So I had previously decided that I was able to collect the van that my parents had organised the day prior to their arrival. No problem there you might think….well that´s what I thought. I went to bed nice and early the previous night only to wake up at around eleven o´clock – pesky late […]
Read the rest of Thursday 16th October – Santiago to Talca
Hooray, it´s not Tuesday 14th October any more! I got up, missed breakfast, whenever it was, and went out to check my emails. I looked at more cameras before putting my memory card in to be zapped to a D.V.D. Wow, that sounded really technical didn´t it. A bit like my grandmother´s response when […]
Read the rest of Wednesday 15th October – Santiago
Okay, so the more astute amongst you may be wondering why I´ve got yet another entry on my blog entitled “Tuesday 14th October”. Before I got my flight, and was checking my ticket, I was most confused that it showed me arriving in Santiago before I left Auckland. I have since asked people onboard my […]
Read the rest of Tuesday 14th October – Santiago
People The people are very friendly and erm, helpful. Well, they think they are but do things like give you completely inane directions because they want to talk to you and couldn´t possibly consider telling you that they don´t know or can´t help you. The Maori people also seemed to be a very friendly bunch. […]
Read the rest of New Zealand observations
So I´m finally on the plane, leaving another continent and continuing on my travels towards South America. The seat directly next to me was vacant and to the left of that were two Australians who were embarking on the start of a year in South America. The flight itself was fine until later on […]
Read the rest of Tuesday 14th October – Auckland to Santiago
We left the campground in the morning and headed slowly towards Auckland. En route we stopped at a huge gemstone place where I was very restrained in buying only presents and a couple of polished stones. In the same town (I can´t remember the name) we went to some water gardens which were lovely and […]
Read the rest of Tuesday 14th October – Hahei to Auckland airport
We headed into Hahei town and I was pleased to finally buy some earrings. I´d been earringless since leaving a bag full of them in Sydney, well other than the pair I broke in Asia and have been carrying round ever since in the vain hope that someone can fix them that is. Having […]
Read the rest of Monday 13th October – Hahei and around
So we left Tauranga and the lovely eccentric landlady in her flat-cap and headed towards Hahei. En route we stopped in Waihi, which was a bit more pleasant earlier in the day than the previous day, and I bought a red and white polka dot scarf to match my shoes! We headed to “hot […]
Read the rest of Sunday 12th October – Tauranga to Hahei
In the morning we headed to Whangarei falls. Although it was relatively pretty I was slightly at a loss as to why every guidebook I had read had raved about and recommended the place. Needless to say we didn´t hang around for too long, instead opting for a McDonalds´ on the way to Auckland. When […]
Read the rest of Saturday 11th October – Whangarei to Tauranga
We left Ahipara and headed towards the Bay of Islands. Lance set off in the wrong direction so I helpfully directed him back across to the main coastal road cross country style. The map showed the road in a somewhat more favourable light than it actually was and, due to loose gravel, we had to […]
Read the rest of Friday 10th October – Ahipara to Whangarei