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Under the rain…
06 November 2016 – 340,4km Today was a rainy day, but this is the west coast and the South Island… We start from Cape Foulwind to see the Seal Colony; just few of them, but agai, a must to see. The panorama is breathtaking, with a long sandy beach and the rocks that are popping…
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Cook strait… welcome in South Island!
03 November 2016 – 357,4km Driving around Napier is really strange, it seems to be arrived in a Charlestown movie!!! The city was completely destroyed by an earthquake and rebuild in the 30es. Worth a visit! The road between Napier and Wellington is simply gorgeous, full of vineyard and pasture… every corner should be…
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The north coast of the South Island
04 November 2016 – 398,1km I must say that this part worth at least 2 days. Picton is a little town that seems to be painted on a rock. From here you can drive the beautiful and winding Queen Charlotte Drive. A must to to and see, as this 30 km that drives you to…
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The whole “champagne” day
02 November 2016 – 290km Waiotapu is only 30 minutes drive from Rotorua, but a must to see! We arrived around 8:45, the park opened at 8:30. We waked the first loop, until the Champagne pool, the most known attraction of the reagion. Amazing, all the park is spectacular, and you must stay over…
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Coromandel peninsula
It was a long incredible winding road (358km in total), from Coromandel Town to Rotorua along the Coromandel Peminsua. We got some food at the supermarket in Coromandel Town, the a stop at the smokery to have some good salmon and a smoked 8 years old cheese and then we drove just 10 km of…
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Welcome Zinni!!!
I spent the full morning visiting the lazy town of Kerikeri. It is not a great beautiful town, but you could have a first view of New Zealand also visiting some stores, having a drink and talking with people I bought a Vodafone SIM card, really a good deal. You could have for 29NZ$, 1Gb…
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Bay of Island
The reason why I bought a fly to kerikeri is to visit the marvelous Bay of Island.I booked the “Cream Cruise” wit Fullers GreatSights from home on internet and I must say that it was really a great choice! The tour starts at 9:30 from Paiha and finish around 16:15. The cost is 127NZ$ per…
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Garden of Eden
Finally!!! I arrived in Auckland… but not my final destination today! Kerikeri, I am coming!!! Even if you need to get a domestic connection flight, you need to go through the passport control and the luggage control. I had my hiking shoes on, plenty of mud, so I declared it. They cleaned it and sanitized,…
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Almost there!
Flying with air New Zealand were good, 2,5 hours of delay apart. The service is great, great selection of movies, music, entertainment, wine and… toilets are amazing! Like to be at your place 😍 Anyhow, after so many hour sitting on a chair, 1h43 minutes from arrival and the third plane, waiting for some scrumble…
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Shanghai… airport!
And one flight is gone… it was Lufthansa flight, comfortable, the food was good, but too “Chinese” for my taste. Anyhow, now I am in Shanghai. Before getting to the transfer gate, you need to check your self at the transfer desk. They will ask you the receipt of the come back flight, print once…
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