Day 4, September 29 We had all morning with nothing planned, so we took the bull by the horns and went for a walk, even crossing streets on our own. I cannot emphasize how heavy and chaotic the traffic is, … Continue reading →
Day 3, September 28 Today we had our wet market tour and our cooking lesson at Rose’s Kitchen. To say it was raining is an understatement. It came down in sheets. We are getting our money’s worth out of our … Continue reading →
Day 2, Sept. 27 After a good night’s sleep, we set off this morning with Huy, our tour guide for the street food tour we had arranged. There was another family of four from California with us, so it was … Continue reading →
Day 1, Sept. 26 A year and several months ago, Alan brought me home covid from his music camp stay. In return, for his 75th birthday, I gave him a trip to Vietnam and Cambodia. Here we are, finally in … Continue reading →
Finally, we are getting to do the last entry of our Australia-New Zealand trip. We have been home a month so hopefully, we can remember the last few days. After we left Auckland, New Zealand we had three sea days … Continue reading →
Auckland is New Zealand’s largest city and is as big as you would think it would be. Luckily, we decided to take an excursion that took us out to the countryside. There were only nine people plus the driver and … Continue reading →
Tauranga is one of the fastest growing cities in New Zealand. It was very crowded on a Tuesday summer day. We drove directly out of town and onto the expressway, eventually getting into the mountains and to a huge lake … Continue reading →
Napier was the site of a major earthquake (7.8) on February 3, 1931 which destroyed the entire city. The seabed raised up to 8 feet yielding an additional 4000 hectares of land for the city. The city took that opportunity … Continue reading →
Another beautiful day in New Zealand. The weather has been amazing. Deep blue skies, moderate temperatures, winds not bad. Wellington is known as one of the windiest cities in the World, and we had very calm winds, if any at … Continue reading →
We docked on Friday in Port Chalmers which is used as the port for Dunedin. We decided not to go into Dunedin, but to instead, take a boat tour of the wildlife in the harbor on a small boat called … Continue reading →
