New Heaven Resort

NEW YEAR GETAWAY! ;]] QUiCK SUMMARY day 1. went straight to marco polo hotel in beijing.new year celebration in tiantan temple of heaven, tian'anmen square watched fireworks display & went over to the streets of beijing day 2. we went ice ...

... beach just goes on for miles, sandy white and clear waters, although slightly cold, but hey, you can't have everything. The New Zealanders are very friendly and we ended up chatting to a lady whose son had just moved back to NZ with his british ...

... and a quick dip in the Spa then dinner in the restaurant and an early evening after watching the sunset. Overnight: Skotel Resort and Spa. Day 7 - Mt Ruapehu to Wellington. We head to Wellington today which is the capital city. Went to a marvellous ...

... things that has made this country what it is, why it is such a tourist trap, the ACTIVITIES. Adrenalin and New Zealand are a match made in heaven, inseperable like fish and chips, Ant and Dec etc. We spent much of our time throwing ourselves off, out ...

... on the road. We had a few beers and they gave us the tour of their lovely home Papakura including Skip's awesome man-shed-heaven equipped with bar, fridge, oversized pool table, Sky Sports and sofas. Literally heaven! One day all this will be mine I swear ...

... ears and eyes making a high-pitched whine all the while. In order to be able to cook our meat on the BBQ outside, Neil had to resort to wearing ear plugs to stop them going in his ears. Not a place to sit outside and watch the sun go down! Having said ...

... We were heading into glacier territory and the landscape wasn’t sure if it should play host to a dense rainforest or a ski resort. I never would’ve thought that the tropics and the arctic could mingle this well.....they do tend to stay either ...

... discussed).  Just kidding everyone....I myself am more of a goat man... We are now in Queenstown which is a touristy resort town (imagine the offspring of Aspen and Lake Tahoe), but very central to many great activities, including the hiking ...

... Monganui. Here is basically the place that all New Zealanders (espcially Aucklanders) head to for vacationing. So i'm basically in a beach resort town catering to locals, although there are a few tourists, it's not what you'd expect from a cheesy beach ...

Ojo Caliente Spa has several springs with different properties; iron, arsenic, mud, soda, etc.  We soaked in many on the night we arrived, 4/3/2009.  We're spending 3 days relaxing, soaking and getting massaged.  You KNOW this is Susan's ...

Wir packen gleich in der Früh zusammen und bringen das Gepäck schon mit zum Frühstück ins New Heaven Resort. Wir beschliessen zur Tanote bay zu fahren. Es ist einfach ein extrem guter Schnorchelplatz und alle sind begeistert. Ich bin mit ...

... at the time, but this was to be the last walker that I would see for the next 6 hours! It was like being in heaven after the chaos of the kiwifruit packhouse, and the hustle and bustle of Wellington. The scenery on show along the first 15km is ...

... the country, we have made a conscious effort to visit as many FLW creations as possible. We stayed nearby at a resort called Nemacolin Woodlands, which is primarily a massive development for visitors to Fallingwater and Pittsburgh residents looking for a ...

... it was like the boys had their own little apartment, equipped with a flat screen TV, little fridge, balcony, etc.  They were in heaven, and didn't want the "parents" to enter their domain.  Our room had the living area (#2 flatscreen tv), a full ...

As the ferry was pulling into Wellington Harbour the heaven opened.  Had enough of the rain at this stage.  We had planned on staying in Wellington but because we were only staying the night it would of been fairly crap getting soaked walking ...

... of Guiness and Father Ted, steereotypical as it sounds. In fact half the boat was Irish. So Sunday came and 3 days of heaven was over, and after a record-breaking speedy return to Airely Beach in near gale force winds, Laura Sarah and myself sat on the ...

... back out of the park, which was probably creepy for them. 7:00 PM - We checked in right next door at the Punakaiki Resort, a beautiful complex of hotels, chalets, eco condos all on the ocean front. We made a reservation for dinner at 8 in the fancy ...

... no qualms about brushing past you! (Pic 3 - Mr Potatoe Cod) After the final dive we motored to Lizard Island, a very exclusive resort. We moored in a small bay which had crystal clear waters and sandy white beaches. We drank bubbly on the top deck while ...

... – skydiving, white water rafting, hang-gliding, bungy jumping, paragliding, horse trekking, tramping and much much more. A heaven for adrenalin-junkies! I had decided to try out paragliding, which seemed a bit less scary to me than skydiving, only ...

... me. We are now at the cafe with free WiFi and the best home-made gelato and Beatle music playing in the background!(I'm in heaven.) I ordered a waffle boat- it comes with fruit but I asked them to put it in a separate plate (I don't like to mix things.) ...

... all the wineries there are also cheese companies (including one called 'The Smelly Cheese Company’) and Olive companies. We were in heaven. It is a wonderful way to spend a day or 2 mooching around being (in James Mays’ words) a wine ponce. ...