Tree Crops Farm Akaroa

... beautiful and empty, the water ice blue,
green hilly peninsulas reaching out on both sides. We walked on a trail
under a sea cliff that was barely a trail at all, so much of it had
already washed into the sea. I heard a rock hit the ground at my side
and turned around, surprised that Max would throw a rock at me. A few
more rock-plonks sounded around us and we looked up to see a sheep
leaning over the cliff, chewing noisilly ...

... a very definite pathway through them and, in that heat, it really wouldn't be a great idea to get lost and go for a bushwalk away from the path! anyway, so the walk starts at a boardwalk, most probably put in place to create that false sense of security so to encourage tourists to walk on, despite the reality being that, very soon, the boardwalk will disappear leaving only a rocky climb up a steep slope to some magnificient views over the valleys, and a drop down to ...

... depuis deja quelques annees et nous y ont accueilli chaleureusement. Nous avons eu la chance de faire plusieurs activites dont du kayak de mer, du tramping sur la Queen Charlotte Track ( marche en nature pour Neo-Zelandais), deguster un BBQ a la Kiwi( habitants de la Nouvelle Zelande nous n'avons pas mange de KIWI) et s'impregner un peu de la culture locale. Nous avons egalement profite de l'occasion pour faire la tournee des vignobles ...

... t have time to stop and take a picture. Seeing it was merely a red-billed bird was something of a relief.   We also saw a flightless waterfowl, a white tipped blue penguin, the third species of penguin we'd seen on the trip (blue penguin and yellow-eyed were the others).             He also took us past rock formations, the Cathedral cave and Elephant rock.             Now the hard part began. We were moving out into the mouth of the harbour, where ...

... I'm not sure). Daylight breaks over Sydney and I am reminded that the twilight of morning or dusk is easily this city's best time of day. The lights in the city blocks are on and the red light of the morning hits the buildings. We get into the station and have plenty of time to spare, easily getting the train in time for check-in. Wandering around the airport with the severe need to change the Wicked Van times but not able to call til 8am we sort any post that needs doing and then ...

... du gouffre, je cherche une pharmacie pour m'acheter des Depends. Et la je rigole. C'est ca que ca prenait. Et aussitôt sorti de la ville j'ai droit aux paysages de la NZ, ceux qu'on voit dans les brochures touristiques. Yeah !!! a fond la caisse, la musique dans l'tapis, les lunettes fumées, le sourire de 96 dents (comme les deux gazelles, j'essais de me mélange aux autochnottes). Mais c'est que ...

... buskers all over the city (and I got us lost) and by the time we got to the slipway where the punts start, they were booked solid for the rest of the afternoon so we made a quick swerve to the pub. We are now back in the apartment, before going out for dinner and planning for an early start tomorrow (Monday). We will probably drive north up the coast to Kaikora first, for a whale watching cruise, and spend the ...

... take NZ on with a rental car and venture up the eastern coast toward the East Cape. so i know you are all waiting for photos so here are a few. we will send more as we can. love to you all and keep your emails coming. we love to hear of you. thanks to you all who have. copy the link below (i hope this works!?) http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandin g.action?c=inacdy6.20m8p3va&x=0&y=-dhu3 x8&localeid=en_US -t/c

... the accelerator and I was off back from where I came, throwing the car around like I was playing an Xbox game and averaging 80kmph as rocks peppered the undercarriage like machine gun fire. Hey, this was awesome fun! At one point I hit 90kmph on a straight, glancing in the rearview mirror to see nothing but a huge cloud of dust. It was irresponsible, but felt GOOOOOOD :-) I was returned from fantasy rally driver mode with a jolt when entering one particularly rocky corner, the fragile ...

... The square was never going to be our most popular place as it is an alcohol free zone!! Don't get excited like I did at first, thinking it meant all alcohol was free!! Alas, no, it meant no alcohol allowed - at all!! Can you imagine them trying that in Mansfield?! We then did the soft bit and had a walk along the Avon river through the Botanical Gardens. We actually stopped by the river and had a picnic, which was nice. After this, we had a walk round ...