New Zealand 2006

We arrived in Rotorua early afternoon and checked into the Conference Hotel, the Novotel Royal Lakeside. To be continued....................

 

New Zealand

Finally have a day off today so no excuse not to catch up on this blog...am sitting in the most bizarre internet cafe yet; its a big red bus, but its cheap and my new home for at least the next three hours, so here it goes... Arrived in Auckland Mon...

 

New Zealand and Christmas/New Year 2006

27th Making good progress, we arrived in Rotorua, the spa town right in the middle of the North Island around 4ish. This compact city is on built on the site of active volcanoes, hence the hot springs all over the place and the constant smelly of rott...

 

flying north for summer

We've been reading more about the history of this place, and yesteray went to a film about Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, so we're slowly managing to understand a bit more of the dismal past of Cambodia - although the more you learn about it the less it ...

 

The North Island

We started off the morning by driving a short distance up to Kerikeri where the cafe culture is alive and thriving. We sat down for the first time in a long time with a flat white and just read the paper. It was lovely! We decided to drive back to...

 

Grant's travels 2006 - 2007

Return to the Melbourne...

 

Adventure New Zealand

Two games later, England are into the final 16 although Owen unfortunately is back in England after suffering a knee injury. Joe Cole is playing like a legend, and Lampard and Terry look solid along with Gerrard and the fighting Wayne Rooney. We watche...

 

Groundhog Day in New Zealand

Rather than a sleight on the repetivity of life in NZ, I did actually spend Groundhog Day there (February 1st), although I was a little lucky to make it at all. Checked my flight details the day before I flew out. Turns out I was flying out at 9am, not...