Blogs from Central, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 16

26 days left yaaay. God so much still to do. Next weekend we start with our farewells which should be fun :) first to go is a dinner with jonnies work mates, then a dinner with my colleagues, then I am supposed to organise a lunch with girls from work, for sure there will be some drinks in the middle and some coffees etc :) We need to sell some of Jonnies furniture, send stuff to Poland. I still havent finished our itinary for each city we are going to visit. What else ? I think i actually should make a to do list :)... read more

After a long research I finally have found the perfect blog for me :) Starting from today on, I will be keeping you all readers updated regarding our big trip to Asia. The countdown really started its only 30 days left till our flight to Singapore. We are still waiting for 2 of our visas: Russian and Mongolian. Unfortunately Russian visa is quite a hassle and quite stressful to deal with. If you ever thought about going there re-think it, especially if you don’t have family over there. You need to prove everything in advance, place where you stay(also pay full amount for everything in ADVANCE!!) what you are planning to do and where, proves of all payments, voucher, confirmation etc. so yes it is not easy but I hope it will be worth the effort ... read more

Hi guys! we're finally here in auckland after 3 planes and 24 hours of travelling! We checked into our first hostel and had a private room to help us sleep well to get over the jet lag (probably the nicest room we'll see for a while!). Had a wander around the city on our first day where we probably saw most of the city in about 2 hours then ended up in bed by 6.30pm and slept for over 12hours! Monday we had a look round all the parks and did ALOT of walking (10km - the most Becki has ever walked in one day!) We went to what we assumed was a casual park cafe, drenched and not looking too great, but it turned out to be a posh restaurant serving 'high tea'. After getting ... read more

28th February – 14th March 2011 We arrived in Wellington by ferry and found our hostel in the centre of the city. We had decided that we wouldn’t spend too long in the capital as we had plans for the rest of the North Island, so an overnight stop and a drive by of the main attractions it was! That evening, after a wander down by the harbour, a couple of drinks and a food court dinner we hit the sack. The alarm went off early the next morning so we could get a cheeky run in before checkout and we then headed north towards Napier. Napier was flattened by an earthquake in the 1930’s and rebuilt in an Art-Deco style which remains to this day. It is most famously known for being the heart of ... read more

Hey guys.............. Im so sorry this is brief.......but I have only 20 minutes left of the internet and in New Zealand.....it is so expensive. So we have visited Auckland, Rotorua, Taupo, Napier and wellington in the North Island and Picton, Nelson, Franz Josef, Fox Glacier, Wanaka, Queenstown and Christchurch on the south island......all in the space of 3 weeks!!! It has been mental and a tiny bit of a rush!!! My favourite place was probably Queenstown and Taupo. We have been white water rafting, met up with Jann who I went to uni with and havent seen for 2 years which was amazing, we went to a Maouri experience, where we saw the Haka and saw a performance of singing and dancing and saw geysers and hot mud pools, we have also been swimming in natural ... read more