http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , New Zealand , North Island , Wellington Region en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 08:39:29 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:39:29 +0000 I think I have at last worked out how to put photos on the blog. The blog site changed it format. Not fair to a guy like me. This is a trial so lets see if it works. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/blog-781663.html SPONTANER AUSFLUGSTAG AUF WELLINGTONS SCHNEN KSTENSTRASSEN ZU STRNDEN UND AUSSICHTSPUNKTEN ...Hm..eigentlich gibt es dazu gar nicht so viel zu sagen.. der Tag war entgegen dem Wetterbericht wunderbar sonnig zufllig habe ich beim Betreten der Uni wo ich eigentlich lernen wollte Pedram der eigentlich nur Milch fr seinen Kaffee holen wollte getroffen und nach einem gemeinsamen Kaffe http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/Wellington/blog-779244.html Heading for Wellington and my return flight to Christchurch I followed the East Coast stopped at Napier for one night an Art Deco Town with black sand sorry folks but it just doesn39t hit the spot for me. Next stop was Upper Hutt about a thirty minute drive to Wellington. Did some walking here managed to force myself over a narrow swing bridge to do a walk up to the dam well worth it. Next http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/blog-770265.html We arrived in Wellington in the early hours of Mon 21st Jan after an uneventful and quite boring ferry crossing. We were disappointed that the clouds had prevented us from seeing the star formations but we were now on the North Island and ready for part two of our NZ adventure.The only other slight 39issue39 that night was that we had no accomadation And at 2am we were unlikely to find anyt http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/Wellington/blog-768572.html The day started at 145 am when the phone rang. Was it Santa stuck in the chimney No it was a call from the desk asking if all was ok in the room. Don had pushed the emergency call button instead of turning off his lightChristmas day came and it went. There was an announcement at 9 something am that a UFO had been spotted by NASA coming towards the ship. Guess who Well it kept the little ones a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/blog-762992.html This will be my last blog from the North Island of New Zealand.Been here a little over 6 weeks. I think we have covered a lot of thisIsland since Oct 25th. Everyone has told us wait till you see the South IslandOur car ferry leaves at 815 and we have to be in the que at 715 to board.Takes an out 2 12 hrs. crossing. Today has been very nice. Sunny and very little Wind. I will post a few image http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/blog-760595.html Hello guysHow have you beenThese last couple of weeks have been really great Thanks to couchsurfing I had the pleasure to meet up with Franois and Stphane two webdesigners from Rennes France. And I also met Mlanie the former owner of the van also from Rennes. The van is fantastic it had about 20 owners and has all the facilities anybody could ask for matrass cooking and eating gear http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/Wellington/blog-758946.html Mittwoch 31.Oktober 2012WellingtonHeute ist unser letzter ganzer Tag auf der Nordinsel. Es gbe noch so vieles was wir uns ansehen mchten doch uns bleibt nur noch dieser eine Tag. Wir besprechen nach dem Frhstck die Mglichkeiten berechnen den Zeitaufwand kommen zu keinem Schluss und berlassen es dem armen Willi eine Entscheidung zu treffen.Die Seal Colony am Turakirae Head sdwes http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/Wellington/blog-753398.html Right heres the plan for the first three weeks of the trip. Once I return to Kolkata on the 13th of November hopefully my train ticket is currently waitlisted I39ll be staying there for a week or two pottering about maybe doing a bit of work and getting a bike sorted. Then the vague plan is to ride to Nepal spend a few weeks there then back into india and over to Jaipur and on to Jadpur http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/Wellington/blog-750624.html To start the day off we tried connecting to the internet. We got a connection but it was very slow. Trying to post a daily travel blog with photos is extremely difficult to do in NZ After a while we gave up because it was eating up too much time.We drove into Porirua to go to the Adrenelin Forest. This is where they have a multilevel aerial obstacle course. Samuel was only tall enough to do cour http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/Porirua/blog-748601.html Well I have been home for a week and I am feeling the cold finding it hard to motivate myself and thought I should put something together on the blog so people know that I am still alive. In the past week I have done very little except dwell on my last 3 mths of a fantasy life. And it is a bit like a fantasy life. When you consider that in the time I was in the Greek Islands we did not see a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/blog-743613.html We have put a photo into the provile so hopefully it is there when this goes outToday is another beautiful day so I can get somemore painting done. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/blog-720527.html Kia Ora N er me i New Zealand eller Aotearoa om du vil. Nrmere bestemt p Nordya. Her lever me det glade backpackerliv opplever og ser nye ting hver dag. New Zealand har s mykje by p. Og det er ikkje for ingenting det blir kalt ekstremsportens hjemland. Naturen her er ogs fantastisk fin og den er s varierende. Du kan st p ein plass og se rundt deg. P den eine sida http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/Wellington/blog-712079.html httpwww.nzonline.org.nznzodestinationsupperhuttVisit ltspangtUpper Hutt Wellington NZUpper Hutt city at the top of the Hutt Valley north of Wellington Harbour is a 25minute drive or 40minute train journey from central Wellington. Flanked by bushclad hills it has been called a gateway to the outdoors. The city boasts many scenic reserves wildlife parks walking and mountai http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/blog-709227.html Lower Hutt. httpwww.nzonline.org.nznzodestinationslowerhutt Lower Hutt at the foot of the Hutt Valley on the northern shore of Wellington Harbour is a satellite city linked to central Wellington by rail and motorway. The inner districts of Lower Hutt are home to many commercial and industrial businesses while the outlying districts are mainly residential. The inner districts offer great http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/blog-709224.html New Zealand39s capital city Wellington is New Zealand39s political centre housing Parliament the head offices of all Government Ministries and many foreign diplomatic missions that are based in New Zealand. httpwww.nzonline.org.nznzodestinationswellingtonanddistricts Wellington plays an important role in New Zealand39s film and theatre industry and Wellington City is famous fo http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/Wellington/blog-709217.html Our trip from Sydney to Wellington began with some of the uncomfortable conditions that I have seen on this boat. As we headed East we had to deal with the strong current coming from the North and strong winds coming from the South which meant big beam on seas for our little boat. I basically didn39t go outside for 2 days because it was too rough. The trip was only about 6 days long and afte http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/Wellington/blog-693106.html Wellington 5 days Wellington39s a great place to chill out in. All sorts going on and a lot of free stuff. We took the cable car to the Botanic gardens. Everything apart from the Waterfront is on a hill hence the cable car. Good botanics not as good as Edinburgh. Hilly walks take you to scenic views of trees cactus succulents roses. begonias etc. The hightlight is the glasshouses where y http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/blog-691978.html Welcome back to Wellington. Got a bit of a shock as I39d only been in the hostel for about an hour when we had an earthquake. The epicentre was actually 60km down just south of Picton on the south Island so quite a way away but the building definitely rocked Te Papa the museum in Wellington has 39quakeproof39 foundations and they have a display where you can see how they work. It http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/Wellington/blog-676023.html Sinds deze late namiddag zijn we aangekomen in Wellington. Wellington is de hoofdstad van NieuwZeeland en ligt op het Noordereiland.We hadden eigenlijk gisterenavond geboekt. Er zijn 2 ferrymaatschappijen vanuit Picton naar Wellington en Bluebridge is de goedkoopste.Het is wel een roestige ferry en totaal niet modern maar voor die 3 uurtjes hadden we er geen probleem mee om in een muffe zetel te http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Wellington-Region/Wellington/blog-675812.html