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Napier Slideshow
Napier
Travel Blogs from Napier, New Zealand
Bonfires on the beach
Driving around NZ means you can drive some great road and some damn tiring one. Today I was in luck. The road from Taupo to Napier is straight for most of the way (thank god) and beautiful. The scenery is beautiful and the sun was in full glory. Napier ...
Wellington - Napier
... and just sit with other English people" were used. Both quite ironic statements because a) they obviously hadn't been born in New Zealand and b) around the table there were two Canadians, three Germans, two English, two Scots, an American and an ...
Art Deco
... out to be a lovely city and we were disappointed that we weren't staying there. Instead we settled for an afternoon. Napier was hit by a disastrous earthquake in 1931 that measured 7.9 on the richter scale, destroyed the original town and killed 250 ...
napier 2
so, bin immer noch in napier in der schoenen hawke`s bay. hab echt a tolle woche hinter mir. war unter der woche arbeiten. is zwar ned so schoen aber ich verdien endlich wieder geld. as wochenende ham wir dann voll genutzt. fast alle aus unserem hostel ...
A little like going to camp...
... to go again once we hit the South island. As you might expect, B managed to locate one of the best riding centers in New Zealand while in Taupo. She became quick friends with Karen Neiderer, who was on the NZ Olympic Equestrian team and now does a ...
Just chilling around Napier
Not really alot to say, just been waiting for work in Napier but on the odd few days we have been out and about. We went to Ocean beach and Waimarara Beach one day and up to Wairoa and Te Ana Waterfalls another! Have uploaded some photos that we have ...
Napier and Hasting - Hawkes Bay
... bus ride to Hastings and Hawkes Bay awaits....but not before a night in a prison cell and a 30 km bike ride! Napier - a resurrected town steeped in art deco culture of the 30s.......seems like time passed it by.......another day of cycling through ...
Napier, son art deco et ses vignobles
... . Becs a tous Cyril Hallo Leute, nach unserer Republik, Richtung Napier, um den Art Deco und die Weinberge zu entdecken. LG Cyril Hi everybody, after the Republic, directon Napier to discover the Art Deco of the city and its lovely vineyards/ See you ...
Wine Tasting in Napier...
... home!) we also tried a few reds, Malbecs, Pinot Noirs and one which you can only get at Church Road Winery in New Zealand, but I can't remember its name!! After quite a few glasses of wine and several kilometres my bum started to ache ...
Sun, fun, and new friends!
Today was wine tour day! I visited two breweries and two wineries, with plenty of time in-between them to make sure I wasn't driving under the influence. I started at a cider brewery, and tried their best cider. It actually was ...
Nature center and Napier
... a cafe where a cacatoes angry was trying to steal some food to all the tourist who where eating muffin. We eat the road then to Napier: a non really passionating town with a long beach and well a long beach of stone... I hire a bike in order to see if ...
Basic Accomodation
... coast. The accomodation here is like the Around The World backpackers in that it's like a prison. That's because it is, arf arf. Napier Prison has been converted into a backpackers, so some cells are available to stay in and a section of it is as it ...
Sonntach u nischt los
joa, Napier.was soll ich da sagen. es ist sonntag u nicht wiklich viel los. ich bin einbisschen durch den ort gelaufen und auf einen hügel, weil ich dachte ich würde eine nette aussicht haben, aber der wahr versperrt von bäumen. also bin ich runter zum ...
Art Deco City
The earthquake that shook Napier in 1931 had mixed fortunes for the city. Little did they realise at the time that the city would be rebuilt as one of the most modern of the era and today rivals Miami as the Art Deco Capital of the ...
North Island begineth...
... ; Also, it was hot, unbelievably hot. I couldn't sleep. Like a sponge being squeezed of its water, I was sweating profusely. Why this was the case I do not know. Anyway, that was Napier for us. Next stop... ...
Art Deco City
... and Stripped Classical thrown in for good measure too. The buildings have been beautifully preserved, making Napier the first place in New Zealand to be nominated for UNESCO World heritage status. We checked into the delightful Stables Lodge ...
Art on the streets...
Napier ist quasi der Anfang der Ostkueste, hat ein paar huebsche alte Hauser in der Innenstadt und einige Skulpturen (moderne Kunst...) ... Napier is the beginning of the eastcoast, has some nice old buildings in the centre, some sculptures... yeah. ...
Napier
... . Lunch in Hastings - a nice enough one-horse town with colourful "Spanish Mission" style architecture, and a Subway sandwich bar. Napier is Art Deco City, having been flattened in the 30s by an earthquake and quickly rebuild in the modern style of ...
General info
Hi everybody, just to bring you up to speed for those who we haven't had a chance to tell about our trip: I found it by chance on the net and it sounded exactly like what I wanted to do myself without the hassle of having to organize it and with ...
Early Morning Napier
... be the other side of the world sat on the beach early in the morning with no one around you. I haven't really done much in Napier i didn't fancy doing a wine tour at 9:30 in the morning and the Art Deco in Napier although amazing didn't give me much ...
Towards the Sun
... will probably do one anyway. The sun is out though so I am happy. It was really cold here with the wind blowing and the sun obscured! Napier is a cool town. All Art Deco-y, as you can see by the cat ;) I was less then happy to be here though. I am ...
Art Deco City and Wine Eagion
Our final 2 days, thursday and friday we spent in the Hawkes Bay region. The main town is Napier. This town was completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1920's so it was rebuilt with a lot of building resembling that era - hence its name the art deco ...
The Deco Tour
... style, Munster. My first Indian meal for over two months followed. I learned from the wine list that Chardonnay is "Sterling with Butter Chicken" and that New Zealand portions are very big irrespective of the ethnicity of the ...
Art Deco baby
After a lazy start we had a stroll around the town of Napier. This is a town that was destroyed in the 30´s and rebuilt almost entirely in the art deco style. While it now consists of some other styles it is a nice place to wander around and admire ...
Bienenschwarm / Swarm of bees
... ohne Toilette, Wasser, Sitzbaenke oder sonst was!) und fuhr bei erneut starkem Regen los, aber wenig spaeter bei Sonnenschein bis Napier, der Art Deco Stadt. XXXXX In Tauranga the strom was over and nice weather so I could wash and dry all stinky ...
Art Deco and wine in Napier
... more like spring in the North Island - lots of lambs, daffodils, snowdrops and the weather is a little warmer!! Arrived in Napier and wandered around the city. Napier was destroyed in 1931 by an earthquake and had to be completely rebuilt, hence it is ...
More park action
... ; Napier is a sweet town and I really wish I would've stayed there to work. We spent the night in the slammer - Napier Prison Backpackers, it was a working prison up until 1993, we were in the Wardens Hut but could've easily been in Detox or Psyche ...
Short Stop in Napier
Napier was the next port of call, but we did not go into town. We were only there until 1:30pm, and there was not anything special that we wanted to see. This gave us an opportunity to catch up on laundry and get ready for the "last and ...