Hello all We are just about to eave KL after a busy but v enjoyable 48hrs Left Manchester on time and arrived 5mins early after a comfortable flight - not bad after 12hrs and 6000 miles. It took almost 2 hours to get from airport to KL city centre with delays of rush hour traffic made worse by the arrival of thunderstorm and torrential rain. This has been repeated daily but has not stopped us getting out and about. When it rains I realise why the kerbstones are 12" high - the roads become fast flowing rivers and your feet [View Full Entry]

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Hello all The packing is almost done and there's still plenty of room in the cases. At least we'll be able to fit souvenirs in on the way back. Had a scare this week with a recurrence of a back problem but intensive physio, rest and appropriate exercises has improved it a lot so we're on our way tomorrow. Arrive Kuala Lumpur at 4pm Monday(8am Uk time) so hope to link up to the .net amd post our first report Bye for now See you in about 5 weeks Derek & Joan [View Full Entry]

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Here is the last part of our itinerary Only 2 weeks to the day and we'll be off to New Zealand Started planning what to take. Footwear is the biggest problem. Boots are heavy but might be needed for we've been advised of several unmissable walks to go on. Managed to log on to this site by wireless connection yeserday Hope I can do the same in NZ Watch this space! Derek& Joan Itinerary Part 3 25 Rotorua to Tauranga 26 Tauranga to Coromandel Peninsula 27 Coromandel peninsula 28 Coromandel peninsula to Auckland 29 Auckland drop off Campervan Hotel Airport Bed [View Full Entry]

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Here's the second part Days 25 to 35 to follow Arrangements for going progressing well now A tip for travellers - list all your important numbers eg passport, credit card emergency phone number etc and send it as an email to yourself on a server you can access from a computer anywhere worldwide Bye for now Derek and Joan 13 Franz Josef to Whataroa Visit White heron sanctuary 14 Whataroa to Greymouth 15 ? train to Arthurs Pass 16 Greymouth to Nelson 17 Nelson to Abel Tasman National Park/Golden Bay 18 Nelson 19 Nelson to Blenheim to Picton Evening ferry to [View Full Entry]

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Hello all Here is the first part of our planned trip to NZ via Kuala Lumpur It's 35 days so split into 3 parts Oct31 Fly Manchester to Kuala Lumpur Nov1 Arr Kuala Lumpur Hotel Shangri-La 2 Kuala Lumpur Hotel Shangri-La 3 Fly Kuala Lumpur to Auckland to Christchurch 4 Arr Christchurch Hotel The Charlotte Jane 5 Christchurch Hotel The Charlotte Jane 6 Christchurch Collect Campervan Drive to Oamaru 7 Oamaru to Dunedin & Otago peninsula 8 Dunedin to Te Anau 9 Coach trip Te Anau to Milford Sound + cruise 10 Te Anau to Queenstown ?glacier/Great divide flight 11 Queenstown [View Full Entry]

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Hello all Only 4 weeks and a few hours to flying off to New Zealand via Kuala Lumpur for 5 weeks Must start thinking of what to take. I will add the planned itinerary during the next few days Bye Derek & Joan [View Full Entry]

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