Ferry Landing Lodge

... are numerous and the camping at Pinecrest is free. The only facilities are garbage/recycling and outhouse but I found a place, Mitchel's Landing, where they launch airboats for bathing - just need a scout with good eyes for any lurking gators. People here ...

... the 18km driveway. Horse riding, pony trekking and the like are offered at this $150US/night establishment; where patrons arrive at the landing strip to save themselves the discomfort of a jolty ride in a air con’d 4×4. The lodge even has ...

... . It was packed! People had tents and blankets. We wandered around the shops for a little bit before getting on the actual ferry landing to watch the fireworks. As the darkness drew in, people started to count down for the fireworks. As we were counting ...

... best value Tip Top ice cream in the whole of NZ. For all Hokey Pokey and Boysenberry addicts head past Cooks Beach to ferry landing, (about 10kms north of Haihe). At the dairy there they sell single scoops for $1.5.... they call them single scoops even ...

... Whitianga though so the next day I booked a tour to see the eastern beaches. I took the ferry to cross onto Ferry Landing where I met Phil, this elderly grandmother/ bus driver who drove us in this huge bus and was completely adorable (made me think of ...

... the sailors frequented.  It was then to the San Diego Bayfront, over the 2 ½ mile bridge crossing the bay too Coronado Ferry landing, before we got off at Coronado, close to the beach for a short while.  The beach looked fantastic, much like ...

... to an attempted mugging, and subsequently spent three nights in an Istanbul hospital with a couple of cracked ribs). But from Yenikapi ferry landing I had to walk a short distance to a suburban rail line. I had no idea if that line was running that late, ...

... Anna was talking with her family on the phone until we reached Zambia. Just a few hundred meters downstream from the official ferry landing the cargo of the little canoes disappeared into the dense green forest lining the river, one step closer to thirsty ...

... couple that we met and return to pick up our backpacks and work towards getting back to the campsite at the ferry landing. For another 6 hours, me and Joe(an experienced and extremely fit rock climber) scrambled up and down the mountain ...

... airport that could handle big planes and this airport is really small; just one runway with perhaps four or five international flights landing a day. An idiosyncrasy that probably lies only in my family is that because at this airport you get to walk down ...

... slightly flavored (who knows what flavor) sludge. Probably the worst soup I have even eaten anywhere, anytime. Landing in Swartz Bay we drove off the ferry & headed down route 17 to our accommodations.   We had reservations for a wonderful ...

... well on a smooth sea. Pass a lot of native fishing craft, some large ferries coming the other way loaded with locals, and a landing craft. The water colour gets better as we get further out. Pass Nosy Komba, a conical tree covered island, with no obvious ...

... nbsp; and underway the deckie came around to collect ferry fees. It was at this point we discovered we had in fact purchased Landing tickets and the ferry fee was extra. Not real clear on the signs and the girl in the shop made no mention of it, but there ...

... the lake to bring ourselves back down to earth. Back in the beast for dinner, Mark feels like he can relax for the first time since landing in NZ, as he had the skydive on the back of his mind for some time...no more craziness for now though! Sleep, as ...

... can get you', and so, a day later, I had 2 free return seats on the Tofino Bus, 2 nights at the Maquinna Lodge, free whale watching, and free ferry ride from Nanaimo to downtown Vancouver. All we had to pay for was food and the ferry over there! At a ...

... were in boxes here. This is because most of the supplies came to Red Lake in small planes. I also noticed many small, water landing planes around. I found out that this area is a popular fishing area, and in the vicinity are several fishing lodges that ...

... at the time, but when I was balanced on the top and half way over the wobbly centimetre wide divider having visions of landing on and squishing the now traumatised child  (a weird person climbing over the top is apparently far more worrying than ...

... to its name with the little Cessna 208 (or was it 308) being thrust around by the wind. We had to do an extra circle before landing as well which again was good for the views but not for the stomach - at least it wasn't full!! Got to the Nomads hostel ...

... which is about 50pounds for the 12000ft jump which gives you 45seconds freefall (!!!) and a ground dvd which sees you take off and landing. A dvd of the freefall would be kool, but then the price is $300!!! Along the drive up we saw the mountain used ...

... the plunge pool of the falls and it must have been half a metre deep and i couldn't believe it when they did backflips off it, landing with their waist in the water. I was petrified just to jump off thinking i would break my legs but did it anyway. I ...