, the definition of “alternative” is “denoting a lifestyle, culture, art form… that is regarded as preferable to that of contemporary society because it is less conventional, materialistic, or institutionalized.” I suspect that Alt Albion is a bit of an alternative guide to the UK.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 9:53 pm
Leanne Smith
Alt Albion is the one and only place to visit when contemplating a trip to the UK. Where else do you need to go for info on places, food and things to do? Alt Albion cuts to the point and lets you see the real Britain. Bring it on and Rule Britannia!
Mar 26, 2009 @ 10:04 pm
Keriyn
I was fortunate to visit UK many years ago. Like most of us Kiwis our roots are steeped in UK. My ‘bones’ are in Scotland & Ireland. Alt Albion seems to be like no other travel agency in that it goes to the ‘bones’ of the country.
Should I be fortunate to win, I would take my husband (like a second honeymoon) & go further north in Scotland & also visit Ireland where I have not been yet. Also I would take him to old ‘Cardiff Arms’ park as he just loves his Rugby.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 10:08 pm
trish
excellent………..
Mar 26, 2009 @ 10:20 pm
Susan Arons
What can one add to the above comments about Alt Albion - be seen, be happy and have a fantastic holiday - Britain is one of a kind with a mix of everything that one can imagine - THE HOLIDAY OF A LIFETIME, YEAH
Mar 26, 2009 @ 10:24 pm
Sharon
Alt Albion show you the real meaning of culture and entertainment.
Shows how much of a cultural waste land we live in and makes you want to go back there and keep experiencing it all, over and over again.
hopefully sooner rather than later
Mar 26, 2009 @ 10:30 pm
Robin Scott
The chance to go back to visit Britain again now that we’ve retired would be a great experience and to see how different the country is to when we traveled there in the late eighty’s. We have always planed to go back to the British Isles but the money just doesn’t go that far any more and to go back to Wales and around Mt.Snowden and Criccieth again is to good a chance to pass up. Also to add in a trip to Scotland and maybe Ireland, where the green of the hills and dales are inspiring.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 10:32 pm
Sue Ward
Alt Albion; I have been in NZ for 21/2 years and have never envisaged returning tmy birthplace………however Alt ALbion can make it happen, and I can once again say goodbye to friends and relatives; also Ican become Godmother at my bestmates grandchild’s Christening in person. Plllllllleeeeeeeaaaase!
Mar 26, 2009 @ 10:36 pm
Glenda Stimpson
Alt Albion is a new way, a new approach of all that there is to do and see and appreciate what present day life and people have to offer of themselves and of their country.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 10:41 pm
Mary Foster
Altalbion is a very creative website giving great information about what is available in the UK. I would dearly love the opportunity to use it for real - when planning a trip to Britain. Go Alt Albion!
Mar 26, 2009 @ 10:43 pm
David Collins
Alt Albion IS.. (what more IS there to say???)
Mar 26, 2009 @ 10:44 pm
Graeme Pearce
I looked at this site and all the info and could not work out what the fire truck is everyone on about. What’s with the babes with blocks for heads. Are all British babes block heads?
Looks like you need to send me to Jolly old England to see what this is all about. I need to locate this Alt Albion and set it right.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 10:49 pm
Robyn
Alt Albion - the only way to find out what is happening in Britain. A must view both before and during travel
Mar 26, 2009 @ 10:54 pm
alan
an opportunity for an interactive journey of revelation.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 10:57 pm
Doreen Landrum
Now I’ve finally worked out how to enter (not very young u know!)
If Alt Albion had been around when I lived in the UK, I would have known all about it, when I was younger. But hey, I wouldn’t have had today’s experience of exploring Alt Albion. I realise now what Alt Albion is about and understand what the excitement is all about. Now I have another web site as a favourite.
If Alt Albion can do that for a 71 year old, it has to be good. If I win the trip, must remember to wear the T-Shirt!
Mar 26, 2009 @ 10:58 pm
Paul
I think alt Albion is like when you take a few days to go somewhere and visit every nook and cranny along the way before reaching your final destination. Visiting places that are not on the recommended routes
Mar 26, 2009 @ 11:03 pm
mary Taggart
Alt Albion is the tantalizing leur to dream giving variety excitement adventure and the chance of it coming true
Mar 26, 2009 @ 11:10 pm
mary Taggart
Alt Albion is the tantalizing star giving one travel excitement and the possibility of it happening
Mar 26, 2009 @ 11:16 pm
Bev Austin
Nostalgia. Such good memories from unexpected locations.
