New Zealand

Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Colette and Julia

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   wine tasting

   Renwick, New Zealand | Nov 01 '06 | Reviews: 0

   After a perfect ferry crossing where we were able to appreciate the Marlbourgh Sounds, we headed down to the small town of Renwick which is surroun... Continue reading »

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   Death by walking!!

   Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand | Nov 03 '06 | Reviews: 0

   We stayed in Nelson for one night which had a great sea side location and a cool little craft market !! We then drove up to Abel Tasman National Pa... Continue reading »

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   Nelson Lakes National Park

   Saint Arnaud, New Zealand | Nov 05 '06 | Reviews: 0

   We headed down to Nelson Lakes National Park that had been recommended to us by John. We camped in a cute liitle YHA and met some nice people there, w... Continue reading »

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   Race against the elements

   Punakaiki, New Zealand | Nov 06 '06 | Reviews: 0

   We had an amazing drive to the West coast but the best was yet to come, we stayed in a really nice Youth hostel right on the beach and decided to s... Continue reading »

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   Fox and Franz Josef Glacier

   Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand | Nov 07 '06 | Reviews: 0

   We had a great time camping at the bottom of the glacier, you got great views from outside our tent, but it was a bit nippy!

   We took a wande... Continue reading »

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   Lord of the Rings

   Wanaka, New Zealand | Nov 09 '06 | Reviews: 0

   The drive to Wanaka was a very wet one , but even this looked good through the rain. I would love to see Haast's Pass on a clear day. We stopped of... Continue reading »

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   Mount Cook

   Mount Cook, New Zealand | Nov 10 '06 | Reviews: 0

   We got up very early and I drove along way(while Colette slept!!) to see Mount Cook before the cloud covered it up.  It was spectacular as we... Continue reading »

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   Catlins

   Catlins Forest Park, New Zealand | Nov 12 '06 | Reviews: 0

   Next we headed to the rolling green hills of the Catlins, which felt very english.  Thanks to a great recommendation from Yvonne and Phil... Continue reading »

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   Luxury !

   Doubtful Sound, New Zealand | Nov 17 '06 | Reviews: 0

   WOW ! We had saved money from camping instead of staying in Youth hostels so we treated ourselves to an over night cruise on Doubtful Sound! It is... Continue reading »

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    Milford Track

    Milford Sound, New Zealand | Nov 19 '06 | Reviews: 0

    We spent day before out trek packing our bags and as we were taking our day packs this was quite an operation(look at photo's to see most of stuff... Continue reading »

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    Up the East Coast !

    Dunedin, New Zealand | Nov 24 '06 | Reviews: 0

    We had to get up quite early so we could begin our big drive up the east coast to Christchurch where we wanted to sell our car. We stopped off on r... Continue reading »

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    Cambridge ??

    Christchurch, New Zealand | Nov 26 '06 | Reviews: 0

    We made it to Christchurch in the pouring rain and spent the rest of the evening making car adverts and putting them up in every Youth hostel we co... Continue reading »

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    Train Journeys

    Arthur's Pass, New Zealand | Nov 28 '06 | Reviews: 0

    Greymouth - Christchurch via Arthur's Pass

    We bought a 7 day rail pass so we could journey back to Auckland via some world f... Continue reading »

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    Cool Beaches

    Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand | Dec 06 '06 | Reviews: 0

    We caught a 12 hour train back up to Auckland, which did feel very long ! We headed out to the Coromandel Peninsula the following day and stopped f... Continue reading »

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    We made it at last . .

    Tongariro National Park, New Zealand | Dec 14 '06 | Reviews: 0

    We headed down to Tongariro National Park to have another go at the crossing. we had moved our flights back on purpose so that we could fit it in a... Continue reading »

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    Ode to Brown Sugar

    Auckland, New Zealand | Dec 18 '06 | Reviews: 0

    Sad  . . it's our last day in New Zealand. Hanuwera and her boyfriend came to meet us in the morning to take us to the airport - thanks again... Continue reading »

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