January, 2020 - Fabulous Travels

Antipodes 2020 day 23 – At sea 4

Ordinarily this last day would be a slow news day, but of course it’s anything but as we (as a country) jump […]

Our sea days always start with breakfast in the Pinnacle. There’s just not enough time on port-days to enjoy the experience so […]

We’re parked up in the Bay of Islands. This is an important place in history as the Treaty Grounds overlook this beautiful […]

It’s quite funny that we’re moored right against the Hilton Hotel on pier 1 – when we arrived in NZ for the […]

We got sunstroke the first time. Straight off the red-eye from LA we arrived at the Hilton, coincidentally not even a stone’s […]

OK, it helps having the right kind of friends! However everything described today could be done by hiring a car or a car and […]

Out of the ashes, a Phoenix has risen. Not literally ashes in this case, but volcanic nevertheless. In 1931 an horrendous earthquake […]

Last time we we were in Wellington we were underwhelmed, possibly because the weather wasn’t so good, and possibly because the previous […]

Akaroa is an unknown destination, in the “olden days” ships for Christchurch sailed into Lyttelton which is just over the nearest mountain, […]

“Road’s closed for pedestrians” the workman said, “not possible to pass and no alternative.” We’re on mile 12 of a one-way walk […]