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Travel Blogs from Wellington
We jumped ship
So last night after getting back on the boat in Napier, we thought we would give this cruising thing a last chance and went to check out the entertainment..........
There was a clarinet soloist.........she played for an hour and a half. She was very good on the clarinet BUT
Then there was see how many balloon you could stuff in a sumo suit in ...
Farewell to some
... that was fun and after a noodle meal it was also time to say farewell to Emily as well. Had some great times with Emily and Rowena, so was a bit sad to say farewell. Sure we'll keep in touch though. Only 1 day of trip left and that was the long drive back to Auckland. The New Zealand trip certainly met and beat high expectations though, so if anybody is considering trip to New Zealand .... Do it, you'll love ...
Hello Wellington, NIce To See You Again...
... of Kaikoura, along the main road there runs a stream, it runs into the sea, however it starts a little way up a track at a little secluded waterfall and pool (where it is before that I don’t know as 1. I am not a bushwhacker, adventurer or any of the types of people that enjoy finding out about places like that, and 2. I really don’t care) so here we were, stopped by the side of the road, and following a track into the bush, not knowing what to ...
Wonderfull Wellington
... and are shown into the impressive planetarium room with comfy seats tilted towards the oval ceiling screen. The first 25mins is a film on what it is like to be an astronaut, which was really quite interesting and narrated by Ewan McGregor of all people! The next 25mins is spent looking up at the night sky over New Zealand and being shown the various Southern sky constellations and planets in view at the moment – quite different to the Northern sky back home. ...
A month on the road with Farmer and Scouse!
... ready as we had all decided to have a night out tonight - our first in New Zealand. We have been told it's the place to do it!
Our first stop was to head to World Bar which did half price teapots. Yes, Teapots filled with cocktails. They were actually really nice and well worth the money. On our way to the next bar we got chatting to a local who recommended a place called Cowboys so we decided to give it a try. It was really nice in there and the blokes were loving the fact that ...