Destination: New Zealand

Gallery: Wellington & Picton

Mon, 1 Dec 2008 | By erin_and_pete | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Paraparaumu and Wellington

Mon, 1 Dec 2008 | By erin_and_pete | Photo Gallery

Heading North to Auckland

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 | By swhateley | Views [558]

Not as interesting on this leg although this being New Zealand - breath taking scenery is a guarantee on every single trip so there is no such thing as a boring trip here.  We left Wellington rather early in the morning with Mungu (my spelling could be ... Read more >

Wine Tasting in the Marlborough Region

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 | By erin_and_pete | Views [669] | Comments [2]

In the lovely town of Renwick, bicyclists take over the roads, pedaling along miles of wine trails.  We biked for my birthday - so fun.  There were five wineries that we visited - Allen Scott, The Wine Cellar, Huia, Mahi, and Nautilus (where we had a ... Read more >

Rotorua

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Views [464]

Next up Rotorua, the first tourist destination in New Zealand and home to ZORBING!!!   More on that later!   Before we actually got to Rotorua we stopped by a little town along the way to fulfill our next adventure, white water rafting!!!   Apparently, ... Read more >

Maketu

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Views [921] | Comments [3]

Now for some culture!!!   This stop is one of the big advertising points on the Stray Bus brochure.   Its referred to as their cultural stop and general good time and we were not disappointed on either account.   The general point of the place ... Read more >

Gallery: Rotorua

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Maketu

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Photo Gallery

Swimming with Dolphins. WOW WOW WOW!

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By swhateley | Views [643]

My oldest friend & two of her darling children dropped me off on a chilly Wednesday morning at the Magic stop at the crack of dawn to jump onto the hop on hop off to head up to Kaikura for Whale watching or Dolphin swimming options on the way to ... Read more >

Gallery: Waitomo

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Photo Gallery

Waitomo

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Views [660] | Comments [1]

Ahhhh...Waitomo...one of our most anticipated stops yet!   I'm sure anyone back home who knew of our trip has heard us talk about glow-worms and “black water rafting.”   Well, it turns out that black water rafting is the lame equivalent of a dark ... Read more >

A Maori Thanksgiving

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By lburton | Views [919]

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Tags: cultural, group, holiday, maketu, maori, north island, performance, thanksgiving

Gallery: Reglan

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Photo Gallery

Reglan

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Views [924]

Our next stop in our north island journey was probably the coolest place we have been yet.   The town is called Reglan and i can describe this town in one sentence...ready???   The New Zealand government pays the inhabitants of the town to surf.   ... Read more >

The Cook Islands. Tonga and on to NZ!

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By jcraig234 | Views [457]

Ok folks, Storytime from the South Sea's. Opua, Bay of Islands, NZ to be exact. So, Rarotonga, Cook Islands we managed to dock in and then spent a few miserable hours fixing things on the ship. I got the illustrious position of fixing the ships ... Read more >