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Fri, 20 Jul 2007 | By karen-and-erik | Views [535]
Holiday is more than sightseeing. It is also everyday-things like wathing old movies on TV or new movies in old cinemas. We just came out from this cinema I remember from I was a young girl/child in this country. The stars (and moving clouds)and the ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [2956]
Stale sweat, skids on the bedsheets, threadbare carpets, cheap pasta cooked to death and pot noodles all spring to mind when discussing hostels. Most follow this business model - but not this one. True to its name....."Smylies" YHA in Springfield ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Mon, 16 Jul 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [1897]
What do Homer Simpson, Skiing and crustal collisions have in common? The answer is, they are all features of New Zealands South island. "Hold on," you say, "surely Homert Simpson is a Yank?" Indeed he is, BUT we're in the Town ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sun, 15 Jul 2007 | By hope_brian | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 13 Jul 2007 | By karen-and-erik | Views [497]
We went into the forest of Tane Mahuta and came out as someone else. It was a moment of awe when we encountered this enormeous tree. It is possibly more than 2000 years old. Makes you think it was around when Jesus walked the earth. The trunk is 13m in ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Fri, 13 Jul 2007 | By karen-and-erik | Views [495]
The Waitangi treaty was signed here in 1840 between maori chiefs and the British crown. The first thinking that the crown would protect their land, the latter not quite thinking along the same lines. Anyway - the Waitangi treaty is important and referred ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Thu, 12 Jul 2007 | By karen-and-erik | Views [487]
We went on a trip up north with Meinita. First stop in Whangarei: A lovely preserved house from 1886, originally buildt in kauriwood for a Dr Clark and his family. It has been in continuous use untill 1976, but made up with the original inventory from ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Thu, 12 Jul 2007 | By karen-and-erik | Views [470]
Never, ever, have I taken a pee in such a toilet. Built by the Austrian artist and architect Friedrich Hundertwasser. He lived here his last 25 years and wanted to give something back to the comunity. Never more will I take a leak without thinking of ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Thu, 12 Jul 2007 | By karen-and-erik | Views [751]
Off the highway we saw a little sign to glowworm caves and turned of. It was the Kawati caves, owned by a maorifamily. The guide told of how her ancester found the caves, and it was inhabited! Here comes the story: This cave was discovered by Roku ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Thu, 12 Jul 2007 | By anna | Views [1143] | Comments [4]
The end is in sight, we leave New Zealand tomorrow morning at 10am, customs booked for 9am. Today is a busy day of stowing away provisions, cleaning the boat, filling up with fuel and water, returning the car, fixing final things on deck and just generally ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Sun, 8 Jul 2007 | By karen-and-erik | Views [514]
An interesting place. In 1863, the first settlers from Bohemia arrived. They came from a city like Praha, much like what parts of it looks like today - to Aucland, which was a shack-rubble-place. And they were then sent upstream in maoricanoes to live ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sun, 8 Jul 2007 | By pimpanelli | Views [501]
Florian and I decided to spend a couple of days in Rotorua during these holidays from school. Another excuse was that I didn’t want to spend my birthday in this smelly house in Auckland (more to come about that soon!). We left the house at about 8am and ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sat, 7 Jul 2007 | By karen-and-erik | Views [512]
Meinita took us to the gathering "Maori in the city". It's not for tourists really, and it was an interesting study of maori life today. Hardly a european face. Lots of families and small children. Lots of different stands. Quite a few kids ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Sat, 7 Jul 2007 | By andyandsam | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 6 Jul 2007 | By karen-and-erik | Views [468]
"We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo - what about you, you, you?" We had a nice day, even though it did rain a bit. One spell of rain gave us the lovely experience of a leopard seeking shelter right in front of us and some delighted children (although ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
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