Destination: New Zealand

Bye New Zealand, Hello South America!

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 | By the-haines-rtw | Views [442]

Hi all, Well we have one week left here in Franz Josef and then we're heading back to the east coast for a day before catching an internal flight to Auckland and then our international flight to Santiago, Chile in the same day....! We've enjoyed our ... Read more >

Day 229: Saturday in Mount Eden

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [521]

Saturday 21st June I was out of bed and in front of the TV in the hostel living room by 07.00 to watch the second quarter-final of Euro 2008: Croatia versus Turkey. It was a fairly dull game until the last couple of minutes of extra-time when it ... Read more >

Gallery: New Zealand - north island

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 | By guenomade | Photo Gallery

Day 228: Shopping and hospitalising

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [349]

Friday 20th June I was up early, about 07.00 in an effort to get into town before the shops opened; I was expecting there to be a queue forming outside the Kathmandu store and wanted to make sure that I got my hands on some of the bargains on offer ... Read more >

The first step

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 | By caroljkiwi | Views [341]

Our journey began a year or so ago with the gradual redecoration of our house. It has been a long slow learning curve and we are now almost expert: painters, tilers, wall repairs, door restorers, kitchen installers etc etc. It's great tho to see it ... Read more >

Day 227: Getting stuff sorted

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [340]

Thursday 19th June I had quite a few things to get sorted out while I was in Auckland. Apart from going to the hospital to get my arm looked at, I wanted to look for some winter clothes as I would surely need them later in the trip (and they would ... Read more >

Middle Earth

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 | By cjmurdoch | Views [802] | Comments [4]

New Zealand is the most beautiful country on earth.   With its endless snowcapped mountains and unspoiled countryside in every direction its easy to see why they chose to film Lord Of The Rings here for its otherworldly quality.   Its actually hard ... Read more >

Day 226: Back to Auckland

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [394]

Wednesday 18th June We had a long drive ahead of us, at least Mum & Dad had to travel from the Northlands to Auckland, drop me off there, and then continue onwards to Rotorua, a few hours extra drive south again. It was going to be a very long ... Read more >

Gallery: Our Wedding Day

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 | By cirila | Photo Gallery

Our Wedding Day

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 | By cirila | Views [394]

John and I were married in the Rotorua Redgestry Office on the 18th of June 2008.

Home

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 | By theladykelly | Views [362]

Packing is hard. Trying to get everything packed and done by tomorrow afternoon so I can make a trip to Auckland to see some friends and then enjoy the last full day in Raglan for Dads "50th" (the real one I will miss as I will be somewhere ... Read more >

Day 225: The Bay of Islands

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [446]

Tuesday 17th June The first thing I did when I got up was to pull back the curtains in my room and inspect the mornings weather. Although the skies were still grey, there was no rain and it all looked a little less forboding than the day before, ... Read more >

Gallery: a week down south

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 | By danielle_g | Photo Gallery

Home Sweet Home

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 | By vien_and_shaz | Views [818] | Comments [1]

Well, its over...we are back in New Zealand. As nice as it is to be home and see family and friends we are missing the bumming lifestyle of backpacking BIG time. I remember when we set off we were hoping that we would rid the travel bug but it feels ... Read more >

Day 224: Auckland to the Bay of Islands

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [456]

Monday 16th June We woke up to a miserable, rainy day in Auckland. The docklands were covered in a thick blanket of rain and the skies were a dark grey. The cooler and wetter weather that met us on our arrival into New Zealand the day before had ... Read more >