New Zealand
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Wednesday, 25 Mar 2009 | Photo Gallery
New Zealand - South Island
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Wednesday, 25 Mar 2009 | Views [1024]
As we made our way back south down the Milford Road we
made a stop for a longer trek up to Key Summit, so named because three rivers
flow south, east and west to three different seas from the peak. Fabulous views
and alpine bogs at the top.... Read more >
Tags: birthday, camera, camping, hostel, paddy, prison, rugby
Friday, 13 Mar 2009 | Views [1161]
The next destination was Queenstown, probably the most
touristy town on the South Island and home to pretty much every adrenaline
sport known to man. Again it's a very picturesque setting for a town, on a lake
and surrounded by The Remarkables, ... Read more >
Tags: cruise, fjord, lord of the rings, nature, trekking
Thursday, 12 Mar 2009 | Views [1505] | Comments [1]
We spent the night in another DOC site at the end of
Lake Mahinapua, near Franz Josef, home of its namesake glacier. It was really
difficult to find in the evening. I had booked a Heli-hike up the glacier for
the following morning and Claire ... Read more >
Tags: camping, fair, glacier, helicopter, horse, hostel
Tuesday, 10 Mar 2009 | Views [1236]
The drive was hot and uneventful back over steep
Takaka Hill especially as we managed to avoid getting stuck behind a 2 trailer
road train of powdered milk, Golden bay's biggest export. A quick pitstop in
Richmond for more supplies, then ... Read more >
Tags: camping, jade, kiwi
Sunday, 8 Mar 2009 | Views [1317] | Comments [2]
It was great to be back on the road after a work break in Wellington (work for Claire, “work” for me). We stuffed our gear into our bags and jumped in a taxi to the Interislander ferry terminal. The 3 hour ferry journey ( a comfortable mode of transport ... Read more >
Tags: camping, ferry, fruit, kayak, seal, springs
Monday, 2 Mar 2009 | Photo Gallery
New Zealand - Wellington
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Monday, 2 Mar 2009 | Views [687]
Sylvia and Oii bade us farewell early on the Monday morning – their schedule only allowed them another 2 weeks for the whole of the South Island and they had an early ferry to Picton. Our journey 5 minutes up the street was shorter but we ... Read more >
Tags: apartment, carnival, concert, flood, rugby, work
Thursday, 5 Feb 2009 | Views [906]
After 10 days in the car and sleeping in tents we were all quite glad to pull up to the Wellywood Backpackers in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. The monstrous pile of camping detritus that was crammed into the lift on the way up was positively ... Read more >
Tags: apartment, fire escape, hostel, museum
Thursday, 29 Jan 2009 | Views [2320]
Continuing
further South, Taupo with its enormous lake provided a pleasant spot
for lunch and catching up with internet and suchlike. We needed to
keep moving so we carried on towards Tongariro National park,
stopping ... Read more >
Tags: camping, fire, trekking, volcano
Wednesday, 28 Jan 2009 | Photo Gallery
New Zealand - North Island
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Tuesday, 27 Jan 2009 | Views [731]
The next day was the anniversary of the day Claire and I had met a year previously so we were determined to enjoy ourselves despite the gloomy mood of Sylvia and Oli's unsuccessful attempts to reconcile. We took the front seats, yanked up the music ... Read more >
Tags: camping, maori
Monday, 26 Jan 2009 | Views [3970] | Comments [1]
Our
next destination was the Kauaeranga
Valley in
Coromandel Forest park where a clutch of DOC campsites are set in a
forest environment. A long gravel road took us up from the modern but
shut Info ... Read more >
Tags: beach, hot spring
Saturday, 24 Jan 2009 | Views [1940]
We
were all quite happy to pack up the next morning and pile into the
car rental company's collection car. It took us out to near the
airport and we picked up our green flash station wagon rental (MOT
26) with over ... Read more >
Tags: camping, forest, hot spring, rental car, wildlife
Tuesday, 20 Jan 2009 | Views [966]
The
16 th of January never happened as we crossed the
international date line to New Zealand, the first “developed”
country on the trip. The flight was pleasant (LAN are great) and
Auckland airport was certainly ... Read more >
Tags: hostel
Thursday, 15 Jan 2009 | Views [1121]
Teresa wanted us to stay for the whole time we were in Santiago, all of 3 days, but we couldn't accept any more hospitality, despite her insistence. We got a taxi to the centre – Teresa wouldn't let us go without giving Claire the woolen shawl and ... Read more >
Tags: cacho, chess, chilean football team, crab
