Destination: New Zealand

Gallery: Lake Tekapo

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 | By rory2034 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Dunedin

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 | By rory2034 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Napier

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 | By kiwi_kerry | Photo Gallery

Rutherford Trek

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 | By abelaine | Views [855]

The next morning we drove all the way to the Te Anu bypassing Queenstown altogether.  We did this because Queenstown is the capital for crazy adventures and we decided that now was not the time to to spend days jumping out of planes.  We want other adventures ... Read more >

New Zealand III - This Time It's Personal!

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 | By george | Views [6086] | Comments [1]

From Queenstown we headed East across the South Island to Dunedin. The city's name comes from Dùn Èideann, the Gaelic word for 'Edinburgh', and that's not the only thing linking Edinburgh and Dunedin... Dunedin's newspaper is called 'The Edinburgh ... Read more >

Tags: dolphins, dunedin, kaikoura, napier

If ur happy, and u know it clap ur hand...

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 | By farfaraway | Views [524]

What a wonderful day! This morning, when i did my daily tour from my new sleepingplace to the warehouse, where i buy my breakfast every morning, to my place, something wonderful happened! The lady in the sai bakery knew exactly what I wanted. This is ... Read more >

Gallery: The Coromandel!

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 | By lijanne13 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Fun in Opotiki and Whakatane!

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 | By lijanne13 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: East Cape 2

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 | By lijanne13 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: East Cape

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 | By lijanne13 | Photo Gallery

The Coromandel

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 | By lijanne13 | Views [648]

On the way to our next destination, the Coromandel we stopped at a place called Whakatane to see a statue which has featured in many postcards around NZ. I forget what its called but it was worth the detour as it was gorgeous. Headed from there up to ... Read more >

Wanaka wines and beer!

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 | By abelaine | Views [807]

We arrived at Wanaka early the next morning.  WE did the usual - look for public bathrooms to brush our teeth and wash our faces.  Then we took a look around to see what there was to do. Wanaka sits upon a lake.  With gorgeous 180 degree lake/mountain ... Read more >

Gallery: Salud!

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 | By marsrimbaud | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Haka!!!!

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 | By marsrimbaud | Photo Gallery

The JUMP!!!

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 | By sandn | Views [698] | Comments [3]

For those of you who don't know the desire to jump out of an aeroplane has been one of mine for at least 20 years. My grandfather was shot down during the war and said that parachuting was an amazing experience and that got me hooked. 'The day' arrived ... Read more >