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Akaroa Slideshow
Akaroa
Travel Blogs from Akaroa, New Zealand
Waitng for the tops to clear
... hour or so) then another. Broke the journey to Dunedin well.. Arrived at another motel triumph for trip advisor. Stunning new motel, Bluestone on George.. (You’d love it Gill). We have become Motel converts. This morning was a quick ...
Akaroa
... it addictive!" I didn't tell her that I had brought 2 cans of Timmy's over for Rick and Marilyn :) http://www.akaroa.com What a beautiful place Akaroa is! Marilyn wants to go there, and just about everywhere I went in ...
Seeing the french side of New Zealand
Sorry these blogs are taking so long, I didn't have a chance to write any in New Zealand as we were in a campervan so rarely an electricity, and now it's difficult to remember what we did, but bare with me, they will come ...
Our first night in our Van
... as there are really no clothes cupboards. By day 3 Karen has it figured out and has made clothes shelves out of cut down cardboard boxes. Our first night is at a lovely seaside place called Akaroa and neither of us sleeps well on our new unforgiving ...
Drive to Akaroa
... this is contemplating touring NZ then Akaroa should be a 'must do'. Wow, wow and double wow again - if you want to stay in one of the best places in New Zealand - come here to Akaroa - even in foul weather it is such a chill out ...
Akaroa
After buying some stuff in Christchurch and after arriving in Akaroa we discovered that we had our first little car problem (approx. 2 hours after we hired the car.... great ...
Tree Crop Farm and a day in the rain
... buggered off. But, we're not bitter... The next day was much more rewarding. We went on a hike in the hills behind Akaroa to a small farm called Tree Crop Farm. There is an absolutely stunning garden surrounding an old farm house/B&B which you can ...
Akaroa Harbour - The Banks Peninsula
The day's drive was out to the Bank's Peninsula, formed after a volcano erupted and destroyed itself a few hundred years ago. Arakoa is the main attraction here...a nice little touristy town overlooking French Bay. A very French outpost, all the ...
swimming with dolphins
... , and the Maui’s dolphin which is found off the west coast of the North Island. They are the only dolphins in New Zealand with a wellrounded black dorsal fin. Their bodies are a distinctive grey, with white and black markings and a short snout. ...
Banks Peninsula
... . Niestety ciagle pochmurno i popaduje. Podobno przepiekne miejsce, ale my niestety przy tym zachmurzeniu niewiele widzimy. Noc spedzamy na campingu z calkiem ladnym widokiem. Miasteczko Akaroa w samym srodku powyspu calkiem przyjemne, z malymi ...
Walter!
Day 1 on the road....we collected 'Walter' in the morning and headed straight for the beach - Akaroa on the Banks ...
Akaroa, l'irréductible petit village gaulois
... . C'est simple c'est le seul restaurant ouvert, on est hors saison à cette période de l'année. Petite parenthèse historique, Akaroa a été fondée par les français au nom du comte de Paris qui voulaient installer une colonie sur ces terres. Mais ...
First taste of NZ
Hello all, We stayed in Akaroa (specifically Barry's Bay) which is an our or so south of Christchurch for two days. The water was a beautiful and vibrant green/blue and the beaches very much resembled Vashon, the bay looking strikingly like Quartermaster ...
2nd Week in NZ - Akaroa!!!!
2nd Week It was cold on the day i start the tour, on a scenic bus, costly but worth of it. Tour Guide @ bus driver is funny & nice & willing to let ur down anytime we wanna take a photo, or he introduced something he proud of to us, so the ...
Nov 20, 2009
A glorious day in Akaroa
... with boulangerie (butcher) and patisserie (is that right for a bakery?) and lots of little restaurants. Originally, a Frenchman saw Akaroa and decided he would like to start a French settlement. So, he went home to France and gathered together some ...
Akaroa
Il s'agit d'un petit village où flotte le drapeau français car c'est là que sont arrivés le premiers colons qui étaient français et qui s'intallèrent quelques temps avant de repartir et de laisser la place aux anglais. Il faut dire que ce ...
On the Road Again
... had a great time with our hostel mates on our last night there. This morning we got the van packed and said goodbye to all of our new friends and hit the road. Over the hill we went to Birdlings Flat, a spit of gravel that has a few houses on it and is ...
Hi Di Hi ... 1960s style
So we arrive at the Kea camper office and take possession after much faffing around. Oh god how will I drive this monster. First day went a bit like this Row number 1 K clonks the gears continuously. We drive a mile to the supermarket where he ...
BPT Tag1: 20km, 3 Vegetationen, 3 Hütten, Wildlife
Was war das für ein unglaublicher Tag? So abwechslungsreich, grenzenlos und überwältigend. Ein Tag, den ich so schnell nicht vergessen werde. Nun sitzt ich hier in der Stoney Bay im Bett, blicke, auf dem Tag, zurück. Aber fang ich vorne an. Der Tag ...
More days on the bus and the Akaroa
... violent volcanoes millions of years again. You can see the crater shape very easily on the way into the sleepy fishing town of Akaroa, which is a very special place. The weather here has turned recently and it is now so lovely and warm (hope November in ...
last day
A New Year, A New Place
... and bring supplies. They returned only to see the United Kingdom flag had been hoisted a few days earlier. To think that New Zealand could have been a French colony seems weird. Though French flags are often seen around town and some names still remain. ...
Beautiful landscape but lousy weather
... be favorable. But once again the Southern Alps were hiding in the thick, low-hanging clouds. Finally we gave up to see New Zealand's highest peaks and continued north east. This stretch of road was for the first time during our trip rather boring and ...
Bays, Bays, and more Bays
... . This is a monumnent to honor the day that the HMS Britomart landed on the Banks Pennisula and proclaimed soveirnty over New Zealand a whopping 6 days before the French Ship got there. We strolled back through town and relaxed back at the hostel until ...
nature
85 km from cc swim w dolphins on the way to dunedin stop at oamaru . עיירה ציורית בלב חצי האי בנקס. ...