Met in Edinburgh, Married in London, conceived in Wales. Best city visited…just has to be York. So old but so much fun & history…..great Pubs.
Saw football train riot, two Scots Teams play in Edinburgh along with the typical touristy Castle…and of course the All Blacks in Cardiff. Fossil seeking in Scarborough, exploring uncharted caves in the Lake District and abseiling at Harrison rocks…..Went for a year and stayed for 4!
St Albion send shivers of nostalgia anda sense of yerning to see some of these places again to see how they have changed.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 11:17 pm
William A Buchan
The Albion to me was always the friendly hotel in central Auckland but after reading the web page I can see that the Albion Hotel gets its charactor from the homeland and as a collector of Buchan pottery I would love to visit their Portabellow pottery
Regards Bill Buchan
Mar 26, 2009 @ 11:18 pm
mary Taggart
thankyou
Mar 26, 2009 @ 11:18 pm
Scarlett
It has all been said…now let me experience it. Alt Albion here I come.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 11:30 pm
Margaret Witt
Alt Albion is passionate about British culture and gives visitors an insiders view of the places, people and events they dream about making their holiday a truely fantastic experience.
Mar 26, 2009 @ 11:54 pm
Diana Ward-Pickering
I’ve been married to a lovely Northern lad from West Yorkshire for nearly 25 years and would love to re-visit his home town with him
Mar 26, 2009 @ 11:54 pm
Robin Spillane
A dream come true to actually visit the real Britain.Off the beaten track but still able to visit important landmarks and buildings.I have been wanting to visit the land of my fathers all my life.Thanks for the opportunity to win and make my dream a reality.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 12:00 am
Steve
Alt Albion is a website that has a competition, that at time of this post has 353 replies + this one, where I estimate 98.87% of replies are from brown nosed competition junkies competing for the prize & thats all.
I doubt many of them have actually looked around at all.
Truth is: Navigation bar only shows 1 option (home) with ie 8 and even that is in a weird place, but does work ok with Firefox.
Nonetheless it is cumbersome to navigate & really needs a complete overhaul. Although most of the graphics are pleasant on the eye.
The concept of the site is great & could be a very useful & popular site, should the webmaster pay attention to the pages layout, compatibility issues & the general objective.
Failing to pay attention to those issues will result in an extreme downturn in traffic after the competition has ended.
I strongly doubt this will be considered the winning comment, but it’s honest & I hope, helpful in some way/s to the webmaster.
Good Luck
Mar 27, 2009 @ 12:54 am
Dawn
Alternative Albion - warm cuddles with known and unknown family, strangers’ smiles, palpable history, cosmic cosmo populus …
Mar 27, 2009 @ 1:00 am
Donald Blakie
This would be a fantastic way to see the land of my forefathers thanks to altalbion and Air New Zealand. Possibly see where my father is buried and get to see the highlands and castles of England.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 1:04 am
Judy Panther
AltAlbion - a wider, more colourful experience. End of.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 2:04 am
Constance McNaughton
I had never heard of Alt Albion before today. To me it appears to over a whole range of alternative options of fun and interesting things to do. I am really excited to see a range of places and tours that I have never heard of. Great to be able to find the unknown experiences to last a lifetime.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 2:08 am
Tracey
Discovery and expression of uniqueness and individuality is the epitomy of what it is to describe Alt Albion.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 2:16 am
Dale Parkes
Alty Albion means the real UK with all the real live colour and personality of the true UK public the real places and real people.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 3:03 am
Dale Parkes
Alt Albion means the real UK with all the real live colour and personality of the true UK public the real places and real people.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 3:05 am
Ruth
Altalbian is the epitomy of English Comedy. Altalbian is not a place or thing, but a concept; an elaborate joke to promote Britain. Hundreds of kiwis are commenting about how wonderful it would be to win a trip there, or to visit Britain with help of an alternative tour guide, to see things and places they would not know about, to use or buy unusual products while visiting Britain. The descriptions are entertaining and visual. The marketing tool is working well and the designers of the website are smiling, just like beautiful contented cats (from Altalbian, Cheshire, England, I presume?).
Mar 27, 2009 @ 4:00 am
Barbara Miln
A = Air New Zealand
L = London, Leeds, Liverpool, Luverly
T = Travel
A = Arrivals
L = Luggage
B = Britain
I = International
O = Overseas
N = National Trust
ALTALBION, all things above and more, a way to visit my birthplace if I am picked, stay a while, drink in the sights and sounds of another country other than New Zealand. Meet family I have never seen. Absorb the history, soak up the culture. A dream come true!
