Ems and I began the day with a drive to Rotrua’s Skyline. We had seen a leaflet for it and both really wanted to go on the Luge’s. Taking a gondola up to the viewing platform we walked around a little bit and took some photos of the lovely views from up high. We didContinueContinue reading “Ems and Bex on Tour: Rotorua”
Yearly Archives: 2014
Ems and Bex on Tour: Rotorua Lake & Museum
Last night we set an alarm so that we’d wake up/get up well before the checkout time of 10 am (well at least that what we guessed the checkout time was). I set it for 8.30 am…and even though the alarm went off and we got up around that time I still wasn’t really ready at 10.00ContinueContinue reading “Ems and Bex on Tour: Rotorua Lake & Museum”
Ems and Bex on Tour: Beachy Times in the sunshine
Ems and I took a break from the tourist sightseeing and chilled on the beach for a few days. It was bright sunshine for the whole time and very hot indeed. Perfect for a beachy few days. Mt. Maunganui We arrived at our hostel within two hours of leaving Matamata and were soon in ourContinueContinue reading “Ems and Bex on Tour: Beachy Times in the sunshine”
Ems and Bex on Tour: Auckland
Today me and Ems made like grannies and took a bus tour around Auckland. It was $40.00 for the whole day and you can ‘hop-on-hop-off’ as much as you like within that day. The busses stop at 14 important places within the city and you get a commentary as you are driven round. Most of theContinueContinue reading “Ems and Bex on Tour: Auckland”
Ems and Bex on Tour: Hobbiton
Today we visited Hobbiton and it was very fun. Ems and I were like small children and we learnt a lot about ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy. Today we begun by checking out of the Nomads: Fat Camel and picking up our rental beast! I booked a ‘Road-Trip Special’, which means that we getContinueContinue reading “Ems and Bex on Tour: Hobbiton”
Ems and Bex on Tour: Auckland Sky Tower
Today we had a lay in and it was lovely. After a few days of early mornings and long days of travelling it is nice to finally relax and just have a chill. We decided to go and see the Sky Tower today and it really did have epic views. Following the Sky Tower weContinueContinue reading “Ems and Bex on Tour: Auckland Sky Tower”
Ems and Bex on Tour: Auckland Zoo & Waterfront
After getting up early to move the Big Rig, we went in search of breakfast before heading to the outskirts of the city and the Zoo. It was all very easy to work with apart from a horrendous set of traffic lights which we sat at for ages before deciding that we’d find another wayContinueContinue reading “Ems and Bex on Tour: Auckland Zoo & Waterfront”
Ems and Bex on Tour: Wellington – Auckland
Ems and I began the day early, at 7 am, as we had to go and get our hire car. You can hire a car from various car rental companies through a ‘Relocation Deal’ and it doesn’t cost you anything other than the fuel…Epic, I know. We walked to the office wondering which vehicle we’dContinueContinue reading “Ems and Bex on Tour: Wellington – Auckland”
Ems and Bex on Tour: Ems has arrived!
After a tense 27 hours following her progress on the online flight tracking sites, we are pleased to announce that Emma Goodwin has arrived in New Zealand, via Dubai and Sydney, in one whole piece! I spent the morning running errands and clearing my room so that Ems is accommodated. Therefore, the morning flew byContinueContinue reading “Ems and Bex on Tour: Ems has arrived!”
Tongariro Alpine Crossing
Since being in New Zealand and reading about all of the trekking opportunities there were here, the Tongariro Alpine Crossing seemed like a good idea. It was long and tiring (i have managed to strain my knee a little bit) but it was nothing on the Himalayas! It was most definitely and totally worth it in theContinueContinue reading “Tongariro Alpine Crossing”
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