At Home Hotel Wellington

We shall begin with an entertainment book bargain hotel on the tce, wellington... move on to ozzie to catch up with some mates, nip up to thailand & jump dwn 2 singapore for some sunshine and relaxation... 'You want massaaaage'...then we shall be headin ...

Mom and I were told by the motel manager and his wife in Palmerston North that we'd feel right at home in Wellington as it's described as "just like San Francisco." No kidding. It really is. It feels like San Francisco and looks like San Francisco. It ...

As we headed out onto the streets of Wellington today, it soon became apparent that the majority of places were closed for the morning due to Anzac day which meant that the majority of this city appeared to be something of a ghost town. On the point of ...

... was 45 minutes, hardly time to get comfortable or in my case think of how many different ways this plane can crash. Once in Wellington, we boarded another shuttle bus that whisked us off to our hotel situated just on the periphery of the city.  Once ...

... in Souther California as well.   Wellington was an interesting city to visit.  I think the most shocking difference between Auckland and Wellington is the people.   The only analogy I could come up with is if you look at San Francisco.  You have the ...

... Cam is from, so we knew to look out for these signs and that the pies would be awesome, which they were! Anyway, finally got to Wellington after a fairly long drive, so thank god it was good bye to our holiday rep of a driver! We had a lot of ...

... ;I hang around with them instead of living like a Kiwi. I am looking for flats in central area even though I dont have a job as wellington is so small you can walk across it in half an hour. When the weather is nice it is stunning with views over the ...

Friday, January 13th, Day 49: Today we left Wellington, and caught a train upto Carterton, where we are to spend the next part of our trip. The train journey was extremely pleasant - we glanced out of the train window to see an array of spectacular ...

... with a bottle of Gewerztreminer, hoping to cook up some Asian food one of these nights. Hit the road again to Wellington. The highway between Featherston and Wellington is very steep, very windy, very dangerous. Thank goodness Neville is driving. Can't ...

... were of a clear sky and Wellington city. In the opposite direction it was possible to see a bird’s eye view of Wellington airport. This is apparently one of the hardest airports to land at, thanks to the very short runway and extremely high winds ...

... Dec. 22 and will leave tomorrow morning, Dec. 28. That's 5 1/2 days for those of you counting at home. I'm not sure what I expected from Wellington; maybe a city sort of like Washington DC -- the same sort of capital, with government buildings, and big ...

... spotting with rain again as we caught the train home after a superb dinner in Shed Number 5, a highly acclaimed eatery in Wellington and justifiably so. Saturday (5th February) dawned with the rain belting down!  We hung around the motel and taking ...

... liked to smoke and drink beers and have a good time. And I think this is what I liked about my first impression of Wellington.  It definitely has a pretty diverse crowd, but the overall crowd is very young.  It is the capital of New Zealand ...

... time to do all that we wanted to do... therefore a trip back is mandatory.  We left Wellington the next morning after an enormous brunch at the Hotel and made our way over a huge mountain to Martinborough, an older New Zealand wine country dating ...

... to see. It was quite a pleasant and scenic boat ride.    After arriving in Wellington, we were able to find reasonable accomadation at a backpackers hotel right across the street from the train station. We toured Wellington for a couple hours. ...

... trying to stay clear of them because we wanted a break from the whole Irish scene, but here in Wellington I couldn't resist them. maybe I was missing home, maybe their food was cheap and their portions enormous, maybe they were the only place that served ...

... some nice beaches as we got closer to Wellington. About 3 hours after we left Wanganui we arrived in central Wellington. First impressions were positive, it was hilly, had an attractive harbour/quay area, quite a bit of park land, and ...

... Wellington Entertainment Book. This is a book that costs $55 and has all sorts of vouchers for different places, mainly in Wellington, such as restaurants, leisure activities, hotels to name a few. The hotel sections is really good as it includes hotels ...

... then a 5 hour train trip. Finally off to the top of Victoria Park to see spectacular but cloudy views of Wellington then back off to the hotel for an early night before we have to getup early for the ferry and train tomorrow. We decided to go down ...

... dinner of home made pizzas and wine, we went to bed early for a good long sleep! The following day we headed into Wellington early, and visited their brilliant museum, Te Papa, on the way to our night in a lighthouse, a wedding present from Suz and ...

... but Angie's mum Gail, had insisted we stay at her lovely villa set high up on the hill in Kelburn, one of Wellington's older suburbs. Built of wood with a corrugated tin roof the 1920's villa had stunning views across the city towards mount ...