Mar 27, 2009 @ 4:20 am
Rhona McLean
Altalbion - the site to visit when you want to visit more than the usual sites. There is so much more to the UK than you see on TV or in movies. Altalbion gives you the chance to see the real deal… maybe they will give me that chance too!!!
Mar 27, 2009 @ 5:58 am
Chris Hodge
Alt Albion have created an innovative website which has your chomping at the bit to experience the sights and scenes of the usual and not so usual in good ol’Brit.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 6:59 am
chris
well this really does look like the best place to be doesnt it..
Mar 27, 2009 @ 12:46 pm
Russell
You want dirt under the fingernails and experience the real thing - ALT ALBION.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 1:09 pm
Jeanette
Scotland is my homeland. Haven’t been back since 1995. My sister is going back for a holiday in July this year and I would dearly love to go with her. This would be a great opportunity for me to share memories with her. Alt Albion is a great website that could give me that opportunity. Thank you in anticipation.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 1:38 pm
Izzy Baxter
Alt Albion - The Dreamweavers - creating real holidays to real places for real people and making your wildest dreams come true!
Travel that truly broadens not just your mind but your heart and soul along the way.
See the world in it’s true colours - let Alt Albion show you the way.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 1:42 pm
Elspeth Stobie
The Alt Albion is all about great things to do
abd visit. After living in NZ for 25years and how young the country is you really appreciate the wealth of history, places to visit and diversity of options available to you in the UK. When I left I never appreciated what had been on my doorstep in the UK and when I travel back I always look at the website to see whats going on.
Well done Alt Albion excellent site.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 2:11 pm
Brenda
It would be wonderful to see all this for real. I hope I win the trip.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 3:06 pm
trish isaac
Alt Albion is just flat out straight up blow your mind travel dude! It Rocks!
Mar 27, 2009 @ 3:11 pm
Pat O'Donoghue
Alt albion gives a wonderful insight to the way people live in an other world, i would love to visit Sheffeild and Peak district where i spent many happy days with family,to see what changes have occurred since i was there.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 3:19 pm
Trevor Johns
Alt Albion means nothing to me yet. It could mean the chance my good friend who lives in England and who I won’t see unless I win a trip there.
That’s honesty for you.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 3:49 pm
Lianne Nees
To have a fantastic trip you first need to plan it, just so you don’t miss out on anything exciting. By checking out Alt Albion you have the chance to do just that. This site gives you the opportunity to check out different “things to do, places to see” if going to England. It would be out of this world to have the chance to plan and then to take that trip.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 3:52 pm
Tara Linton
Alt Albion is all about taking the senses and mind as far as they can be taken. Opening the door to discovering a new world of adventure and leaving it open, because at Alt Albion they know that there is more to see and do than anyone can imagine until they experience it. Alt Albion will take you there and beyond. What a better way to experience the UK, than the Alt Albion way!!!
I love your site, now I just have to win some tickets to experience what you are talking about. My dad and his family are from over there and I would love to take my sister and let us see for ourselves if its anything like you say because he has a different view, haha old foggies!!!
Mar 27, 2009 @ 5:42 pm
Karalee Squire
What an Awesome Inspirational, Really Needed amaZing offer from Air New Zealand. A trip I’ve always dreamed of and hopefully can take earlier than planned if I win these tickets.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 6:43 pm
Ravi
WIN REACH HELP PEOPLE: Alt Albion is my kind of site, my family can do & see things without all the fancy gadget, I want to see the real UK.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 7:06 pm
Sharon Sweeney Lauder
Alt Albion - a gateway for the mind to wander and discover the hidden gems of Britain. The doorway to the experiences of life sometimes overlooked. And a chance to live the life.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 7:24 pm
Jenny Bufton
The Wayout Website…where to find out of the way places and exciting new faces.
Way to go Alt Albion!
Mar 27, 2009 @ 7:38 pm
Helen
Home, Homely, Home like, Homing, Home sick, Home time, Home away from……..
