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Thu, 3 Dec 2009 | By suz_cat | Views [1074]
Mum, we are alive! Sorry for not blogging last night, we went to Milford Sound for the day and got back at 9... we had to rush to meet some people from our tour bus at 9:30 for one of the Canadian's birthday party! so no time for blogging! Yesterday ... Read more >
Wed, 2 Dec 2009 | By travel-tips | Views [4236] | Comments [1]
New Zealand is a veritable playground for mountain biking, and just about everyone is doing it. I recently heard someone say "biking is the new golf"; and why wouldn't it be when there is so much biking on offer only minutes from any major ... Read more >
Tags: mountain bike trails, mountain biking, mtb, nz
Tue, 1 Dec 2009 | By momsadoc | Views [263]
12-1-2009 Awoke to an overcast day, low clouds obscured part of the mountains. No other guests at breakfast and had the usual with a fried egg. The option was there for a full English breakfast, but that didn’t really appeal to me. I got my things together ... Read more >
Tue, 1 Dec 2009 | By suz_cat | Views [439] | Comments [1]
Mum we're alive! Today we endured yet another long, boring bus trip. we stopped at some mountains and lakes, and the scenery was quite pretty, but not pretty enough to make us enjoy 9 hours of sitting on our bums. When we finally got here, we were ... Read more >
Tue, 1 Dec 2009 | By laura_street | Views [735]
My flight to New Zealand was uneventful and fairly relaxing. I arrived into Christchurch at 3pm, local time. Upon decent the pilot told us that it was 10 degrees that day and as I stepped out of the airport and onto a bus the temperature was a bit of ... Read more >
Tue, 1 Dec 2009 | By endless_wonder | Views [1212]
Mix them up and make them nice.....pop goes the weasel. So confused and mixed are the origins of this tune that you can put any interpretation you like to it. There are several versions all with their own poignancy. It seems a perfect reflection ... Read more >
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 | By momsadoc | Views [326]
11-30-2009 Woke this AM to an overcast sky with the Remarkables totally gone. Had breakfast - no other guests present. No special plans for the day. Put the laundry away and got ready to go. Visited Arrowtown about 20 minutes away, nice shops with ... Read more >
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 | By suz_cat | Views [457] | Comments [3]
Mum, we are alive!
We left Greymouth this morning, had a couple of small stops in little towns along the way and arrived in Franz Josef at about lunchtime. It is SO cold here!! It's strange seeing snow on the tops of the mountains when its summer tomorrow! ... Read more >
Sun, 29 Nov 2009 | By momsadoc | Views [266]
11-29-2009 Woke to a sunny day, but more clouds in the sky and more breeze. Had the usual NZ breakfast, no other guests to talk with. There was a couple from S. Africa there, but the man only emerged to ask for an iron. I had forgotten to confirm my ... Read more >
Sun, 29 Nov 2009 | By suz_cat | Views [610] | Comments [2]
today we caught a bus to Greymouth. it was painfully boring. the driver took a wrong turn and we took a long-cut. we had a few stops, which were nice :) We walked down to a rocky beach with a waterfall. for most of the journey the driver was talking about ... Read more >
Sat, 28 Nov 2009 | By momsadoc | Views [356]
11-28-2009 Woke to a rainy morning with fog so dense that I could not see the mountains. This seemed to portend that the helihike would be canceled. However, since I had been told the night before that no final decision would be made until the actual ... Read more >
Sat, 28 Nov 2009 | By suz_cat | Views [295]
Mum, we are alive!! Just a short blog- net here is TERRIBLE and slow and expensive :( its coin operated and we have lost $4 already because we have now found out that only one of the computers works! I'll do it in point form! -left Taupo yesterday ... Read more >
Sat, 28 Nov 2009 | By stefylein | Views [411]
Can't believe I have almost completed my trip in New Zealand! Time went by so quickly! From Taupo I headed about an hour north to Rotorua. We were supposed to get there in the morning but apparently our driver was down with food poisening ( too bad somebody ... Read more >
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By momsadoc | Views [267]
11-27-2009 I started the day with the usual NZ breakfast - juice, museli, toast, marmelade, and coffee which I ate with Sandra. We spoke about her children, two daughters one of whom lives in Calgary, Canada, and the other about 30 km away. She shared, ... Read more >
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By dragon_slayer | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
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