Articles from November, 2005
Virtual Sheep Shearing in Wellington
For the last few days we’ve been enjoying the sites and sounds of Wellington. We’ve left Maisie on the outskirts of the city, having a rest herself and are currently staying at the YHA. Wellington is lovely place, with the weather not as changeable as Auckland, although it lives up to it’s local name of ‘Windy Wellington’.
We’ve taken the chance to enjoy some retail therapy, probably the last of the trip, plus some of the cultural attractions of the city including the national museum called Te Papa. The highlight of this trip was Lea “forcing” me to have a…
Grade 5 River Kayaking
Well today we both kayaked a grade 5 river including a 7m waterfall! What a fantastic trip although we both had loads of water injected into ears, nose and mouth so have slight headaches.
Before people think we’ve taken leave of our senses and jumped straight into white water rafting on a grade 5 river, well no fear we were both in tandem kayaks along with guides, not that it made the effort any easier. Especially in my kayak where I far out weighed my guide - poor Pete!
The route lasted an hour and the highlight was the 7m…
Campervan Roadtrip
Well we managed to find a campervan which Lea has christened as Maisie (don’t ask me why). She’s 16 years old but so are most of the campers round here being converted builders vans but apart from one small technical problem she’s been runing really well and fingers crossed will see us through the trip.
Since the last post we’ve headed north from Auckland and explored the Northland area including a couple of days in Russell in the Bay of Islands, followed by a couple of days camping practically on the beach at the most northern tip of New Zealand…
New Zealand at Last
Well after what seems like days of flying we finally arrived in Auckland last night. We were both shattered and hit the sack straight away and feel a bit better this morning after 10 hours kip. First job is for us to sort transport for our stay here in NZ. Ideally a camper van although a sleeper van could be a never option. First impressions are that NZ is just like the UK in many respects, its warm here (which is obviously diff) but it has rained twice since we’ve been here so in many ways its just like home!!
…Singapore & Part 2 of the Longest Flight
Well we had a sleepy and sweaty day exploring Singapore and taking in higlights such as Chinatown. From there it was back to the airport and the 7 hour hop (!?) to Sydney which we arrived at 30 minutes ago. No Club Class this time but the economy seats we booked which weren’t bad I have to say. Its a beautiful day here in Sydney all be it very early in the morning and it looks like its going to be a lovely day weather wise.
Not that we’ll get to enjoy it as we board the flight for the…
The Longest Flight in the World - PART 1
Well we’re in Singapore after a 12 hour flight from the UK, made easier by the upgrade to Club Class that Leigh and John arranged for us - thanks guys! We arrived after dark and the heat hit us as soon as we walked out of the door. We caught the train into the city itself and took the 1km sweaty walk along the river to our hotel. First impressions are that it is an incredibly clean city and that the fines for infringements such as riding your bike through sub ways are pretty fierce - say $5000 !!!!!!
Plans…
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