Charming Creek Bed and Breakfast Westport

... of jumping in. However, the first few people got out and said that they couldn't breathe so I decided not to jump in. I like breathing I do... This is where I first came across Liz, Mark and Louise, who became my room buddies, along with Denise, all the way down the coast. First stop - Westport. We went jet boating. It's a really fast boat that does 360 degree spins and stuff. It was cold, wet and fun. The guy told us that the boat could go over ...

... les huit grandes marches (Eight Great Walks). Finalement à Picton, nous y avons découvert une charmante petite ville portuaire, propre, bien aménagée et avec une belle effervescence maritime et citadine. Le Queen Charlotte Gulf est un plan d'eau qui s'étend vers le passage entre les Îles du Nord et du Sud et qui est parsemé d'îles et de baies. Encore une fois tant de chose à faire ici, rien pour faciliter notre traversée.

... though and the wilderness is often unpredictable and claims the lives of many experienced people, as well as inexperienced people. A few miles down the road is the other glacier, called Franz Josef, and a town named the same, that was our next stop. After a nights sleep here, the next day we took a half day guided climb on the Franz Josef glacier, which was very cool, but hard work for my little legs, like skiing, my legs muscles were fully woken after the climb! We ...

... el mal temps, hem passat una bona estona tots 4. Sera un dia llarg a la carretera, farem molts quilometres... Passarem per Murchison i Westport on arribarem a la costa oest i, arribarem a Punakaiki on passarem la nit. Anem a sopar a un pub: l'Eva tastara "Seafood feast" i jo, un 'Beef & mushroom pie", tipic de NZ, molt bo. Com sempre pels volts de les 11pm anirem a dormir.

... Still don't know what locals are talking about when they say "kiwi". It's either a fruit, a little bird, or a nickname they call themselves. - Saw a band play at a bar next to our campsite in Tairua. Accidentally choose a campsite that was the walkway to the toilets. - Drove south to Lake Taupo (the largest lake in NZ) in the hottest weather ever. Miles does not have AC. We both sunburned our arms that were next to the window ...

... weather!! Still a good trip but the the clouds were very low and spoilt alot of teh view. Still Stunning though. Moved on the next day to Glenorchy. Wow!! Not really anything of note here, but its on Lake Waikatipu the same lake as Queenstown but a lot further round off the tourist track. A real little gem of a place. A lot of filming was done here for lord of the rings. But we could not get our camper out as far ...

... Island, where they live and happen to know<br>Bret and Jermaine since they go to the same pubs and cafes around town.<br>But also, they've met the Bush family despite not being interested in<br>them politically, and recently had a non-traditional wedding, where<br>they ...

and a very happy 2006 to us all - of course we had it some 13 hours ahead of GMT, and fireworks from the Auckland Skytower aren't quite the same as Big Ben. We also got advance coverage of the Queen's speech! The North island is fun, but it is hard not to feel an instant sense of relaxation as the ferry comes through the scenic Marlborough Sounds into sleepy Picton, and it all goes quiet. <br><br><br>First stop was Anikiwa right at the end of the Queen Charlotte ...

On the road again dus. Voor het eerst in mijn leven aan de linkerkant van de road. <br>Na verscheidene keren de ruitenwissers aangezet te hebben om af te slaan en in mijn portier te hebben gegrepen om te kunnen schakelen, begon ik het na zo'n 150 km toch redelijk onder de knie te krijgen.<br><br>We reden ook gelijk door de bergen (erg veel scherpe bochten dus) en hadden een geweldig uitzicht. De heuvels en bergen hier zijn veelal begroeid met een mix van ...

... the sea floor. At high tide your can see the surf blowing many meters into the air through"blowholes" the sea water has dug through the soft limestone. Further inland the same process has taken place by underwater rivers, creating intricate underground cave systems, one of which we explored with the guy who had discovered and mapped out most of these west coast caves himself some 30 years ago.We had to abseil down 50 meters to then climb, wade, squeeze and ...