Mar 27, 2009 @ 8:49 pm
Dave B
The Vivienne Westwood of Websites, way out there in the land of alternative ideas.What to see, where to go, when you are looking for the Albion that only the in-people know.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 9:02 pm
Lennore Simpson,
Alt Albion, been a long time coming but all wonderful things are worth waiting for. Imagine being, and seeing where we started. The dream of my lifetime.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 9:06 pm
Catherine Cox
Alt Albion is a fantastic site where you can learn so much from people from sport to travel and much much more. Get the real story here. Have sick relations I would love to see and meet new additions to the family and would love to win the flights. Thanks Air NZ & Alt Albion.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 9:23 pm
George McClelland
Albion means mystery and excitement. A mighty giant who discovered a barren isle and made it fit for amazing human habitation. A country that has made the best scientists, industrialists and mysticists this world has evder seen. England is great, but Scotland is greater. bagpipes, mountains. mystery, lochs (lakes to the sasenach) people. Contrary to popular misconception Scots are among the most friendly and generous in the world.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 10:11 pm
Lyn
Zing, zoom and zazzle - Alt Albion. It has an infectious sense of joie de vivre, creating a new perspective and introducing us to an exciting Britain merging victorian glory with an exhilarating present. I thought Britain was museums, castles, tramping across the moors and a pathway to Europe. Now I can see it is all those things and much much more. Britain is HOT!!! And I soooo want to go there!
Mar 27, 2009 @ 10:40 pm
Andrew Beach
Alt Albion - an awesome site. I have just retired and unfortunately cannot afford a trip back to my motherland. I would love to show my Kiwi wife where I was brought up, and show her the lovely countryside and old buildings. Also see my brother and his children and grandchildren in Norfolk, and meet oll friends. Cheers, Andrew
Mar 27, 2009 @ 11:11 pm
Janice Smith
It would be a dream come true to win with Alt Albion, to visit UK.
Mar 27, 2009 @ 11:24 pm
Stephen Trinder
Eddie Izzard, Peter Kay, Catherine Tate, Nine out of Ten Cats, my brother down the pub talking, not even trying to tell jokes. Funny as hell, films about soccer, Strongbow, Stilton, Balti, Beef in gravy, Blackpool rock, Rum Babas and Lardy cake, Sandwich Spread looks like sick in a jar. Northern Soul, The Bug, The Bug, The Bug, a bit of Banksy, bacon, eggs, tomato, sausage, mushrooms, beans and fried bread…THE FULL BLOODY ENGLISH!!!!!!
Mar 28, 2009 @ 12:58 am
Ian
An alternative from the normal travel scene. Nothing more I would like than to try the many and varied pubs and take in galleries. Alt Albion = alternative vision.
Mar 28, 2009 @ 1:29 am
Helen
Alt albion website is one of the most easy website to look around, It also a place where I may be able to win a trip to England, which is a place I have alway wanted to visit but due to money the only way for me to see it is to win free air tickets so here is wishing lucky to everyone including me
Mar 28, 2009 @ 2:55 am
Sue Rennie
I just wish we had known about the fantastic Alt Albion when we visited in 2008. It would have been so helpful to us when we were planning our first OE. We are in our 60’s and had an absolutely amazing time but it would have been even more so with the assistance of the Alt Albion website. You are amazing and I can not recommend it highly enough to all that are thinking of travelling and visiting the great United Kingdom.
Alt Albion certainly offers what others websites do not and that is the great diversity of things to do, see and experience on the other side of the world where the majority of New Zealand’s forebears came from all those years ago.
Well done Alt Albion, keep up the great work and make even more New Zealanders so glad that they found you.
Mar 28, 2009 @ 3:03 am
Angi
Before today I had never heard of Alt Albion. But I understand it is about discovering the heart of Britain, with alternative attractions, instead of traveling the normal tourist routes. My daughter is in the U.K and is in no hurry to come home, she tells me about all the great adventures she is having. I would love to win so I can get to experience what she is talking about and more, and of course so I can get to see her again!
Mar 28, 2009 @ 3:35 am
Doug Allen
For me, Alt Albion is a place to get away from the pre-packaged blurb that travel agents churn out about holiday opportunities that are available when visiting Britain. Here you get the comments from people who have done it and benefit from their experience. You also rub shoulders with with others who are planning their trips and exchange ideas. Alt Albion is the British reality that I prefer.
Mar 28, 2009 @ 3:56 am
Michael Penhey
Go Alt Albion, the only way to go. Well for me anyway.
Mar 28, 2009 @ 4:53 am
Norma Laing
Alt Albion has totally whet my appetite to see the ‘real’ UK and and its people and to explore more of my family history. An excellent travel log of what is out there.
Mar 28, 2009 @ 6:06 am
Norma Laing
Alt Albion has toptally whet my appetite to see the real UK and experience the history, the culture and the people.
Mar 28, 2009 @ 6:09 am
Norma Laing
Alt Albion has totally whet my appetite to see the real UK and experience all the amazing things that it and the people have to offer.
Mar 28, 2009 @ 6:10 am
Brian Matthews
Alt albion to me means going back home to see some of the places i missed seeing when i lived there, and reminding me what a lot of history and places of interest there is still to be seen.
