Destination: New Zealand

Little Planes and Big Planes

Tue, 2 Oct 2007 | By whiteelephant | Views [2418]

So I am here in the transit lounge at LAX. Justine dropped me off at the Dunedin airport almost 24 hours ago now, so yeah, I am feeling pretty crappy. All in all, I guess the flight wasn’t that bad, I managed to get a bit of sleep and had a spare ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Gallery: Sumner

Tue, 2 Oct 2007 | By dsaltsman | Photo Gallery

Gallery: nz bits and pieces

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 | By jessikat | Photo Gallery

The Millenium

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 | By dsaltsman | Views [531]

Work has been going really well so far.  I am wrapping up my first week tomorrow and love the job so far.  Our clients seem really nice and my coworkers are awesome.  The job is similar to what I was doing back in AZ so I have been able to pick up on ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: Queenstown

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 | By em-and-andy | Photo Gallery

Queenstown

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 | By em-and-andy | Views [852] | Comments [2]

Again, a small town by UK standards but nice.   Full of ‘extreme’ sports and activities, something for everyone.   Our first port of call was the Snowboarding rental shop, which one to chose?   Their like pubs in an English town Centre, one every ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Almost there

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 | By koleta | Views [420]

Due to leave Wellington for Santiago, Chile next weekend. Stopping there for just one day there before flying to Quito, Ecuador, where I will be attempting to string spanish words together well enough to find my way to Picalqui near Tabacundo, about ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

My New Toy

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 | By dsaltsman | Views [523] | Comments [2]

Today I made my first (and most likely last) big purchase in New Zealand.  I bought a 2007 Trek 1000SL road bike.  Its really nice and should be a great way to see New Zealand.  Now I just gotta buy some cool spandex and I'll be all decked out.  I'm going ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Nearly Done

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 | By simoz | Views [589] | Comments [1]

This will probably be our last posting.  We're in Greymouth waiting for the TranzAlpine train back across to Christchurch where we fly out from tomorrow arvo. The Minus 5 bar was a real hoot; we drank vodka cocktails out of glasses carved from ice.  ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

On the road again_ the South Island flying and skiing

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 | By jessikat | Views [897]

After Christchurch we headed off down south. Leaving the city behind and heading along the road towards the snow capped mountain was a good feeling, after sitting in Cairns for all those weeks dying to get moving again. From the start the driving in ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Gallery: Queenstown

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 | By simoz | Photo Gallery

Queenstown

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 | By simoz | Views [672] | Comments [6]

From Dunedin we travelled to Bluff, had oysters (very salty), fish & chips and hung off the bottom of NZ.  Then on to Te Anau, a quiet little village with a great little pub (great feed here) and a coupla drinkies. On to Milford Sound; what a drive ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Gallery: Dunedin

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 | By simoz | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Our new home!

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 | By justinzani | Photo Gallery

Dunedin

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 | By simoz | Views [676] | Comments [2]

Dunedin was full on started out with a tour around town and found Baldwin Street (do a Google on that one kids) and managed to walk to the top. The Speights' brewery tour was great, managed to sample all six of their brews, then followed up with a huge ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road