We spent our first day on the North Island investigating Wellington.  We went straight to the Te Papa museum which I loved.  The ground floor looked at New Zealand natural history - the extinct Moa bird, the extremely gross insects they have and of course the kiwi, along with the cause and effect of the volcanic activity on the island.  They had...

Here are some more photos from Auckland...including the 360 degree view from the top of Mt. Eden. New Zealand is famous for it's Fish and Chips so that's what we had for lunch. Notice there's no tree on top of One Tree Hill, just a monument. The marker explains some of the Maori history surrounding One Tree Hill. We took a bus tour of Au...

We arrived in Auckland  a few hours late however very happy we were able to catch our ship.  Los Angeles was a total disaster and it turned out that about 17 people never made our plane from Toronto (they flew on Delta).  Also many people also lost their luggage--some receiving it as much as 7 days down the road.  A Celebrity...

Four short days later, it is time for our last day of driving. Our final stop was in Auckland where we had to return the camper and figure out what to do next. The whole reason that Craig needed to get up to the North Island was because he was to start work on the seventh. This pretty much put me back in the same position I was in just a few day...

Its exactly a month into my travels now and it feels like ive been away for 6 months already! Fly into auckland only takes 2 1/2 hours from fiji, coming into land and its grey skies and miserable looking, reminds me of coming into england on a flight! go through the strict regime in customs, ive got souvenirs from america with feathers on i...

Auckland has more boats per capita than any other city in the world and is known as the City of Sails. It's also one of cleanest and most peaceful (the truth is they defer to the U.S. and Australia when in trouble). Thousands of Pacific Islanders, seeking employment and education, have moved here. These immigrants, coupled with the indigenous Ma...

Well here we are...after months of preparing, saving, vaccinating and counting down the days, there are officially only 2 MORE SLEEPS until we fly out. It seems an eternity since Frank and I sat down to decide where we wanted to travel. My first choice of South America was greeted with a defiant look of "Yeah Right". Initially so was Vietnam, bu...

Am Wochenende vom 11-13 Mai 2007 habe Kevin und ich uns mal wieder auf den Weg nach Kerikeri gemacht. Lucy und Finn sind ja dort am Arbeiten auf einer Farm aber diesmal haben sie sich eine eigene Unterkunft gesucht. Einen kleinen Bungalow. Freitag abend sind wir dort im Dunkeln angekommen und haben einen lustigen Abend mit den beiden verbra...

Well hey guys! Greetings from NZ, I am officially FAR FAR AWAY.  Not just FAR away, but FAR FAR away - I am on the complete oposite side of the world - the time difference is exactly 12 hours - wow! My flight was fine, I spent saturday afternoon-evening in Bangkok at the Siam Centre - refused to buy an extortionately priced ice-cream after ...

Loved Auckland. Didn't like it at first, but I ended up there about 5 times in all. what with meeting people at the airport and traveling from north to south and then back up again. Even went back there to see Snow Patrol in concert at one time, which was awesome by the way! After a couple of visits and starting to really get to know the places ...