Ibis Wellington

... NZ which was in Wellington the day before we left NZ and therefore meant a 700km drive the next day to make our flight. Wellington is quite a pretty city, quite small with some nice bars and shops. The cricket was less attractive as Eng slumped to ...

... dragged the cases again. Only a few hundred metres though. This will be the poshest hotel we will have on this trip - the Ibis in Wellington. Real posh. Internet was $0.68 a minute (nearly $7 for 10 minutes) what a rip off!!! Other places we have been to ...

Just a quick post about Wellington as there is so much to catch up on from our trip from Wellington to the South Island that Wellington isn't really news worth.  I am sure the city is great but unfortuantely almost as soon as we got there the cloud ...

Just arrived via Christchurch...exciting landing!!..We both look like we have been working non stop for a week in the NHS slave ship....messed the previous blog by editing instead of creating new entry will be lucid ...

... before dinner, we headed downtown to starbucks for some coffee and browse on the net. The following morning, we had a tour of Wellington, stopping at the parliament buildings or "Beehive" and the national museums. We got the cable car (Funicular) to the ...

... together.  I also managed to meet up with an old medics hockey friend, Laura, who is working as a doctor in Wellington at the moment. I really liked Wellington and did feel it was somewhere I could live (except maybe for the overhanging threat of a ...

... Janet was exploring the beautiful waterfront and bay by hire bike. The old quayside, reminiscent to Freemantle, is adjacent to Wellington's compact and diverse shopping and city center. The weather so far has been sunny with enough wind to rattle the ...

... over. Weg van het Zuideiland, op weg naar het Noordeiland. Na een 3-tal uur meren we aan in de hoofdstad van NZ, Wellington. Aangekomen in het hotel is net het nieuws binnengelopen van de eartquake. Door het gedrag van de mensen merk je onmiddellijk dat ...

... are the same as our lobsters only minus the claws.. A very tasty meal was had by all! Thursday 19th February Kaikoura to Wellington Left Kaikoura at 9.30 and drove back up the coast through Blenheim to Picton, where we had a snack whilst waiting for ...

... ! Instead we bush camped in Frodo on a council run car park 5 minutes from the ferry terminal. Why? Because we were on the 5.45am ferry to the North Island the following day! SEE YOU IN ...

Day 43 Friday 13th  February - Wellington to Christchurch   Woke up at about 7am but then went back to sleep, then got up again at about 9:30am and jumped in the shower.  We had some cereal and then set off to the airport as we were going ...

An early start today; out of the hotel at 6am to wait for our pre-booked "super shuttle" to the station to catch the Trans Costal service to Picton. After several 'phone calls to an answer ‘phone and no shuttle appearing we managed to find another ...

... manage to find time to stop in Otaki where by chance we drove by an Icebreaker clothing outlet store!!! My lucky day! Wellington is full of nice restaurants. We walked around Parliaments building but did not have time to visit as we were taking the ...

... Tower of London before we became very tired and decided to find a nice pub. We found one called the Duke of Wellington which was a cool little venue in Old Compton road where they offered drinks other than Guinness. We then went back on the tube ...

... two days in this little gem and were treated to some of the most interesting experiences yet! En route from Wellington to Rotorua, we passed through Tongariro National Park which is known for its mountainous volcanoes and sacred Maori ...

... by signs for Arras and then suddenly we were back on a main road. Phew!!! Later in the afternoon we went through the Wellington Quarry - part of the tunnels under Arras that were dug by New Zealand sappers (engineers) in WW1. I was expecting small dark ...

... surreal, not having seen each other for almost four months, but it just felt like meeting up for dinner at a Wellington local -  except the waiting staff were a touch more officious). We look forward to weathering the storm and attempting ...

Hello all - next installment.... Monday 17 March 2008 - 21:16 Location: Murcure Hotel Willis Street, Wellington A pity that we spent most of a glorious cloudless day on the coach, but it did make the lovely views look wonderful. We ...

... our car rental company picks us up at 9am. Nice. Get our car a little before 10am. An automatic. We head North out of Wellington trying not to use the footbrake as a clutch. And the indicators are on the wrong side so the wipers are flapping around like ...