http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Geraldine/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , New Zealand , South Island , Geraldine en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:34:03 +0000 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:34:03 +0000 NZ Wk 2 Mon 16th Jan 2012 Chilly Bright with Sunshine Max 16 Deg Leaving Possum Lodge in Manapouri this morning. After a quick breakfast and chat to our German neiboughers we packed the car and got away at are usual departure time of 10.00. We did a short drive up the hill to the small ferry dinghy crossing at Pearl Harbour where we are to take the ferry to the oppo http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Geraldine/blog-681593.html De eerste stop uit Christchurch richting Akaroa een eiland op een grote 2 uur rijden uit de grote stad. We hadden enkel de AA route kaart die al in de auto zat en we dachten 39bwah een eiland t39zal wel plat zijn39 NIET dus Allesbehalve plat. Hobbel de bobbel zig zaggen steile bergen op en hard de rem induwen om veilig terug beneden toe te komen. En dit alles met ons busje We k http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Geraldine/blog-659557.html Jeg stoppede med at skrive inden jeg fik forladt Fjordland. Tredje dags vandretur gik langs stranden. Vi var ogsaa saa heldige at faa delfiner at se. Vi saa dem da de havde forladt havet for at svoemme op i soen. Der kom tre par op ad aaen. De svoemmede i takt. Begge delfiner kom hele tiden op af vandet samtidigt. Hollyford Track turen sluttede med en tur i en sekspersoners flyver. Vi floej ove http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Geraldine/blog-566653.html So Sunday morning we headed up to Peel forest to find the Rangitata Rafting Company. Here we were given tea lunch before getting geared up for rafting. We spent over 2 hours rafting down the Rangitata River over rapis graded 1 through to 5 which was great fun no one fell out or capsised although I did loose my paddle at one point oops It was drop it or hit Julian around the head with it as http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Geraldine/blog-549384.html Had a relatively nice lie in We weren't getting started until 10.30 but I had to be up for brekkie coz it's included in the price. Toast and jam scrummy. So there was another Swedish group that arrived and we all made our way to the back where they explained how everything works. We got into some extremely tight wet suits that are designed for men so I had a huge crotch area hanging down lovely http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Geraldine/blog-483902.html Getting out of bed so early every day is so depressing. It's even worse trying to pack in the dark and hoping not to wake the others So this morning I am leaving my fave team and I didn't even get the chance to say bye to Cougar because I didn't go out in the end My bus is 30 mins before the others bus. So once I'm done and dusted it's time for goodbyes.. it's SO hard These guys have been my r http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Geraldine/blog-483892.html After leaving Wanaka we made our way down to Queenstown where we stayed for three nights. It was extremely tempting to do every adventerous activity on offer but I would instantly run out of money if I did that so we settled for a quiet few days instead knowing we had white water rafting coming up on our way back to Christchurch. Queenstown is cool but just so very expensive. I did however disc http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Geraldine/blog-470875.html Welcome to our BlogWe have left the beautiful Kaikoura in search of new lands and adventures The last few days were manic but we managed at 20kmhr in 1st gear to crawl over the Hundalees wtih our possessions. They have been left in the new house ready and waiting for our arrival in a year and a half It was a slow trip and a busy few days loading and unloading gear. Thanks to all those that h http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Geraldine/blog-461672.html 29th March 2009 LAST DAY OF SORE BOTTOMSMy alarm went off at 6.30am. It was still dark outside and felt very early to be up. We didnt have a choice though as we needed to be on the road by 7.30am as we had a long way to cycle and a bus to catch when we got to Geraldine our destination. It would be our furthest cycle to date and I hoped it would go smoothlyWe got sorted and set off on tim http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Geraldine/blog-386566.html Day 48 Peel ForestAnother fine day in paradise a day white water rafting We drive to Peel Forest to get to the Rangitata Rafting lodge by 10.30am. We arrived a bit early and we were invited in for a drink and told to chill out while we waited for the other people to arrive.Once everyone had arrived at the lodge we were instructed on how to wear all our gear wetsuits life jackets etc. After eve http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Geraldine/blog-382104.html HelloI didn't quite know how to title this one as we were still very much in Queenstown this morning and if not in body then mind but are now in Geraldine where we are staying the night before going White Water Rafting on the Rangitata River. Got back yesterday to find out that the rest of the crew had booked us on a twenty dollar pub crawl as it was our last night altogether So tired but soldie http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Geraldine/blog-373793.html Howdy team Doing a bit of back entry type blogging here as I haven't had too much time to get all this stuff organized until now. Let me begin by saying that raft guides tend to wear quite a bit of fancy gear down the river. This includes a lifejacket with a rescue harness a whistle a river knife a throwbag a bag of rope usually attached around the waste a flip line for flipping your boa http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Geraldine/blog-354581.html