Napier Guest Houses - Reviews and Rates

05/02/2009 I grudgingly leave Brian's Place. I've made an error in my schedule and have only one more night to do the rest of the East Cape before I have to take the car back. I've set my heart on visiting Gisborne and Napier so I embark on a largish drive in order to sample them both. Gisborne is pretty, I wander around trying to get my watch f...

So after all the excitement of Roturua we headed to Napier, this was a slight change to our original plans, but then again, our original plans were based on a hand-drawn map of the country... don't ask. Napier is on the East Coast in the Hawkes Bay area, very near Hastings, known as the fruitbowl of New Zealand. They grow lots and lots and lots ...

I caught the ferry back across the Cook Strait and returned to Wellington for a couple of days. I met up with a Adam & Gemma from the Stray Bus and we ended up going to see a free circus since it was the fringe festival. The first act were a random dance group (not impressed), but the main act called "Gravity and Other Myths" was really good...

We had an early start and went on a four wheel drive bus to Cape Kidnappers to see the gannet colony. The road was very narrow, steep and winding, with steep drops in many places, quite an experience. At the top we were amazed to see hundreds of gannets right in front of us. They didn't seem to have any fear of people at all. Gannets lay two eg...

Mon 18th Feb/Tues 19th Feb We drove from Taupo to Napier stopping off for a trip to Wai-o-Tapu Thermal Wonderland. This place is the geography teacher's equivalant of a trip to disneyland! There's every type of crazy volcanic action including an erupting geyser (or big geezers as we like to call them). There was bubbling mud, steaming eggyholes ...

I am honestly dying to get this entry done so that I can bring you with us to Santiago where we have had two just amazing days. I honestly thought that our trip could not get better after New Zealand, but it has. But I digress. I must mentally go back to New Zealand. Monday morning, February 11th... Andrew got us some Starbucks coffee in town. W...

We were welcomed in Napier by Michael and Marie Beattie, parents of Justin, whom we met in Ofu during our 5 weeks there. When I phoned and let her know we were coming, Marie told us she would take some more steak out of the freezer. Our sore hiking muscles exclaimed in glee. After a big steak dinner, and a good rest in a comfortable bed, we took...

Hello guys, Sorry its been so long!! And don't fret, although my title clearly states I'm in Prison its not by order of the queen or anything. I'm staying at Napier Prison, New Zealands oldest lock-up. It was actually de-commisioned back in 1993 and has more recently become a back-packers and tourist attraction (read about it here... http://www....

Napier - While waiting to hear about the job interview I rented a car with an Irish guy (Simon) to do a short tour of the North Island. The first stop on the trip was Napier, which is famous for being an art deco town. The town was flattened by an earth quake in the 1920's, and was largely rebuilt in the 20/30's in the art deco style.