Intercontinental Wellington

... and us sampled three different Pinot Noirs.  We loaded the car and off we drove to Queenstown to catch our flight to Wellington.  The drive was just as impressive back as it was going to Manapouri.  I am including a picture of Grandviews ...

School holidays! Benefit of being a teacher :-) Holiday it was but no sleep ins for the active! early morning start from Chch to Wellington and foolish me thought that was a one off but as you will see it was a jam packed holiday with lots of early ...

... for me when the hotel called to see if we were checking out.  Yikes a snaffu.  We were supposed to leave Wellington today.  I was doing really well till today.  Revamp.  So we are in Wellingon tonight instead of Blenheim.  I ...

... homes & houses provide. And that about does it for NZ. And now, I'm gently swinging in a hammock at the Intercontinental in Tahiti. Surrounded by the calm, crystal clear lagoon, white breakers at it's edge, crashing in the distance, blue skies, ...

... was insane. It was about an hour's wait, and being impatient (as well as hungry) people, we strolled over to the Intercontinental hotel right on the waterfront, and we were seated right away. The view through the floor- to-ceiling windows (real cathedral ...

... Office.  From here it was around the traffic circle and over the causeway to the Burswood Entertainment Center and the Intercontinental Hotel!  As the tram returned to the city, it travelled down Hay St past the Perth Mint again, turning ...

This morning we were met at the hotel by our tour guides driver who took us to the ferry for our intercontinental trip across the Dardanelles. This was a private organised specially for us without any additional cost. The plan was to ...