Blogs from Picton, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 2

Decided on a day at a place called Castlepoint, it's on the east coast of the North Island and probably took us roughly two hours to get there. The road was good but very windy as we have come to expect of this country. I have to say on arrival we could barely open the car door it was so windy and being on a beach the sand was whirling around us. We made our way over and climbed upto the lighthouse, we were rewarded for our efforts with the most rugged views of the surrounding area and the ocean. We walked along the cliff tops trying desperately to remain vertical in the wind and felt invigorated when we got back to the car. I have to say this is cos we got a facial or ... read more

Today turned out to be a day of rest. Much needed rest. We've been going full speed ahead since we arrived one week ago (already), and my body put up the surrender flag last night. I don't know if it was bad food or the combination of the four hours in the car, the three hour ferry ride, and my faulty inner ear that got me, but I was incredibly nauseated last night and had a bum stomach most of the day today. I thought we were supposed to be kayaking today, but when I called to reschedule this morning, they told me I'm on the books for tomorrow! Yahoo! Things have a way of working out sometimes. If one has to be a bit under the weather on vacation, I must admit this is a ... read more

Last night was pretty crazy, sooooo this morning was pretty rough. Desalnietemin sprongen we omstreeks 7:00 uit onze slaapzak om "fris en monter" de finale van het wk te bekijken at Mikey's bar. We bestelden daar een ontbijt met de gewoontelijke eitjes, bacon en worst. We genoten van de wedstrijd met een terrechte winnaar, maar beseften tegelijk dat het niet zo'n goed idee was om vandaag de weg op te gaan. We besloten een extra dagje in Picton te blijven. After all, both the people and the views are awesome here. Na de match hadden we even tijd nodig om euhm... onszelf terug te vinden. Iets na de middag konden we er weer helemaal tegenaan. We bezochten het Picton aquarium, een kleinschalig bezoekerscentrum met veel lokale vissoorten en andere dieren. We kregen uitleg van een jolige ... read more

Herzlich willkommen zurück nach dieser kleinen Werbeunterbrechung zum Reiseprogramm hier auf TerraX - ach nein, so hab ich letztes Mal schon angefangen. Natürlich möchte ich hier kein eindeutiges Schema zeigen, deswegen kann das so nicht gehen. Wie dem auch sei - ihr merkt sicher, dass ich hier krampfhaft versuche, die Zeilen mit Unsinn zu füllen um geschickt davon abzulenken, dass ich gar nicht so viel Tolles erlebt habe -, in diesem Blogbeitrag möchte ich euch von Dunedin berichten, welches auch das Glasgow of the South genannt wird. Dunedin spricht sich Daniedn aus und liegt an der Pazifikküste Neuseelands in einem geschützen Hafen, der vom weiten Ozean durch die Otago Peninsula abgetrennt wird. Diese ist auch eine der Hauptattraktionen in Dunedin. Während man in der Stadt durch Straßen mit offenbar sehr schottischem Charakter gehen kann, bietet die ... read more

Absolutely beautiful day. Started off with a short trip to Nelson where we stopped to look at their Saturday morning markets. Then we took the beautiful drive to Picton along the Queen Charlotte Drive. Breathtaking scenery. we had an interesting drive as there was a cyclist race going in the opposite direction to us. We saw all types attempting the hills. We think there was about 500 riders that we passed. Arrived at Picton around 12.00 noon. Have had a lovely afternoon walking around checking out the town. Tonight we had a nostalgic dinner (for me). We went and had a seafood platter. Mum and I had stayed in picton 9 years ago to the day as we had gone out for dinner for her birthday and had her favourite dish on a seafood platter - ... read more