Australia, New Zealand, China and in between

a trip by Claire McManus

Terry and I travelled in 2006. We enjoyed our trip and met new friends. We love exploring new destinations and we took this oportunity to visit new friends Bruce and Vicky McCaul ad old friends Kerry Shea and her family in New Zealand. We loved our short cruise on the Aranui in French Polynesia and our longer cruise on the Volendam. We think New Zealand is very beautiful and that Australia has the most beautiful birds. We could not beleive the driving in Indonesia, Vietnam or Malaysia. The snorkling in the Phillipines was great. China was an experience, HongKong may people in a small place and Bejing i a large city with even more folks. I enjoyed travelling with Terry and his Ukelele.

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Trip Length: 11 weeks
Blog Entries: 47
Photos: 335
Words: 19598

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February 7th 2009	Los Angeles	North America » United States » California » Los Angeles
February 8th 2009	Papeete, Tahiti, French polynesia	Oceania » French Polynesia » Tahiti
February 9th 2009	Morea, maybe	Oceania » French Polynesia » Moorea
February 10th 2009	Aranui III	Oceans and Seas » Pacific
February 11th 2009	Tuamotu: Faka Rava	Oceania » French Polynesia
February 13th 2009	First stop in the Marquesa	Oceania » French Polynesia
February 14th 2009	Stop 2: Nuku Hiva- T he biggest island	Oceania » French Polynesia » Nuku Hiva
February 15th 2009	Second stop in the Marquesa Islands	Oceania » French Polynesia » Hiva 'Oa
February 15th 2009	3RD Stop: Fatu Hiva	Oceania » French Polynesia » Fatu Hiva
February 16th 2009	4th stop: Hiva Oa et Tahuata	Oceania » French Polynesia » Hiva 'Oa
February 17th 2009	Third stop in the Marquesa Islands	Oceania » French Polynesia » Nuku Hiva
February 17th 2009	5th stop: Ua Huka stands for ukelele	Oceania » French Polynesia
February 18th 2009	6th repeat stops; Nuka Hiva & Ua Pou	Oceania » French Polynesia » Nuku Hiva
February 20th 2009	Tuamotu: Rangiroa	Oceania » French Polynesia » Rangiroa
February 22nd 2009	Flying to Queenstown	Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown
February 24th 2009	Milford Sound	Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fiordland National Park » Milford Sound
February 25th 2009	Doubtfull Sound	Oceania » New Zealand » South Island
February 26th 2009	Glowworm cave to Bluff	Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Bluff
February 27th 2009	Stewart Island to Dunedin and Kerry's home	Oceania » New Zealand » National Parks
March 1st 2009	Dunedin	Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dunedin
March 2nd 2009	Activities and sites in Dunedin	Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dunedin
March 3rd 2009	To Alexandra, Almond Court Motel	Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown
March 3rd 2009	Back to DUNEDIN	Oceania » New Zealand » South Island
March 4th 2009	Almond Court Motel, Alexandra, NZ	Oceania » New Zealand » South Island
March 5th 2009	Otago Peninsula	Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago » Dunedin
March 8th 2009	good bye New Zealand till next week	Oceania » New Zealand
March 9th 2009	Brisbane Australia	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane
March 12th 2009	second Brisbane entry	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Gold Coast » Burleigh Heads
March 14th 2009	Lone Pine Koala park and animal preserve and then kids	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane » Toowong
March 14th 2009	This is it for Australia with Bruce and Vicky	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane
March 16th 2009	Back to NZ to catch the Volendam for 33 days	Oceania
March 17th 2009	Happy St-Patrick day on the Tasman	Oceans and Seas
March 20th 2009	Sydney, Australia and the opera	Oceania
March 24th 2009	Cairns	Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns
March 28th 2009	Darwin	Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Darwin » City of Darwin
March 30th 2009	Slowi Bay Komodo Island	Asia
March 31st 2009	Bali	Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Padangbai
April 2nd 2009	More of Indonesia: Samarang	Asia » Indonesia » Java » Semarang
April 4th 2009	Singapore	Asia » Singapore
April 5th 2009	Kemayman	Asia
April 7th 2009	Saw Mugs	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok
April 9th 2009	South Vietnam	Asia
April 11th 2009	back to Malaysia	Asia » Malaysia
April 13th 2009	Philippines	Asia » Philippines
April 15th 2009	Manila	Asia » Philippines » Manila
April 18th 2009	HongKong	Asia
April 21st 2009	Beijing	Asia » China » Beijing