Destination: New Zealand

Neustart auf der Südinsel

Tue, 8 Feb 2011 | By geri | Views [431]

Ich bin nun einwenig mehr als eine Woche in Neuseeland und es sind viele Dinge passiert. Mein Magen wollte nicht mehr so recht, meine Buchungen für den Tongariro Northern Circuit musste ich sausen lassen, das Wetter auf der Tongariro Crossing war alles ... Read more >

Tongariro Crossing statt Northern Circuit

Sat, 5 Feb 2011 | By geri | Views [567]

Nachdem ich wegen meinem Magen im Tongariro Nationalpark  die 4-Tageswanderung sausen lassen musste, habe ich mich für die Eintageswanderung die Tongariro Crossing entschieden. Die Wettervorhersage war zwar für die nächsten Tage nicht die beste, aber ... Read more >

Madrid to Valencia

Fri, 4 Feb 2011 | By wilde1 | Views [381] | Comments [2]

Hola. Just finished typing an update on the European keyboard which slows down my typing (good excuse) and the bloody thing timed out! I´m not re typing it but just want to say about one hightlight which was sitting amonmgst the locals eating churros ... Read more >

China MAdrid Valencia

Thu, 3 Feb 2011 | By wilde1 | Views [321]

China was great! According to the Chinese I am now a hero because I walked the great wall! It was awesome and hardly any tourists which made up for the cold. Thank goodness for my layers. The flight to Spain was long and cramped and I was happy to finally ... Read more >

Photos: beautiful aotearoa

Wed, 2 Feb 2011 | By hanadignan | Photo Gallery

Auckland

Wed, 2 Feb 2011 | By geri | Views [414]

Nach einem Umweg über Bangkok bin ich in Auckland gelandet. Vor dem Einpacken habe ich meine Bergschuhe zwar geputzt, aber nicht sauber genug für die neuseeländische Einreisekontrolle. Da war anscheinend noch Erde von der letzten Wanderung am Uetliberg ... Read more >

Living back in Rotorua

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [959]

Today is Monday the 31st January 2011 and it is a holiday (Auckland Anniversary Day) for the Auckland province which includes Rotorua somehow, even though we are part of the Bay of Plenty province... Any holiday is a good day right! Not that Carol ... Read more >

Tongariro Crossing!

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 | By homeless-hannah | Views [455]

The Tongariro Crossing is widely regarded as the best one day walk in New Zealand, so I decided to give it a shot. Coincidentally, when I went to pay for the shuttle ticket at Reception the night before, the woman in front of me was also buying a ticket ... Read more >

Taupo

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 | By bobbybell | Views [480]

Not T'pau which I accidentally called it - (oddly enough not played on the radio here but would fit right in). Arrived here in torrential rain. Being from England it wasn't too much of an issue, but George being Japanese was obviously not built to ... Read more >

The Forgotten Highway

Sat, 22 Jan 2011 | By bobbybell | Views [788]

First tip: remember your boardies and towel if hanging them on the line. Second tip: fill up with petrol before the highway (or just read the signs that warn this) I'm not 100% sure why it's forgotten. The views are great, the wrecked cars aside, ... Read more >

Skydive Lake Wanaka

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 | By mattandandy | Views [593] | Comments [1]

Here's what each of us thought of our moment of freefall... Note: the jumpsuits only fitted one of us....  Andy: The next morning we woke up to some patchy cloud and were sure they would cancel our jump again.   However to our suprise they ... Read more >

Tags: skydive, wanaka

Mt Taranaki (Eggmont National Park)

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 | By bobbybell | Views [430]

Cruised on round the surfers highway, albeit minus a surfboard but time is on my side. Next stop New Plymouth, which mildly surprised me, boasting a Top 50 List, although truth be told it could easily be cut to 30. Went up the Botanic Gardens for the ... Read more >

Wanaka

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 | By mattandandy | Views [393]

Now that we’d gotten our fill of mountains we headed further south to Lake Wanaka.   This is the quieter version of Queenstown by all accounts and very nice it was too. With much of the activities of Queenstown but without all the drunken folk. It ... Read more >

On the road

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 | By bobbybell | Views [459]

After the most amazing help from Don (Linden Motors - if buying a car in Wellington I strongly urge you to get this bloke to check it out, honest as the day is long) I soon piled all my gubbins into Rusty George atop of my part time bed for the next ... Read more >

New Zealand

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 | By suzmunson | Views [321]

In March 2006, my husband and I took our first ever...no hotel reservation vacation! It was a little scary at first, not knowing where we would sleep at night, but I got over it very quickly. EVERYONE is nice in New Zealand, and I do mean everyone. We ... Read more >