Russell Bed and Breakfasts - Reviews and Rates

Heute sind wir von Paihia aus mit der Faehre nach Russell ruebergefahren. Das war die fruehere Hauptstadt, die Stadt in der James Cook irgendwann im 17. Jh oder so gelandet ist. kann man kaum glauben, heute sind das nur ein paar Haeuser. Aber sehr nett. Und es gibt Eisburger!

Today we took the ferry to Russell, the former capital of NZ, w...

Our second last location - prior to reaching Auckland and dropping our motorcycles we headed as much north as possible, not really knowing what to expect since I had not really prepared a lot for the North Island. In retrospect I regret the fact that I focused a lot during my preparation on the South Island and only spend little time on the Nort...

After seeing Camilla and Patrick off, I met up with my friend Jo, who recently moved into a brand new designer home in Auckland. I am so impressed with many of my friends' living arrangements, they live in such style! After a short visit, in which Jo helped me plan my north island jaunt, I flew off to KeriKeri, or The Bay of Islands, and here I ...

just a few pictures of the wildlife we have been lucky enough to see along the way - sorry if some of these are out of sink with our travels - but internet access has proved more difficult than we expected - some of these shots are taken long before we reach NZ

We went up to Northland and did some camping then picked up Debbie and Gerry in Aukland. More to come.

Russell - 'The Hell Hole of the South Pacific'. Not my words, more the words of Charles Darwin when he visited NZ's first capital city in 1835. Russell was the home then of Sailors, Prostitutes, Pimps and escaped convicts from Australia and was a town of bars and brothels. Now you are more likely to see quaint European and American tourists jump...