Village Accommodation Wellingto Wellington

... but a great experience... you should see me driving it...any problems ..its the vans fault!!!<br>We picked up in Aukland and have driven Northwards to the bay of islands  the most stunning bay with 100's of islands in it ...(you wouldn't have guessed would you !) We saw Dolphins then took a trip via coach up 90 mile beach and Cape Regenia...Awesome .. beach desolate and windswept  after hacking along the beach in a coach ...yes ON THE BEACH  we stopped to go sand ...

... gorsza pogoda. Na razie zrobilismy sobie wypad na samo poludnie wyspy gdzie moglismy podziwiac wyspe poludniowa oraz tutejsze futrzaste foki i skaly wulkaniczne (patrz zdjecia). <br><br>Wczoraj odwiedzilismy kolejny kontakt przez znajomego Kirsty - parke z Holandii, ktora mieszka w NZ juz ponad rok. Sa w naszym wieku i mielismy super wieczor opowiadajac sobie na wzajem uroki zycia na antypodach. Od nich dowiedzielismy sie ze np. jak starasz sie o prace to najlepiej umawiac ...

... morning&#8230;&#8230;..first lay in for ages which was good and aided the hangover. In the afternoon went to the Skylines hill to do the famous Luge rides. This was quality&#8230;&#8230;you get on a go kart (without the engine) and basically go down a steep hill very fast&#8230;&#8230;.went about 5 times&#8230;.so much fun! Was also thinking about white water rafting but idea of freezing cold waters put me off&#8230;..will save for Australia. Again hit Lava ...

... proud that seemed slightly menacing. After taking about 250 photos in the space of 4 minutes in order to capture this glorious mountain at every angle we continued towards Wellington. <br><br>The rest of the trip was characterised by many hills and sheep as well as small towns here and there with names that have about 7 syllables each. I have noticed that small New Zealand towns are similar to each other in appearance ...

... I found myself quickly absorbed into their family and life. Wellington was in the grip of some bad weather, rain-maker 09 still continues, so instead of walks along the beach, I enjoyed the sea courtesy of the amazing views from their house. Their house is glass fronted and situated on a hill overlooking the natural harbour, the rock star lifestyle continues. Wellington for those who have not been, is spread far and wide over several hills that roll ...

... to the shore than usual. Finally it was time to take the short bus ride to the south bay and board the boat to go in search of whales. We headed out a few miles in the direction that whales were last sited. The captain got out and used a device to listen in the water for the tell-tale clicks (echo location) of the whales. He repeated the process several times narrowing in on the actual location. On the third stop ...

... messge if you have time.love to you all xxMaevexx Sunday 15.03.2009 My first week away has had it's ups and downs: I started off pretty jet lagged but still managed to get around Wellington by myself (despite getting a bit lost on the buses and falling asleep in cafes!) Unfortunately I also managed to catch my cousins' dreaded stomach bug and so was confined to my bed for 2 days which wasn't very pleasant to say ...

... a trek in the bush a few miles away. Greg is a fellow from Holland who has been in New Zealand for about 4 months on a cycling tour. He lives/breathes/eats/***** cycling... in fact he can take any topic and segway it into cycling, and he will do it whenever he can... trust me. You could be talking about peanut butter sandwiches and he'll say something like " I actually constructed a peanut butter sandwhich holder onto the wheel base of my dual suspension bike to ...

... got thrown out of the pub as the locals were all very upset at the result! New Zealand went on to lose against England in the final on the Saturday. There was a great atmosphere around Wellington with everyone dressing up in some great fancy dress outfits (even those who were not attending the Sevens). Some boys from our hotel were all dressed up as netball players and told John he could be part of their team if ...

... main road and next town. They returned later in the afternoon with a good haul of snapper and Karen set about preparing the fish and making us all a feed. Fish in breadcrumbs n chips it was nice and fresh, can it be any fresher? I cant remember what they called it but one of the female fish they cooked up the eggs in bread crumbs too and that was delicious, really creamy. It was decided that as it wasn't too late that we would go out night fishing ...