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Ice cubes

One of the problems with NZ being a fairly large, mountainous country with not many people is that public transport doesn't run especially frequently. So even though it's only quite a short distance as the crow flies, it's taken me two days to get from Te Anau to Franz Josef, via Queenstown. The...

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phileasdogg on December 5, 2008 from Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs

Inclement weather

Te Anau is a sleepy little town on the shore of Lake Te Anau, with a permanent population of just 2500. But that more than doubles during high tourist season, because it's the entry point to Fiordland, home of the Milford Track and Milford Sound. Milford Sounds is one of a number of fiords along...

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phileasdogg on December 3, 2008 from Te Anau, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs

Practically A Local

So my visa extension was approved and now I'm legally allowed to reside in the Southern Hemisphere until April 2010. Yay an things. However this may have some severe implications for my hair, more specifically the back of it. Whilst mullets were outlawed in 1994 in most parts of the world, in...

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Koala Bear on December 3, 2008 from Auckland, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

KP

Queenstown is a beautiful town, on the shore of Lake Wakatipu and surrounded on all sides by towering mountains. And it was made even better by the arrival on Friday of my old mate from the Rose of the Shires, now resident in Auckland, Keith Potter. In spite of hearing from a lot of people that...

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phileasdogg on December 1, 2008 from Queenstown, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs

Christchurch

We're off!! Wee hee.... Thanks Nana and PopaDon for dropping us at the airport! The trip started very well for Mum - the spunky lead singer from Opshop let her push in front of him and the band! That put a smile on her dial. My first ever flight went really well. I actually don't...

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megankevin on November 29, 2008 from Christchurch, New Zealand

from the travel blog: London

Day 1

ARRIVE IN Auckland. arrived at around 3pm NZ time. spent a long time checking in. skycity grand hotel! and this was the first time we were booking two rooms instead of one! since they didnt allow all 4 of us to squeeze in a room. but they were connecting rooms, of course.

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xecheryl on November 29, 2008 from Auckland, New Zealand

from the travel blog: New Zealand

On Flight

DEPART FROM SINGAPORE! boarded the plane at around 9.30pm. stupid flight was delayed! rah. haha. sherlyn and i were so desperate to start watching those movies and arrive in nz like pandas! anw. so i watched oxford murders, prince caspian, half of kungfu panda (it made me fall aslp) and half of...

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xecheryl on November 28, 2008 from Auckland, New Zealand

from the travel blog: New Zealand

Solitude

Had a very pleasant 2-day journey between Dunedin and Queenstown. On Wednesday morning I took the Taieri Gorge railway from Dunedin to Middlemarch. It's one of the world's most scenic train rides and was indeed quite beautiful. And then I picked up my mountain bike and took to the Otago Rail...

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phileasdogg on November 27, 2008 from Queenstown, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs

Onwards...

So I caught the bus down to Dunedin today and had half a day there. Which was about a quarter of a day more than I needed. Admittedly it just rained for the whole time I was there which didn't improve my image of the town. But even with good weather it would still be a bit of a dreary provincial...

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phileasdogg on November 25, 2008 from Dunedin, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs

Defective aircraft

What a sodding journey that was. Let me take you through it... Friday 10am - leave hotel in Penang 1pm - flight to Singapore 3pm - arrive Singapore 8pm - flight to Sydney Saturday 6am - arrive Sydney, for 9am flight to Christchurch (so far, so good) 9am - announcement that there's a...

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phileasdogg on November 22, 2008 from Christchurch, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs

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