The Hayloft
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NZ Day 4 & 5
... stood out to be admired and the smell again was lovely. It’s as I remember them in Yorkshire as a kid – you don’t see the sheer number nowadays in Britain. Today was intended to be a quite day so only did a run round the lake followed by a bit of sunbathing and followed by a bike ride. The Bennewitz (Mike) definition of a quiet day!! And finally you can see the hotel room views (only changed room once here – not ...
Hello South Island
... found Christchurch pretty moving and really interesting to see. Given that the news coverage of it back home stopped a couple of weeks after, I was shocked by the state it is still in 18 months on.
Another day of driving brought us to Wanaka, where we have both gone skiing for the first time (finally!) and got pleasantly confused as Puzzling World. We'd planned to ski our first two days here but gale force winds ...
The Cellar Door
Woke up to somewhat ****** weather. Rainy, overcast....etc....oh well.
Alex and I were planning on heading out to the vineyards around Wanaka and Cromwell. We got on the way around 1030 and began heading over the crown range and towards Wanaka. The drive is very windy at times through the gorge and valleys. When you get up on the crown range you see can look down into the valley and see arrow town and get an idea of the size of everything. ...
Wanaka
... checking in at Base (and getting a cheeky free upgrade to a double room!) we headed down to Kai Whakapai, a little cafe/bar facing the lake, and had a coffee with Jen and Drew before watching the sunset over the lake with the rest of the Kiwi group. Then we headed back to Kai Whakapai and had a beer with Beth and Jon.
In the evening we went to the hostel bar and joined in a ...
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