Thursday, October 14, 2010

Chapter 2 - New Zealand plans


We've shrugged off the jet lag from our flight from Vancouver..(that was a bit of an odd experience).
The laundry is sorted and the plans for the New Zealand adventure is almost finalised.
We're flying out on 7th November (9.00pm) and heading for Hong Kong (arrive 5.00pm Monday 8th). Think we might be sleeping through til Tuesday morning.
2 nights in Hong Kong, then flight out to Auckland on Wed 10th and arrive Thursday 11th @ 11am... here's a brief overview of the trip in NZ.

Thur 11th - drive to Paihai (north) - 3 nights
Sun 14th - drive to Clevedon - meet with Jane & Bob E.
Mon 15th - to Hahei - 2 nights
Wed 17th - stay at Rotorua - 2 nights
Fri 19th - Turangi - 1 night
Sat 20th - drive to Stratford - 2 nights
Mon 22nd - Waipukurau - 2 nights
Wed 24th - drive to Wellington -1 night
Thur 25th - ferry to South Island (Picton) drive to Motueka
Fri 26th - drive to Te Miko (north west coast) - 2 nights
Sun 28th - drive south to Franz Joseph motel - 2 nights (helicopter trip booked)
Tues 30th - Kingston Tranquility Lodge! (sounds nice) - 2 nights
Thur 2 Dec - Te Anau - Kingsgate Hotel - 2 nights
Sat 4th Dec - Precipice Creek, Glenorchy - 2 nights
Mon 6th - drive to Queenstown airport - fly to Auckland - 2 nights
Wed 8th - fly to San Francisco - 3 nights
Sat 11th Dec - 17.50 flight back to Heathrow, arrive back Sunday lunchtime 12.30pm

phewwwww...
stay tuned for further reports!!

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