Around the World in 43 Days

James and I are setting off at the beginning of February to start this year off with a bang and to celebrate my 50th Birthday. It will be the longest holiday either of us have ever taken and we are both very excited about our trip. We are looking forward to meeting up with Jeff, Arlene and Shelly in Los Angeles, A week on the Beach in the Cook Islands should set us up for the rest of our travels to New Zealand to see Martin and Damien in Northland, Juan in Auckland and some of James' relatives that we have never met before in Naiper. We will be a little nomadic as we will be riving around in a Camper Van to see all that NZ has to offer so having seen the sights in the north we head south to complete our tour taking in Picton the Marlborough wine region then Nelson Westport and along the West of Mt Cook to Wanaka and on to Queenstown. If that wasn't enough we then head to Sydney for the Mardi Grass Celebrations then back to Auckland for a few days in the Lakes at Rotorua and Taupo before heading off to Hong Kong for four days before we head back home mid March hopefully in time to see the Daffodils come out.

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Trip Length: 6 weeks
Blog Entries: 17
Photos: 201
Words: 5924

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Blog Entries

Date	Blog Title	Location
February 5th 2012	California Dreaming (on such a winters day)	North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Beverly Hills
February 6th 2012	Good Vibrations	North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Venice Beach
February 8th 2012	Islands in the Sun	Oceania » Cook Islands » Rarotonga
February 10th 2012	The Leader of the Pack	Oceania » Cook Islands
February 13th 2012	Didn't we almost have it all	Oceania » Cook Islands
February 14th 2012	Don't like Mondays	Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland
February 18th 2012	Travelling Man	Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Napier
February 20th 2012	We are Family / Happy Birthday	Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington
February 21st 2012	Singing in the Rain	Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Westport
February 25th 2012	Ice, Ice Baby	Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Franz Josef
February 28th 2012	Get here if you can	Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Wanaka
March 1st 2012	Paradise	Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown
March 3rd 2012	Take me to the Mardi Gras	Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney
March 5th 2012	Sitting on the dock of the bay	Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney
March 9th 2012	Another suitcase in another hall	Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Whitianga
March 11th 2012	Friends	Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Royal Oak
March 15th 2012	Kowloon Hong Kong	Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island