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                    <title>Back in the W.N.I.</title>
                    <description>After another nighttime ferry ride we found ourselves back in Windy Wellington.  This time we checked it out a bit more thoroughly as we had some more time to do it all in.Here are the pics with their matching mini stories.......</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Taranaki/blog-259313.html</link>
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                    <title>N to the Y to the C</title>
                    <description>Well I had huge hopes for this place and I am thrilled to report it is certainly Fun to be a part of itIn homage to one of the best shows on earth this entry shall be dedicated as promised to the gods down at HBO.As we stepped off the plane greeted by the first light of that particular New York dayI couldn't help but wonder.....Will New York really be that greatWe received some excellent ad</description>
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                    <title>Yes.  "We're going to Saaaan Fraaaancisco"</title>
                    <description>So after returning from Vegas to Pasadena the plan was that we'd spend a nice finale day with Steve and the family before getting back onto the road to head up the Pacific Coast  taste some wine in the Napa and then push on to Frisco.  That nasty tennis bug we spoke of previously came back into our court and Thom took his turn to be very much out of action for a couple of days.  To finish this e</description>
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                    <title>The Grand Canyon  Vegas Road Trip</title>
                    <description>So as you will probably have interpreted from the last entry this one slots in the middle of it.  A blog sandwich if you will.So in our car we sped off in a slow upwards gradient all the way up to the Grand Canyon.  The view on the way included lots of dessert like terrain and then as we got higher the road ploughed through flintstoneslike boulders and finally 'piney' forests filled with snow.</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Grand-Canyon-National-Park/blog-259471.html</link>
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                    <title>First Slice of Yankee Pie</title>
                    <description>After landing safely in the US of A we spent ages sorting out our lush rental car  a brand new PT Chysler Cruiser   When we had finally gotten this done Laura tackled driving on the wrong side of the road operating an automatic car and all of this combined with jetlag. Well an hour or so of crazy highway driving and following GPS  and seeing the wonders of big city life we arrived at my </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/Pasadena/blog-259317.html</link>
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                    <title>Time for Fiji Time</title>
                    <description>I'm going to keep this entry short and sweet for you all as I am unable to put 2 weeks of smug grinning into words.This holiday was utterly amazingThe resort was lovely  even though we had spiders enjoy the picsThe beach came with it's own wonderous reef attached which was home to rays nemo's and even a huge Leopard shark which we would snorkel out to say good morning to every day.The </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/blog-259316.html</link>
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                    <title>Auckland car sale</title>
                    <description>With a week to spare before our flight to Fiji we got to Auckland full of excitement about parting ways with the Bartmobile and sleeping in a real bed for a change.  Things didn't really go that well here's the storyWe had made an arrangement with the fella whose hostel we crashed at when we were originally in Auckland.  As we left the city after buying the van he said to us that we could par</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/blog-259315.html</link>
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                    <title>Marlborough Wine Region</title>
                    <description>What else is there really to comment on about the famed Marlborough Wine region except the glorious wine they have hereWe were so bowled over by it's magnificence that we ended up staying for at least 2 hours in one of these fine wineries getting incredibly geeky on tasting a couple of prepay wine platters complete with a huge file that you are given to compare your palette findings with tho</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Marlborough/Blenheim/blog-259312.html</link>
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                    <title>Kaikoura</title>
                    <description>We had a whale of a time in Kaikoura  literallyAfter what was turning out to be a stormy day we were both dead pleased to find out that the outatsea conditions were in the 'perfect' classifications for optimum whale watching.We spent the rest of the day in the boat jetting from one spot to antoher as different sperm whales were coming to the surface for a big breath of air before diving back d</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Kaikoura/blog-259311.html</link>
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                    <title>Christchurch</title>
                    <description>After the nature burst we told you about back at Mount Cook we soon found ourselves in the city of Christchurch.  Instead of doing our usual activities of checking out museums and things we decided to simply take the city in by spending the day mooching around it.  As the day went on we found ourselves saying how it was like being in a very warm Cambridge.  There are lots of similarities  they'</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Christchurch/blog-259310.html</link>
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                    <title>Mount Cook </title>
