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Napier Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Napier, New Zealand
I finally decided to leave auckland and ...
... as a mix between a Wales/Cornwall environment and say the Tibetan hills you see on the TV programmes (if you know what I mean). Napier itself is pretty small and quiet, it reminds me of small town USA actually. Pretty much everything closes at 5, so, ...
Art Deco Napier
... chains. Secondly, it would be physically impossible (without the use of time travel) to have been in Queenstown that morning and in Napier a few hours later. Case solved! We arrived in Napier in one piece and found a camp site straight away. I couldn't ...
YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR HOME COOKED PIE AND EAT IT
... that evening I suddenly found myself ravenous and in the mood for a kebab or something equally nasty. I went in search of the New Zealand equivalent - a Pie. New Zealand would seem to have adopted the humble pie as its national dish. ...
W(h)in(e)ing about it!
... NZ! Het ligt daarnaast ook nog eens midden in een wijn gebied...ook niet vervelend. Het was een rustig cruise dagje van Tauriro naar Napier. Zo'n 160 km via Taupo over een paar heuveltjes. De enige reden om het te noemen is dat we eindelijk lifters hebben ...
E io canto
... e neppure come si chiamava..." Che bella la Nuova Zelanda. "Safari dentro la mia testa, ci sono piu' bestie che nella foresta..." Arrivo a Napier. La guida diceva ci volevano 2 ore. Ce ne ho messe tre e mezzo. Ma non ne ho sprecato neanche un secondo. ...
Hawkes Bay
... North, south of Napier, we were told that the area was booked out because of a one-day cricket international the next day between New Zealand and England. Lots of 'Barmy Army' fans around in addition to the NZ fans. Anyway it turned out well as we were ...
Blon has cracked
... again although I think we are gonna have to change wine this stuff gives you a killer of a headache. We have now moved on upto Napier Hawkes bay just arrived so not sure what all is here yet but we have checked into a camp site for Blon birthday so she ...
Day 6 - Napier
... limited what we could do so we just wandered the streets and looked through the quaint shopping area and many boutiques of Napier. Nicholas & I went to a place in the the city centre called Trainworld - it had some remarkable layouts - one was over 70 ...
napier 4
... geprägt. Hier mal ein paar äpfel geplückt und da mal bisschen aufm weingut gearbeitet. Hatte dann endlich as geld napier zu verlassen. Zumindestens am wochenende war immer noch was los. Mitte februar war da zum beispiel das art deko wochenende. Art ...
Napier
... fellow ginger haired girl on the bus. It's only Rachel from my hostel in Queenstown - it still amazes me how small Australia and New Zealand are that you can run into the same people constantly. We have a catch up and are both very interested in our ...
A Sheep Shearing Masterclass
... earthquakes, (which included a small house where you experienced a quake), the section highlighting migrant stories and how they arrived in New Zealand, (a great film) and best of all .... for $2 you get to try the sheep shearing simulator, (a cuddly toy ...
Napier
... if only figuratively.) I left Wellington at 10:15 by car with Tammy and Barry. The drive was not particularly scenic by New Zealand standards although I would have considered it beautiful if I had seen the same thing in Thailand. We arrived in the ...
North Island - Napier and beyond
... windy) walks with some great views over Hawkes Bay. Nearby a town called CLIVE caught our attention. Napier was destroyed by an earthquake in the 1930s. The upside of this is that it was rebuilt in the Art Deco style ...
Napier and Hastings
In September we went to Hastings and Napier and had a visit with a family friend Audrey. We had lunch at the Mission Estates Winery and drove up to Te Mata Peak. Alovely trip for 3 ...
Thanks!
Hi everybody, Thanks to those of you, who have responded to our travel blog intro. I have posted some general info yesterday that will anser most of your questions. Cheers, ...
Art Deco
After wellington we the bus stopped in Napier. In Feb 1931 Napier was completely destroyed by an earthquake and when they rebuilt it they decided rebuild it in Art Deco Style. I didnt know what Art Deco was but it means that all buildings in the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...