Sudima Grand Chancellor

... , Nelson 2/9 Interisland Line, Wellington 13.15h departure ex Picton / arrive Wellington 16.25h 2/9-2/10, 1 night James Cook Grand Chancellor Hotel, Wellington 2/10-2/12, 2 nights County Hotel, Napier 2/12-2/13, 1 night Sudima Hotel, Lake ...

Our last day in New Zealand. We fly to Thailand tomorrow evening. We tried to register at the Sudima airport hotel where we had made a booking a couple of months before. They decided that they had no record of the booking and informed us that the ...

... staying in a hotel right next to the airport, and handily right next to the car rental place to drop off the car. We stayed at Sudima Airport Hotel, which was ok but I wouldn't recommend it as it wasn't air-conditioned, and that day had been 27 deg. It ...

We started the day in the botanical gardens of Wellington. This is the main city park and its grounds are very well cared for.  The park had several California trees such as oaks, redwoods, and sequoias. We meandered through the park and passed by ...

We made our way back to Christchurch from the Lake Takapo area.  There are famous photos of this lake with lovely lupine in the foreground, but we were a few weeks too late for the bloom.  We left the lake and drove along wheat fields, sheep ...

Der letzte Tag in Neuseeland ist angebrochen. Genaugenommen ist morgen der letzte Tag, aber den Flug zähle ich nicht. Der Tag ist grau, wolkenverhangen und es regnet, nein, schüttet. It's raining cats and dogs... Daher geben wir unser Vorhaben auf, ...

After trying to find an acceptable church service at an appropriate time, we gave up on that idea and instead headed east out of Christchurch to the peninsula where we were told we would find wonderful scenery – and I'm sure we would have too, if ...

Wayne went whacking golf eggs today with Larry (of Larry & Linda the travel agents) so the rest of us had a leisurely start and walked to the Antarctic Centre next door to the hotel – seeing as how we'll not likely ever be any closer to the ...

We headed over the Pass in a bit of overcast after some heavy rain overnight in Greymouth. As we started climbing into the mountains, there were some beautiful views of mists laying in the gorges and gully's and hanging over the peaks.  We noticed ...

Day 1 - Mon 23rd Feb 2009 The phone rang waking us up at 11:40 am. It was Mum, "What time did you get in last night". "We landed at 1" I replied. Mum, "I mean from the Pub".... There are no secrets round here! So we missed breakfast. I was feeling, ...