Mar 28, 2009 @ 6:13 am
Andy
The Alt Albion is all about great things to do.
The longer you stay away the more you appreciate the history. The newness of New Zealand keeps coming up. The last one was schools where here its about 100year anniversaries when my school in Guildford is having its 500th anniversary this year. Would love to get there. Can still use Alt Albion to keep in contact though
Mar 28, 2009 @ 2:55 pm
SUE
what chance is there?? O well here goes - I live in the hope that one day my partner (whos a Kiwi) and I (a POM!) will find a way to travel back to the ‘MotherLand’ - For me to show my partner where i once lived, what I took for granted in the years I was in the UK - the possibilities of anything and everything that surrounded me there - If only………Still, this website goes miles to help do all that without me actually having to hop on a plane - (I’d rather hop on that plane though!!!!!!! especially Air NZ!)
Mar 28, 2009 @ 3:25 pm
Emma
ALT ALBION is my daddy!
I can has a ticket pls
Kthnks
Mar 28, 2009 @ 3:41 pm
Lenna Broughton
This is my first experience with Alt Albion via SmileCity Reward mail. A great site to searh for info about Britan. Designed “kiwi stylz” by Kiwi’s for kiwi’s in a lingo I could relate to.
With your connections to the big boys too - Air New Zealand - that alone speaks volumes for Alt Albion. A great site. Congrats and goodluck in the future.
Mar 28, 2009 @ 4:22 pm
Nick
Alt Albion focusses on the UK’s alternative cultural scene rather than the tired Big Ben and yorkshire pud cliches of Ol’ Blighty.
“Oh Albion will remain, sleeping now to rise again.”*
*I may have borrowed this quote from Page and Plant…
Mar 28, 2009 @ 5:07 pm
Sha Read
Exhilarating, fascinating, informative beyond all imagination, but most importantly inviting. I want to go there, I want to do it. Alt Albion answers all those question you are almost afraid to ask, plus some. Authentic responses to the real Britain. Bring it on!!!
Mar 28, 2009 @ 5:08 pm
Charles
Alt albion is the REAL - behind-the-scenes Britain! The part of Britain everyone loves
Mar 28, 2009 @ 5:23 pm
Melinda
life
laugh
coffee
jack daniels
good food
good friends
a xclent place to do all of the above this is what life is all about.
Mar 28, 2009 @ 5:59 pm
Bruce R
To Experience and See the Culter, the History.
To find where the Hot Spots and Bargain Shops are.
To Meet the Real People that are the Uk.
Discover Events and Places that NO other travel operator can tell you about.
You got to Go to http://www.altalbion.co.nz
The True UK from the people that know the UK.
P.S. Thanks to Alt Albion for the info on Homecoming Scotland 2009.
Mar 28, 2009 @ 6:15 pm
Llyween
The Alt Albion recipe
Alternative Smorgasbord of life
Ingredients
Copious amounts of Art, Design, Fashion,
Life, Music, Sport and Technology.
Directions
First remove all stuffiness and any signs of boredom.
Cut out pretentiousness and puree the melon cauli.
Into large melting pot, place generous amounts of bohemian eclectic radiance.
Lightly sauté local culture and chill with artists.
Combine novel gigs and funky threads sourced from local boutique markets.
Mix in whacky humour ensuring populace have good thyme.
Arrange layers of awesome feathers and vinyl.
Toss in a liberal dollop and beat till light and fluffy.
Add a good pinch of spunk and season to Tate.
Pour over a local tipple and leave to summer.
Garnish with artisan and sprinkle of zest.
Drizzle honey over top if a little tart
Best served HOT accompanied by a fine Air New Zealand wine and shared with you’re new found friends.
I want us 2 to Just Do It All
Mar 28, 2009 @ 7:58 pm
marize
Delightfully different that transcends Time and Space. Not just capture , rather, experience the eclectic moment! Redefining/ finding yourself in Alt Abion’s soul-ful journey. Here I come!
Mar 28, 2009 @ 8:19 pm
maria
Dare to be different! Be transformed by UK’s other side- the quaint, quizzical , yet still life’s quintessential! Quo vadis? Go Alt Albion, where else?
Mar 28, 2009 @ 9:03 pm
Noeline
I also do not know what AltAlbion is but hey, if I’m offered a free trip to UK I love it already.
Mar 28, 2009 @ 9:44 pm
Janice Baird
I think AltAlbion fulfil a great service for Young Kiwis about to visit Britain. It is interactive, and shares information in ways that suit them. My biggest Tip for a successful, satisfying Visit to Britain is to JOin the New Zealand Historic Places Trust http://www.historic.org.nz. With this membership, you are entitle to visit any of the National Trust properties in Britain - http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk.
