Napier to Taupo

We didn’t make it till the Indonesia restaurant. We had our dinner at Pacifica, yes uplevel and very unique the way they work. No entrées no mains. Just a choice out of about… Continue reading →

Napier

We have only a few days left to visit the North Island. So we started in Wellington, along Palmerston North straight to Napier. The weather started very fine clear and sunshine. From Palmerston… Continue reading →

Wellington

29 March 2012 The evening before we were not very enthousiastic about Wellington.All shops closed at 5 or 5.30 pm nearly no human being in the streets. Quite dull. This day we walked… Continue reading →

Christchurch to Wellington

28 March 2012 First of all happy birthday to my sister Margriet. Our day started at Christchurch where we took the train to Picton. The luggage was checked to go straight to Wellington,… Continue reading →

Franz Josef to Christchurch

Tuesday 27 March 2012 We arrived in Christchurch and had a wonderful daytrip. We had a voucher for transport from the Scenic Hotel Franz Josef to the Busstation, but the lady who brought… Continue reading →

Franz Josef

Monday 26 Our trip was from Queenstown straight to Franz Josef. Straight is not the correct word for our tour, because there is only one route and this one goes first inland than… Continue reading →

Queenstown

Today we had our day off. No programm, just long sleeping and so on. Well we did sleep longer. At 11 we went to have a coffee and met the retired British postman… Continue reading →

Milford Sound

Saturday 24 We started early again our 2nd 600km-day to visit the Milford Sound. Anyone who has visited the NZ South-Island has been there I think. We started sunny and kept this weather… Continue reading →

Christchurch to Queenstown

Friday 23 We did sleep a bit in Christchurch at the Top10 park. And had to get up early at 6.15. We managed to be intime just in front of the place and… Continue reading →

Christchurch

Thursday 22 March. The day started early at six to be in time at the Sydney Airport. The whole programm with check-in and all kind of controls went smoothly and we started the… Continue reading →