Mackenzie Country Inn Twizel

... cycling tour of the Malborough vineyards all together, BBQ in the evening before Mun and Dad went up to Abel Tasman Park for a night and Andrew, Linds, Pete and I headed for Hanmer Springs for some tough mountain biking, then a soak in the thermal springs in the evening before the boys cooked up a Spaghetti Bolognaise in the hostel in the evening. Mum and Dad rejoined us and we all headed for Lyttleton for a week in a house! No more camping for a wee while! We were ...

so after an extremely long day bushwalking, all we were after was a nice, cheap, basic cabin with fully equipped communal kitchen, some plates and pots and pans. could the first lady help us? NO! would she allow us to use her phone so we could look ...

... climb though, just awesome. We looked down on Lake Tasman with its unfortunate murky water and matching murky icebergs (which didn't actually look that big until you saw the teeny-tiny tour boats circling the base of them). The glacier itself was a dirty grey too (possibly because of a huge rock slide in 1991?) but further up you could see some white ice. Regardless, we all got our first glimpse of a New Zealand glacier. What an amazing area, I just loved it.

... oli saunoa pitkästä aikaa.<br><br>Nyt koska minulla on joku ihmeen vimma aina kiipeillä apinana joka paikkaan ja ettei tämä menisi ihan nörttien kevätretkeksi, niin lähdettiin Katjan kanssa tiistaina valloittamaan hotellin ikkunasta siintävää kukkulaa. Queentownissa jo katselin hotellin edessä nousevaa vuorta hiukan sillä silmällä, mutta kiipeilyt jäi jostain syystä siellä toteuttamatta. Itseasiassa haluaisin kyllä kiivetä Mount Everestillekin, mutta sinne ei tälläisellä n ...

... So this is the freaky part. Holly, who owns her own successful upholstered retro art business actually has a tiki picure, her best seller! You can see the 'Tiki' picture gift she gave me. Now I have my own tiki story and maybe a future too with her........ Back to the coffee that has now been drunk. We all walked back to the bike but not before Holly and I said our goodbyes. We were both lost for words, we were ...

... de couleur, les crevasses. Que c'est beau. Je vais voir le Tasman Glacier qui n'est maintenant que le pale reflet de ce qu'il fut jadis. C »est lui qui a crause le Lake Tekapo. A peine 13% de sa surface demeure et tout les cailloux, la roche et les débris qu'il a déplace au fil des millénaires sont maintenant sur lui ce qui lui donne une air pas mal crotté. Mais toute cette saleté le protège maintenant d'une fonte rapide ...

... way to the birth process of pearls... We were keen to try Fleurs for breakfast, but she did not open until 10.30am and we did not want to wait that long. The flock of tourists waiting eagerly for the restaurant to open almost persuaded us to wait, but we've been disillusioned by Lonely Planet reviews before and took to the road. Heading inland we followed back roads, which brought us ...

... made the ride a bit bumpy sometimes, but that just added to the fun of it! :-) PT: Depois de atravessarmos a bonita região de Makenzie, chegámos ao Lago Tekapo e ficamos imediatamente encantados com a sua beleza, o azul turqueza do lago e as montanhas à volta são simplesmente espectaculares. Pelo caminho tinhamos visto muitas outras autocaravanas que seguiam na mesma direcção, por isso resistimos à tentação de parar para tirar fotos e acelerámos em ...

... hopped into the four seater Cessna and then I would have been able to give him flying tips out of the Survival Handbook from the safety of the back seat. <br><br>After quickly zipping over Milford Sound we roughly followed the route of the Milford Track, coming close to Lake Quill, a tranquil lake sitting in the palm of a cupped hand of snowy mountains, with the run-off water forming the spectacular Sutherland Falls. Further on we were flying over a ...