New Zealand Road Trip – Auckland to Rotorua 7th Jan. Day 7 Left the Auckland hotel after breakfast at Denny’s, to go to Kelly Tarltons Underwater World. An indoor aquatics centre with fish, penguins, stingrays, lobsters and the like. Car parking was horrendous, had to drive in and out 3 times, eventually following someone back … Read more NZ2012 – 7th Jan – Rain and Rotorua
New Zealand Road Trip – Pahia to Auckland 6th January. Day 6……… The intention was to be all checked out by 10am, then hit the road for the 3 hour drive back to Auckland. Need to be there by 2.30pm as we are booked on the Auckland bridge climb. Checked out by 9, went to … Read more NZ2012 – 6th Jan – Back to Auckland
5th Jan and today we are visiting Visiting Cape Reinga & 90 Mile Beach. This meant we were up before 6am to make sure we were ready for the coach to pick us up at 7am. Off to Cape Reinga and 90-mile beach today. First stop en route was Kauri forest with huge trees in … Read more NZ2012 – 5th Jan – Visiting Cape Reinga & 90 Mile Beach
New Zealand Road Trip driving from Auckland to Paihia – Today we are driving from Auckland to Paihia. It is 1pm, and we have just stopped at a little place called Mangawhai. The first part of the drive was wet. Really wet. Heavy rain, wipers on full. The last half not so bad. There was … Read more NZ2012 – 4th Jan – New Zealand Road Trip Driving from Auckland to Paihia
New Zealand Road Trip and a quiet day in Auckland was on the agenda today, as we recover from Jetlag. 4.30am (yes AM!!!) New Zealand time and a good time for a catch-up. Yesterday, after we showered and freshened up, we hit the streets of Auckland. One block away from the Sky Tower, we visited … Read more NZ 2012 – 4th Jan – A Quiet Day in Auckland
New Zealand Road Trip Flight from London to Auckland 2nd Jan. 9.30 Malaysian time. Just boarded. Economy again. Sucks like a fox, man!!! The wife told me to put the tights on again. Business class looked empty when we saw it, except for the Botox Lady of the East. 10 hours time we will touch … Read more New Zealand 2012 – 3rd January – We’ve Arrived