5/10/2009 Well, I left Wellington reluctantly and headed to Napier. I say reluctantly, but really, what could have topped meeting Alan Lee?! Anyway, I headed to Napier after Wellington. I had wanted to go back there and do the Art Deco guided tour. A friend of mine, Jan and I, did the self guided tour… Read more »
Trips To New Zealand
29/9/2009 So now I’m in Wellington. The weather is not great but that’s partly what the museums are good for, to immerse yourself in the culture, on rainy days like this. The weather was miserable when I got to Wellington last Tuesday, pouring out of the heavens and windy to boot! Wednesday morning wasn’t much… Read more »
24/9/2009 It was my birthday on Tuesday. I didn’t do much, as I was in Lake Tekapo for the first half of the day and traveling to Christchurch, the second part of the day. But I made up for it, a little bit, the following night because I went to a dance in Blenheim. I got… Read more »
20/9/2009 After spending 5 days in Kaikoura, I decided to backtrack a little bit and head to Lake Tekapo. It meant going back through Christchurch and on out to the southwest, towards the mountains. I had been to an Observatory in Christchurch and seen a cluster of stars through a small telescope there, called the… Read more »
16/9/2009 After Christchurch, I headed on to Kaikoura (pronounced Kaikoda in Maori). I had planned to stay there for about 4 nights. It was pretty dull and cloudy the first day or two but I was extremely lucky the day I went whalewatching. There was glorious sunshine and the swell on the sea wasn’t too… Read more »
10/9/2009 So now I’m in Christchurch. I got here last Thursday and the weather has been great since Friday. I took a Lord of the Rings Edoras Tour, with Hassle Free Tours, to visit the location of where they filmed “Edoras”. www.hasslefree.co.nz I had been wanting to do this for the last four years, since… Read more »
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