                    <description>We camped inside the Mount Cook National Park grounds before doing a day of hiking towards the famous Mountain itself in the Hooker Valley.  As we are not trained mountaineers we were not allowed to pick our way up the side of the mountain itself but we did manage to complete a hike right through the national park across the glacier valley over swingbridges and then up to the foot of the mount</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Mount-Cook-National-Park/blog-245057.html</link>
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                    <title>Otago Rail Trail</title>
                    <description>So after the Catlins we arrived in Dunedin.  Being back in a city we did the usual timesucking city acivities of updating ourselves online for hours sorting out bank transfers and then we checked out the rather comprehensive museum to learn as much as possible about the local area.  This pretty much took up all of the day so we decided to stay outside of town in a free rest stop but instead got </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Otago/blog-245056.html</link>
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                    <title>The Farthest South so far</title>
                    <description>From Te anau  catlins  Our last entry left you back at Te Anau after our trip out to Milford Sound.  It was in the Deep South that we saw a lot of different sights as we mosied along the beautiful coastline roads.  As it was here I also started reading Gullivers Travels the explorer in me was more than ready to experience something fantastical and I am pleased to report I was not disappointed. W</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Southland/Catlins/blog-245055.html</link>
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                    <title>The Glory of Milford Sound</title>
                    <description>As most of you will know we were both reHeally looking forward to going to Milford Sound.  We were hoping to join the comparison sound clan and visit both Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound so that we could become official members of this pose  who as I seem to understand it discuss their personal views on how each of the sounds compare when they meet fellow members.  It's one of those thing</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Milford-Sound/blog-242943.html</link>
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                    <title>Haast to Pass to reach Queenstown</title>
                    <description>This entry will begin with a funny little story I have about English stodge cravings.  After a Sunday morning lie in who am I kidding we sleep till we want to every day unless we have any appointments like a particular tour to be on we both decided the only thing that would make the day worth living would be a big ole bacon buttie.  This may sound overly dramatic but I firmly believe we all n</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Queenstown/blog-242944.html</link>
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                    <title>Glacier Things  Fairy Wings</title>
                    <description>Remember the last entry  Where we told you about our fun had in the children's play area on the flying fox  Well you can imagine the grins that emerged on our faces on reading that the biggest flying fox in New Zealand which was next to the biggest swingbridge in New Zealand was a few kilometers up the road just near to Westport.  We made haste towards Buller Gorge and happily presented our far</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/West-Coast/blog-242940.html</link>
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                    <title>Sounding out to Nelson</title>
                    <description>The first thing we noticed about the South Island in between jawcracking yawning was the sandflies aka Blackflies  they are not as bad as mossies but they are a close second.  They bite and have no fear to swiping or insect repellent it seems you have to be unmerciful and just crush them as soon as possible.  But a small price to pay in contrast to how gorgeous the South Island is.  The ying </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Abel-Tasman-National-Park/blog-237881.html</link>
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                    <title>Whanganui To Wellington</title>
                    <description>It was with not so spritely shuffles yelps and a winces that we got into beloved Bart to venture on in our journey down the west coast.  I was walking about like steptoe minus the gerning of course for days after our volcanic tramping expedition  I am craving a good sesh with my guru Johnny Yoga like nobodies business Amy please send him my love  by way of a sedate zen bow or something.  Av</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/blog-237880.html</link>
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                    <title>Tour of the Ring thats really bad punning</title>
                    <description>We drove into Lake Taupo in much need of some relaxation as well as desperate to do some laundry.  We solved both of these mini problems lets face it when you are out seeing the world these problems are certainly not major by checking ourselves into the De Bretts Resort.  A very strange lady checked us in for those of you who went to uni with me think Sarah Chadd with severe sunburn and kin</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Tongariro-National-Park/blog-234833.html</link>
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                    <title>Over on the East Side</title>
                    <description>We arrived to the Eastern side of the North island after enjoying a really lovely riverside drive which wound it's way in and out of farmlands and rural settings.  When we got into Gisbourne we stayed at a beachside campsite which was full to the brim of last minute holidayers enjoying the last of the school summer holidays.After sorting out the usual restocking of food petrol and also splashing</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/East-Coast/blog-234864.html</link>
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