Trip: Great Adventure 2009
There are [34] stories from my trip: Great Adventure 2009
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 23 Mar 2009 | Views [97] | Comments [1]
Having completed our journal we went on a tour of Twizel which took about 5 minutes!! This is a town that should not exist at present as it was created in 1968 as the town for the workers who were constructing the Upper Waitaki Power Development, which ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 22 Mar 2009 | Views [99] | Comments [2]
We had a very good meal last night at The Boulevard Restaurant in Christchurch and returned to our hotel for a good night's sleep. Our transport came at 8.30 to take us to the car hire firm where we picked up our red Nissan and commenced on our journey.... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 21 Mar 2009 | Views [117] | Comments [1]
After our very brief visit to Auckland, we caught an early flight this morning to Christchurch in the South Island, on board a Boeing 737.800 (another one for the plane spotters) with Virgin Pacific Blue. This was a very good, smooth flight taking 90 ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 20 Mar 2009 | Views [116] | Comments [2]
We returned to the resort on our trusty bus and Paul equipped himself for snorkelling. He gently went into the sea but came out quicker than he went in. Someone spoke those two words that strikes fear into all divers "Sting Ray". A rather ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 18 Mar 2009 | Views [99] | Comments [3]
Happy Birthday Lucy - great to talk briefly with you last night Yippee the sun is shining. After a very stormy night (all NZ Air flights cancelled on and off island) today is more promising and we are just off to the beach to catch some rays and do ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 17 Mar 2009 | Views [105] | Comments [2]
Thank you so much to everyone who has sent kind messages to us after our recent bad experiences. Paul is still suffering with a bit deafness in one ear but we are gradually putting it all behind us. Monday continued with us completing the circular jouney ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 16 Mar 2009 | Views [125] | Comments [5]
On Sunday morning we walked down The Strip and went into MGM Hotel, where,in the foyer, there is a huge glass cage which houses rocks, a waterfall, trees and two magnificent lions (yes real live lions). We had a brunch at Wendys before returning to our ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 15 Mar 2009 | Views [138] | Comments [9]
Friday continued with us meeting up with Diane and Steve and visiting many of the Hotels on The Strip including Caesar's Palace where the statues change into real people, Treasure Island, The Wynn, The Venetian, where we had a drink watching the gondolas ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 13 Mar 2009 | Views [118] | Comments [2]
Diane and Steve arrived on Wednesday afternoon and came to pick us up in the evening to join them for a meal at Morton's see www.mortons.com where we had lots of good and, of course, lots of good wine. It was really good to catch up with all the family ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 11 Mar 2009 | Views [98] | Comments [1]
The alarm went off at 4.45am and it was a quick coffee and into Valda's trusty truck for our journey to John Wayne Airport for our flight to Las Vegas. Thank you Valda for a brilliant three days, for the laughter, for the fun and for the hospitality.... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 11 Mar 2009 | Views [90] | Comments [1]
We were up very early and Valda dropped us off at Disneyland as it opened at 9.00am. They call this "The Happiest Place on Earth" and we agree with this. We had an absolutely fabulous day enjoying 23 "experiences" (rides etc) and ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 9 Mar 2009 | Views [147] | Comments [1]
We had a good nights sleep and woke up at 6.30am, so we have converted to Californian time quite well. We spoke to Nicola early this morning and learnt that Chris's Grandma is still in Intensive Care in Ipswich Hospital, but everything and everyone else ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 9 Mar 2009 | Views [113] | Comments [4]
Our “Great Adventure 2009” started with Nicola and Holly picking us up from Martlesham Heath and taking us to Ipswich Hospital, where we met Lucy to say goodbye to her. Unfortunately Christopher’s grandmother had been taken into hospital during the morning ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 4 Mar 2009 | Views [166] | Comments [9]
We shall be starting our "Great Adventure 2009" on 7th March heading for London for an overnight stay there. We then will be flying out from London, Heathrow on Sunday 8th March and hopefully we shall have our first story up for you all to ... Read more >
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