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Greetings. Our last day with Chad we hiked two glaciers. (Fox and Franz) and drove to the pancake rocks ( and blow hole) All of us loved the hikes but the hightlight was watching the sunset over the Tasman Sea and the pancake rocks. We camped on the West Side and watched the ocean beat the shore, we woke to our new neighbors the Kewa birds. They do not fly and are very curious. We sadly dropped Chad off yesterday in Christchurch. That was a very fast 10 days. We were not ready to return him back to the States. Last [View Full Entry]

Compass Rose - Ken Laura Chad | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 6th 2009 | 34 Views | [diary=451110]


Day 85 (Tuesday 14/07/09, NJJ) Jay made some new animal friends at the campsite which is also a farm. Drove to Motueka and then on to Kaiteriteri but weather not good so back to Motueka. Walked around town. Bored. Checked into campsite. Sat in van. Jay slept. I read. Showers. Dinner. Watched 'Role Models' on laptop. [View Full Entry]

jayandnat - Jamie Jones and Natalie Jones | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 27th 2009 | 20 Views | [diary=422610]


First, the panoramic viewer on this blog doesn't work well and Gary and I were experimenting with these shots! So, check out these links as they are uploaded elsewhere!!! Smiles. Gary's Panoramic of the Mt. Fyffe Summit Jess's Panoramic #1 Jess's Panoramic #2 Jess's Panoramic #3 Ah so long since an entry! I [View Full Entry]

JessRK - Jess K | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: March 30th 2009 | 171 Views | [diary=385947]

photo by Gary
photo by Gary
almost?

I am traveling north, now, to the Abel Tasman national park to do the great walk there. I went to the Buller Gorge , walked across the swing bridge, and did the walks there. Afterwards, I drove most of the day, stopping at a mountain lookout for lunch, then at Motueka to use the internet. [View Full Entry]

argallnaut - Matthew Argall | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 6th 2009 | 29 Views | [diary=370870]


Glædelig jul til alle! Vi stod sent op i dag til en rigtig slapper dag. Selv Anton sov ”længe” i dag, dvs. til lige over kl. 7. Vi lå og hyggede os med at spille PSP, Mona for første gang, så det morede Anton sig noget over (altså, hvor dårlig hun var!). Anna vågnede først lidt i 8. Der lå et par sokker på border med en stor julestok med slik og en pose med blandet julechokolade (julemand, nissemænd og kugler). Anton var gået lige forbi dem, men Anna var et stort smil, da hun fik øje på dem. Efter morgenmaden [View Full Entry]

Enevoldsen - Thomas | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 24th 2008 | 63 Views | [diary=356811]

Spænding før pakkerne må åbnes
Jul ved poolen
Anna, nu med ægte øreringe

I dag er det Monas fødselsdag, hurra hurra hurra... Vi vågnede inden vækkeuret havde ringet, da Anton kom ned til os (kl. 5.30) med meget kolde hænder og fødder. Det var endnu en kold morgen, hvor vi skyndte os at sætte varme på. Det er helt vildt som gulvet i camperen er iskoldt, når det har været en kold nat. Vi kørte afsted kl. 6.50 og var egentlig lidt overraskede over, hvor meget trafik, der allerede var. Tæt på færgen rundede vi lige en tankstation og fik fyldt bilen op, så skulle vi ikke tænke på det, på den anden side. [View Full Entry]

Enevoldsen - Thomas | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 24th 2008 | 39 Views | [diary=356808]

Fødselsdagsbarnet

We spent the rest of the afternoon driving back to Motueka to get some supplies and to check our email, I wanted to tell mom about what had happened with the seals. We arrived around dusk and pulled into the car park behind the Info centre. We met a couple of hippies, Melf from Germany and Christina from Ontario. I asked them if it was cool to stay overnight in the town and they told us it was no problem except a market was due in the car park in the morning so we’d have to park in the street, but [View Full Entry]

coco94 - John Hodges | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 18th 2008 | 130 Views | [diary=346017]

Melf juggling after spring rolls for breakfast
Lunch and washing, mmm clean pants!
Setting up camp

I went for a run this morning to check out the beach side of the town which we didn't see yesterday. The town is quite well kept up with some really nice houses. I get hungry as I run past trees loaded with grapefruits and lemons on people's manicured lawns. It is also strange watching kids head off to school after their long weekend as our year of travels continues. We realized a few days ago that we have now reached the two month point since we left Union station in Toronto. In someways it doesn't seem that long ago and [View Full Entry]

The Joy Family - Grahame Joy | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 8th 2008 | 29 Views | [diary=343031]

checkmate?
Our home

The TripInn in Westport has been a surprisingly good place so it is hard to leave the wonderful Victorian house but we head out after breakfast moving inland and then North to Motueka, a town close to the famous Abel Tasman National park. The drive is the usual collection of one lane bridges, roads with no guardrails and precarious falls into rivers or off mountains if you make a wrong turn. A few days later, when we read the newspaper, we find out we missed a fatal head on collision on the same highway by a few hours. We stopped in [View Full Entry]

The Joy Family - Grahame Joy | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 8th 2008 | 25 Views | [diary=343030]

Interior without Benjamin
Municipal Building
Love this house!

"Almost 45m of snow every year on top of this glacier!" Queenstown ist eine sehr belebte kleine und sehr touristische Stadt. Sie ist die Spass- und Adrenalinhauptstadt Neuseelands. Unzaehlige Unternehmen versuchen hier ihr breitgefaechertes Programm an den Touristen zu bringen. Bungeejumping, Rafting, Speedbootfahrten oder Paragliding, sowie Lord of the Rings Tours sind nur eine Auswahl aus diesem grossen Aktivitaetsspektrum. Wir entschieden uns erst einmal in eine Partie Indoor-Minigolf spielen zu gehen. In der Stadt selbst war es uns sowieso zu wuehlig und hier war nciht viel los [View Full Entry]

jume - Julian Merle | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 24th 2008 | 133 Views | [diary=326900]

Luge
Auf dem Gletscher
Pancake Rocks


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