Blogs from Gisborne, East Coast, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 3

New Zealand is the first country in the world to see the new sun each day. And in New Zealand, Gisborne is the first town and region to have the sunrise. Well, Melissa had been saying since she got here that she wanted to be the first to see the sun...and we all know what a morning person she is. So with a bit of a struggle, we had her loaded into the car for a quick 10 min drive to a perfect vantage point. The sky was just turning color as we got there and it looked like we had quite a wait ahead of us, so we were guessing as to what time we thought the sun would actually show. It was 5:30 while we were making our guess' and then out of nowhere ... read more

Hey, We visited Napier after Wellington, it is apparently the Art Deco Capital of the World. An Earthquake destroyed most of the place in 1931 and it was rebuilt with the help of some of the best contemporary architects of the period: basically they "pimped up" the place incorporating a lot of styles from Art Deco. On our first night we went to the Hot Spas in the city, everywhere in New Zealnd seems to have these outdoor hot pools and they are cheap as chips to use. The next day we done a self guided tour of the place stopping at various places to read out an explanation from the booklet about certain buildings and their "Art Deco feel", Was a really nice city. After touring Napier we bombed onto Gisborne, whilst Napier is famous ... read more