Blogs from Central Plateau, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 2

This morning we awoke early as we had an early ‘visit from home’ with the arrival of the Oriana, whose home port is Southampton sailing right past our motorhome at the foot of Mount Maunganui. The ship was passing as we looked out of the windows from our comfortable bed at 7.30 pm, no doubt Mount Maunganui will be crowded today, it was so peaceful yesterday so glad we are moving on. Before we had breakfast we decided to walk around the base path of the mountain and by this time the Oriana was docked in the harbour at the edge of the mountain. We washed down the motorhome (still have some home chores to do!!) before we set off. We travelled through ‘Kiwi Fruit’ growing country with orchards all along the road side (the fruit ... read more

Blog four; Omaha to Rotorua First off, my deepest apologies to our avid readership for a slight hiatus in postings. This is mainly due to the fact that where we are staying in Rotorua (deepest bush ie subtropical jungle) has not the faintaest mobile phone signal so my dongle is unproductive (no change there then!). But I am getting ahead of myself. Now, where was I? Oh yes, whilst still at Omaha, we met Carmel and Mark, Oliver and Anton at their lovely home, just outside Matakana, maybe 15ks from I&K, for an anteprandial libation then all went for a takeaway fish and chip (in New Zealand parlance, "fersh and cherp ”) supper on the beach at Snells Bay. Sadly, no photos of this event, though, as I forgot the camera. The next day, Zarema and ... read more

So I did manage some really fun waves in Taranaki and like many parts of the New Zealand coastline, accessing these waves can be more of a mission than pulling up in the car directly in front of your favourite break. My own little hideaway point involved a minor adventure. It starts out with a jaunt across some private farming land, then: "Gary, I think these fences are electrified." "Yes, but these sections here are packing tape and you can't put an electric current through pack... OUCH! OOO that smarts." Remembering the incident at Fox Glacier, Penny was careful not to overdo the laughing but still couldn't completely contain herself. So once again the karma Gods were smiling down upon me and barely 2 minutes later.... It's amazing how old cow dung can look so innocuous ... read more

Je laisse Lio apres 5 jours de crapahutage, il doit preparer son depart de NZ, c'etait super de se retrouver ici, en NZ, apres tout ce temps passe a voyager a droite a gauche depuis plusieurs mois, on se croise encore... Et je me fais donc recuperer par feder, un argentin rencontre a Auckland, il etait dans le coin alors on repart direction le sud, objectif, South Island et Wanaka pour moi. On reste donc dans la region de Rotorua et Taupo, zone d'activite volcanique et geothermique intense, vapeur sur les bords de la route, source chaude ou centrale geothermique.... read more

ahh bueno.. Hace mucho tiempo mi email queda vacia. Me ovidaste? pues, aqui estoy, viviendo una vida muy tranquila. Espero que estes bien... read more