Napier Condos - Reviews and Rates

Well, hi theyah... So this time I'm going to explain the title of this entry right away because, like always, I have limited time on this 'puter. So I've named it "Crash Course" because that's exactly what I'm going to be giving you; a crash course of what I've been doing the last week or so. My titles so far have been somehwhat clever (in my st...

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(strawberry plant survived the trip up on the backseat)

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, Hans.

Hi folks, this is just a test to see how it works and to tell you that we are well advanced in our preparations for this trip: we have had nealy all our vaccinations and got precriptions for anti-malaria tablets and other essentials. I made up a zipped folder with all our paperwork and I have scanned, loaded and calibrated 180 road maps of the e...

Napier was a small town on the coast and we arrived in the late evening. The town was pretty much empty since it is mainly a summer town. Much of the town had Art Deco architecture and it was a nice change. We had dinner at a local spot called breakers and played a game of pool inside. The next day we took a short bike ride on the Napier boardwa...

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 centre are Built, Painted and Decorated Artistically. See the pics... Wouldnt bate Kilrush! Emma had ...

Today we did a 'self guiding' tour of Napier. this is the mecca of Art Deco. the story goes there was an earthquake which distroyed the town beginning of 1930s so it was completely redesigned in the style of the day, ie art deco!! they have preserved all of these buildings and it is great walking round seeing all the various designs, all newly p...

Well again its been a while since we last updated you on our progress so here goes. After we left Queenstown we just went over the hills to Wanaka where we spent a happy day in Puzzling World. A deeply competitive afternoon of racing to complete puzzles and running around a huge wooden maze. Just so you know, I won the maze, I always do and it m...

Morning I decided to wake up early this morning to get some photos of the sun rising, I woke around 5:45 and made my way down to the beach. What a superb morning to watch the sun rise, there were a few clouds in the sky that glowed with different colours and the sea just washed in and out as a sat there. It was really strange to be the other sid...

As you can imagine, gentle reader, there was a shortage of good cheer & bonhomie on the bus as we left Christchurch on the Sunday after the 2nd test. That mood pretty much continued on our arrival in Napier. Several of our number had booked a trip to a vineyard but the rest of us just mooched gloomily around the town. In the 1930's, Napier w...