Destination: New Zealand

Day 233: On the road again!

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [3054]

Wednesday 25th June My alarm went off at 06.30 and I hopped out of bed, got some breakfast and gathered my food together, got a shower and packed my bags before heading out to wait for the bus across the road from the hostel. The Magic Bus picked ... Read more >

Day 232: Back to the hospital

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [803]

Tuesday 24th June There was no football on for another few days so I had a great lie-in, not getting up until 10.30. The room felt like a furnace as all of the heaters had been kicked into action, but it felt good as it was starting to get very ... Read more >

Day 231: Another quiet day in Auckland

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [727]

Monday 23rd June The last of the quarter-final matches – Italy versus Spain – got me out of bed at another early hour, and it was starting to become a bit of a chore to be getting up at 06.30 when I didn't really have to. But, I wanted to watch ... Read more >

a week down south with Jennie

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 | By danielle_g | Views [1299]

Friday June 6: Twas a normal day at work, wanted the day to go speedily to meet up with Jennie afterwards to welcome her to Wellington. Was getting a bit of a cold so decided to get a smoothie at lunch for a vitamin boost, never been to said smoothie ... Read more >

Day 230: Lazy Sunday afternoon-ah!

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [469]

Sunday 22nd June One of the tastiest games of Euro 2008 was on this morning: Holland versus Russia. Both teams were young, gifted and had played some of the best football of the tournament. It was a decent game and the Russians caused an upset by ... Read more >

Ready to leave

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 | By hotchips44 | Views [344] | Comments [1]

Hey Guys, My word, only 32 Sleeps til D-Day.. and it couldnt be going any SLOWER!!!! ok thats for me, Dougs another story.. he sez time is flying by, but then again he wakes up, goes 2 work, goes 2 sleep and its a vicious cycle!!! all days and weeks ... Read more >

Bye New Zealand, Hello South America!

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 | By the-haines-rtw | Views [417]

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 [465]

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 [273]

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 [324]

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 [296]

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 [762] | 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 [362]

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