In, for example, the southeastern corner, there are 42 places to go in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, including my personal favourite
Chartwell, Kent
Family home and garden of Sir Winston Churchill. There you can explore the house, grounds and studio of one of Britain’s heroes - and hear and see footage of his speeches and adventures.
I would also recommend using the NZ Historic Places Trust to visit historical places in New Zealand. You need to be an ambassador for our beautiful country, and enthuse people to come and visit. You need to have ‘bin there done that’ to speak knowledgeably and enthusiastically about Waitangi, the Bay of Islands, Rotorua, Queenstown and digging your own jacuzzi at Hot Water Beach!
Mar 28, 2009 @ 10:13 pm
Joy Sisley
Alt Albion is the history of my homeland. It is the pride of millions. It is the love of travel, art, history and meeting wonderful people. It is experiencing the food and culture of other lands.
Mar 29, 2009 @ 12:22 am
Joy
Altalbion is the love of two cultures. It is the joy of travel, the joy of meeting new people. It is the joy of exciting adventures.
Mar 29, 2009 @ 12:30 am
Joy
Altalbion is the love of two cultures. It is the joy of meeting new people. It is the joy of exciting cultures. It is the love of my homeland. It is the mix of cultures. It is the pride of millions. It is the pleasure of travel.
Joy.
Mar 29, 2009 @ 12:33 am
Sonya
Oi oi, I’ve just got this to say, the Alt Albion is a little bit woooo!… A little bit wayhaaaay!..It’s a portal from Middle Earth to the center of the universal culture that IS the original Mother Land. Now, it’s provided for anyone with itchy feet and nimble fingers to start the wunderlust that is ‘the big OE’ from the comfort and security of their big fat armchair. It’s a chance to hear what to expect from the very ’soap tastic’ blogs of NZders doing what you want to be doing over there BEFORE you do it, and that way you can see if they survived it, lol,awesome. Alt Albion… NO cost, NO stress, NO pressure, just fantastic mindblowing ideas of how to pack as much goodtimes as your funky free spirit will allow into your allotted time in the UK. (Actually the Queen herself may have to jolly well kick you back out her country for you to want to come home!!!! ) Surely the founders Alt Albion are up for a Knighthood from the ol’ girl for their duty to mankind. It’ll get the wind up ya. Oi, Alt Albion, the ‘Dog’ wants his ‘Bollox’ back guys! Good on ya.
Mar 29, 2009 @ 12:50 am
Martin Barber
An alternative to an old fashion coach tour.(TRAFALGER TOURS)
An alternative to a young peoples go go go cram cram cram whirl wind tour.(CONTIKI TOUR).
I would like to try a ALT ALBION tour of Britian and courtisy of Air New Zealand.
Thank You.
Mar 29, 2009 @ 2:24 am
Gary Landon
AltAlbion to a couple of kiwis who havnt been to UK but are hoping to get there in the very near future wether we win the trip or not to see where our forbearers came from,plus all the other great things to see and do in the UK,this web site is a great place for us to start to plan our long awaited OOOEEEE!!!!
Mar 29, 2009 @ 2:33 am
Colleen
Why did the Kiwi cross the ditch?
Cos she saw the Alt Albion website!
Mar 29, 2009 @ 5:01 am
Fiona
Alt Albion showcases all that is fresh, new and interesting in Britain today! It brings to the fore things that the normal ‘tourist’ would never normally find on a traditional holiday to Britain. NZ is the other side of the world to Britain but Alt Albion brings the vibrancy of that place closer to our island home!
Mar 29, 2009 @ 2:05 pm
Lynda Copping
Alt Albion offers a glimpse at some of the infinate possibilities that Britain offers…
Alt Albion enhances your ability to embrace the unique culture and history of Britain by offering first hand knowledge from people just like you.
A gateway to the experiences of life and travel.
Mar 29, 2009 @ 2:29 pm
Sandy
Kia ora all, I’ve been reading through the comments on this site and its been really helpful for me. The last time I visited Britain was in 2006 and I went with a group. It was amazing what food we could take with us, we had fish, paua, eel, chocolate and heaps of other stuff which was great for the people we met up with over there. We catered for a small gathering and some of them hadn’t been home for years so a ‘taste from home’ was more than welcome. I wouldn’t have known we could take all that stuff if it wasn’t for the web. Just being able to find out what was ok and what wasn’t made things easier for us. Imagine finding out we could take all those goodies. We flew AirNZ and the flights and the service was excellent, especially for some of our group who were first time flyers. We had a great time looking around, visiting markets and doing a bit of the touristy thing. The kind of travel info that we really needed isn’t the kind you get in a tourist guide so the Alt Albion website would have made it so much easier for us to find out what other people had seen and done that was a bit off the beaten track. I’ve got to do a bit of work today, so can’t spend any more time reading the comments on your site. But it has been worthwhile and very interesting.
