It is well known that the Cardrona Pub is a great stopping point on the road between Wanaka and Queenstown but have never actually been there. As such, our goal for the day was to head over the Crown Range road as it’s called, stop at the Cardrona Pub for …
Woke to rain, cold and yucky looking weather this morning. Thank goodness for a great day yesterday! Not a cloud in the sky, not a breath of wind, how many times can we say the words “this is magnificent”. Lakes Hawea and Wanaka and the Haast Pass are beautiful on …
It’s been a big weekend here, arrived in Auckland on Wednesday night and had the night there to ourselves before driving down to New Plymouth on Thursday. It was a ‘hot’ day then, 30 in New Plymouth so the kiwis were all dying of heat stress! Very dry driving down …
A catch up weekend with ‘the crew’ for Arthur’s birthday weekend which we have missed along the way. Pat was also a part of this to celebrate his 70th birthday. We all stayed in cabins at the Soldieres Point Caravan Park right on the lakeside. Had a barbeque dinner with …
Another walk to the foreshore, the USS Intrepid Museum is a World War 2 Aircraft Carrier and now permently on display on the Hudson River in New York. It, like many other aircraft carriers I guess, is a huge vessel and as part of the display, holds numerous aircraft on …
Our Panama Canal cruise has finally come to an end – a wonderful 17 day cruise on board Holland America Cruise ship “The Veendam”. The ship carried 1200 guests mostly from Canada, Australia and the USA, and 500 crew mostly from the Philippines. The crew themselves are wonderful people and …
A 2 day cruise from our last stop at Peurto Vallarta to arrive early morning in San Diego. Loved San Diego – 2 full days here along the harbour front – an absolutely idyllic area for cyclists, walkers, day strollers, cafes, shops etc – loved it. Didn’t venture much further …
A full day onshore here, Kemm had booked a tour for Tequila tasting and food at ‘wherever’, I had opted to do my own thing so took my time getting organised and eventually made my way ashore about 10.30am. Found a couple of older ladies who were seated and waiting …
Had a day out in Costa Rica yesterday. You tend to know the place name ‘Costa Rica’, and that it’s ‘somewhere over there . . .however a visit to the actual country and a bus tour where there is a tour guide to tell you all about the history of …
