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Day 23 - Queenstown to Te Anau

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 | By momsadoc | Views [305]

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 >

Freezing in Franz Josef

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 | By suz_cat | Views [446] | 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 >

Day 22 - Queenstown

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 | By momsadoc | Views [254]

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 >

Screaming Goat and Dead Animals at Maccas

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 | By suz_cat | Views [586] | 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 >

Day 21 - Glacier to Queenstown drive

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 | By momsadoc | Views [346]

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 >

Nelson and Abel Tasman National Park

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 | By suz_cat | Views [270]

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 >

Rotorua, Auckland, bay of Islands

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 | By stefylein | Views [380]

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 >

Day 20 - Glacier Country

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By momsadoc | Views [258]

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 >

Gallery: its spring time in winter!!

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 | By dragon_slayer | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Day 19 - To New Zealand Glacier Country

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By momsadoc | Views [196]

Overcast and cool this A.M. Had a bowl of muesli and cup of tea in the little kitchen here (wasan’t going to deal with the little packages of instant coffee.) Visited the botanical gardens, drove to what looked like the entrance on my map which was at ... Read more >

Boring bus trip to Wellington

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By suz_cat | Views [495] | Comments [2]

Mum we're alive. Today we caught a bus to Wellington. the highlight for me was a toasted sandwich at a place we stopped at on the way. at one point we drove through the desert and encountered a dust storm, saw a giant gumboot, and stood on a big hill ... Read more >

Obscenely large steaks, the Tango and thoughts of home

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 | By reidy | Views [753] | Comments [3]

No more photos - technology won´t allow here....  Day after day on the beautiful beaches of Rio and Florianopolis in Brazil had to take its toll. We had far too many ´pay by the kilo´ icecream buffets (yes as amazing as they sound) and tables full ... Read more >

Day 18 - More kayaking in Abel Tasman National Park

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 | By momsadoc | Views [261]

(cormorants) - black and grey.  we just floated along for a while - it was such an incredible experience, so peaceful and such a connection with nature. We had to leave just as another large group was coming in. Then we headed south to Anchorage, our ... Read more >

The day we jumped from a plane!!

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 | By suz_cat | Views [448] | Comments [3]

Mum, we are alive! Today we got up early and left Rotorua. We stopped at he Waitimo caves, where we sat in a park for three hours while the rest of our group went blackwater rafting (rafting in caves!) we really wanted to go but needed to conserve money! ... Read more >

Taupo, Tongarian Crossing

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 | By stefylein | Views [341]

I am officially in pain... Just came back from a 7 hour 19.4km hike and no it did not go straight. Besides at times mega winds there were some pretty steap climbs. Was amazing though. This hike, called the Tongarian crossing is rated as one of NZ top ... Read more >

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