Mar 29, 2009 @ 3:00 pm
Elizabeth Berge
Take one talented Kiwi photographer, add one bored kiwi commercial apparel designer. shake(never stir) with a serving of Alt Albion and what do you get? A pacific/uk fusion of wearable art, inspired photography and off beat culture seeking artist expressionists ready to experience alternative British culture. Enrich our sheltered lives, pick us!!
Mar 29, 2009 @ 3:28 pm
Alan
Alt Albion – fulfilling the wanderlusts of alternative culture vultures and intellectual lounge lizards in the kingdom of pork pies and full bodied beer.
Mar 29, 2009 @ 3:38 pm
Lisa
Alt Albion - wonderful for Kiwi’s, both young & older, vibrant about Britain.
Mar 29, 2009 @ 4:31 pm
Phillip
Dreaming through exalted history to a contemporary land of timeless magical excitement
Mar 29, 2009 @ 5:40 pm
Simon Blissett
Just come across this website after joining up with the visitbritain website. Not sure what it’s about yet, but hey everyone sounds VERY enthusiastic about Alt Albion, so who am I to argue. Planning on visiting old Blighty this year or next, 30 odd years after doing the big OE, so who knows, could get the flight paid for. Cheers.
Mar 29, 2009 @ 6:36 pm
Marie Gow
Ye olde world of Britain- the casrles, the gardens, the historic encounters along the way of my heritage. Not only the old but the modern days of cafes and lattes all introduce the ways of the UK.
Mar 29, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
Don Cawthorn
Alt Albion is the GREATEST !!!
Mar 29, 2009 @ 7:33 pm
Phil
It looks really interesting and I can’t wait to explore it.We loved our recent visit to Britain and really want to return soon. Alt Albion looks like the way to go.
Mar 29, 2009 @ 8:05 pm
Glenn
Alt Albion does not follow where the path may lead, but instead, it goes where there is no path and leaves a trail…
Mar 29, 2009 @ 8:58 pm
Julia Sowden
What does Alt Albion mean to me? ….. it means lounging around a wine bar in Covent Garden watching buskers perform, sitting inside a traditional English pub with friends on a cold winters day, walking around Camden soaking in the atmosphere and grabing a bargin at the market. It’s going to music gigs/festivals every summer and experiencing things that you couldn’t do anywhere else in the world.
Alt Albion means turning over a pebble and finding a gemstone - it’s the amazing culture and atmosphere of a country which not only has a jaw-dropping history, but some of the best alternative, underground, forward-thinking music, art, fashion and culture the world has to offer.
Mar 29, 2009 @ 10:30 pm
Ollie
Alt Albion is the true bithplace of sex, drugs and rock and roll - from the Beatles to the Rolling Stones, to Pete Doherty, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney and Russel Brand…Alt Albion is walking past a gang of the last of the mohikan punks on the streets of Camden. It’s watching the new up-and-comers at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Comedy Store in Picadilly, the O2 or the Brixton Academy.
It’s being the first to know what it’s like to see the world’s next big rock band, designer or artist. It’s living the dream.
Mar 29, 2009 @ 10:41 pm
Phil
Alt Albion looks like it is the site to explore UK. I can’t wait to get there!
Mar 29, 2009 @ 10:48 pm
TONY
Alt Albion is a means to explore the never ending treasures and history of Britain with generous help from Air NZ.
pICK mE pLEASe !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love the UK
Mar 29, 2009 @ 10:57 pm
Bev Smart
Alt Albion -the only way to see the real Britain.
Mar 30, 2009 @ 1:13 am
Renzy-Ian
AAhhh Alt Albion ! Be mesmerized by its montage of distinctive UK music. Meander through its magical sights and sounds ! Be frivolous and fancy -free for once! Re-invent your creative self!Alt Albion- the way to go,go, go !
Mar 30, 2009 @ 3:08 am
Dave and Alice
Alt Albion is all about alternatives.
There’s more to the UK than what you can learn on tour groups & in Lonely Planet guides. Alt Albion’s the destination for an insider’s guide to the UK. It’s like having a mate in the know opening the doors to their favourite haunts.
With that said, there’s also more to this competition than just your stock standard comments.
