And we intend to see it all
Two spectacular weeks in Fiji. We flew from Auckland to Nadi on June 4th. It is now two weeks later and we are about to return from Fiji to Canada. Some mixed feelings really about coming home. Generally though I would say we are excited to come home. Eleven and
At last report we were on our way to Mangawhai Heads for an eight day housesitting gig. We drove from Thames to MH zooming by Auckland without stopping. Our plan was to be at Carol and Chris’ house by noon. We were in Mangawhai by 11am and on Saturday morning
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[su_spoiler title=”Photo Gallery (click to view)” style=”fancy” icon=”caret-square”] [su_custom_gallery title=”Click on a photo to view” source=”media: 1832,1831,1830,1829,1828,1827,1826,1825,1824,1823,1822,1821,1820,1819,1818,1786,1787,1788,1789,1796,1795,1794,1793,1792,1791,1790,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1817,1816,1815,1814,1813,1812,1811,1810,1803,1802,1809,1808,1801,1807,1800,1799,1806,1805,1798,1804,1797,1796,1789,1788,1787,1786,1795,1794,1793,1792,1791,1790″ limit=”73″ link=”lightbox”] [/su_spoiler] [su_spoiler title=”Video Gallery (click to view)” style=”fancy” icon=”caret-square”] No Videos [/su_spoiler] We have zipped around the south coast and west coast of the South Island now. I am writing this
In my last post, we were heading to Mount Sunday. We have had really crappy weather. Pretty much since we arrived in New Zealand it has been rainy and cold. We drove the gravel road to Mount Sunday from Methven. It took a little more than an hour. It
After we left Vegas we spent a couple of days in Lon Beach, California. It was just a quick pit stop before our long flight to New Zealand. It turned out to be a really nice stop. We booked a room on airbnb.com. Karyn in Long Beach rented out her
We’ll it has been quite a while since my last post. Time for a lengthy update. In my last update we had just left Moi and Rose in Iguazu. Lots has happened since then. After we left Puerto Iguazu we flew to Cordoba. We stayed in Cordoba for a couple
In my last post we were in Montevideo, Uruguay. Nic and I had gone to a basketball game which was a crazy cultural experience. The next night Nic and he gals, Moire and Rose, went to a Tango show with Rose’s friend Hannah. I decided to go part way through
I must say that I was feeling a little like we have hit the ultimate highlight of our year of travel after Antarctica. We planned our entire year around getting there sometime in January or February. Now that it is over (although I will always remember the experience) we were
We embarked the MS Expedition at 4pm on February 17th. The Expedition is owned and operated by G Adventures (formerly GAP). The captain is a Canadian from Toronto with 25 years experience in these waters. He is also the head honcho at G. Nicola and I had separate rooms.