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 was ...

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 and ...