That’s why we wanted to give you an alternative…
Check out our video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRz5eyoRYZc
Mar 30, 2009 @ 3:32 am
Felicia
Alt Albion is a very fresh, modern, funky website that showcases UK in a complete new manner. It provides useful alternative inside scoop information to help anyone discover and experience the UK in all its richness.
Mar 30, 2009 @ 3:55 am
natasha simich
Art culture and the smells of other beautiful places,
A visit with Passion and adventure,
Mar 30, 2009 @ 3:57 am
joachim
Alt Albion is about going off the beaten track and experiencing the most rewarding moment possible in travel, the ‘I never thought of coming here before but I am so glad I’m here now’ moment.
So many Kiwi’s go to the UK and confine themselves to the same few activities. Alt Albion is the place to expand your mind beyond the surface of the UK experience.
Mar 30, 2009 @ 4:13 am
Wynn Bush
Alt Albion is an opportunity to enjoy different experiences that are exciting and stimulating!
Mar 30, 2009 @ 6:32 am
Jackie Richardson
Altalbion is about sharing the insider info on places to go things to do and fun to be had in the UK.Its about connections with new people and discovery of histories and futures.
Mar 30, 2009 @ 3:36 pm
Brian Williams
IT’S DOPE!!!
Mar 30, 2009 @ 4:42 pm
Robert Campbell
Altantive Albion is a great guide to Britain
Fun, unique and insightful it’s written,
It shows me cool spaces
in far away places,
and to win flights there, I’d be quite smitten
Mar 30, 2009 @ 6:09 pm
Marama Young
Alt Albion is all about freedom of movement, expression and thinking
Mar 30, 2009 @ 6:54 pm
Rita Cochrane
Altalbion makes me want to return to the U.K. for a second visit. I did the tourist standards last visit and next time around I’d love to do some/all of these great suggestions. Something a little different, but truly rewarding and a visit I’d remember all my life. Fun and informative, unusual and intriguing, but capturing parts of every facet of the U.K. and cultures from traditional to contemporary. I’d like to play Monopoly for real.
Mar 30, 2009 @ 6:58 pm
Sylvia
Feeling disheartend, tired or bored!!!!!
Theres no need ….. visit the Alt Albion website and bring a smile to your face, a yearning to reach out and explore. Turn a dream into a journey to the bright, vibrant, exciting Great Britian.
Alt Albion you are the incentive.
Mar 30, 2009 @ 7:25 pm
Maria Zenaida
Alt Albion - the creative side of Britain - a tranformative journey ; getting in-synch with your soul as you interact with composers, artists, bands, outdoor pursuits, technos- finding YOURSELF in this almost sacred pilgrimage.C’est la vie!!
Mar 30, 2009 @ 8:15 pm
Lesley
Alt Albion means to me what i missed out in the 70’s. I got married too young and never got to do my OE. I didn’t see Twiggy at her peak and didn’t get to camp outside at Abbey Road Studios waiting for my favourite Beatle Ringo Star to turn up.
Now that I am in my 50’s i feel nostalgia for all those things i missed. I have not given up the dream of my OE and Alt Albion is my way of experiencing London today.
Alt Albion ROCKS!!
Mar 30, 2009 @ 10:45 pm
Bev langdon
Albion - the original,the first name given to England by the Greeks and Romans…here’s to the airline lasting for centuries too!
Apr 02, 2009 @ 5:07 pm
CSM
Alt Albion is the UK many remember, the one many want to discover & the one I can’t wait to win! Take me there!
Apr 05, 2009 @ 4:16 am
Llyween
Hi Alt Albion.
Guess everyone is dying to know who was lucky enough to win the trip for two to the UK.
Any decisions yet?????
May 02, 2009 @ 3:32 am
Glenn
OK…now you’re just teasing…
May 11, 2009 @ 11:11 pm
Tara Linton
…. dum dum dum dummmmmmmm……
…. da da da daaaaaaaaa……
May 19, 2009 @ 6:58 pm
Tara Linton
Hey my comment above said I am Glenn, I am not Glen. What the?
May 19, 2009 @ 7:02 pm
Tara Linton
Don’t worry, I take that back, no it doesn’t. I see there is a cross over of comments, lol. Glenn is above me so, …dum dum dum dummmmmm……. …da da da daaaaaa…….
May 19, 2009 @ 7:05 pm
Glenn
So…was there a winner ? Was there a prize ?
Jul 02, 2009 @ 1:39 pm
Julia Sowden
So was there ever free flights to win?????????
Oct 03, 2009 @ 10:40 pm