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Day 15: Ashburton to Fairlie

At last, we leave the horrible Highway 1 and head into the foothills of the alps, through the pretty town of Geraldine and on to Fairlie. Claud and I contemplate the hills ahead. There are some pretty testing climbs and, combined with headwinds, they make for tough cycling into and out of...

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John and Claud on February 3, 2007 from Fairlie, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Cape Reinga to Bluff

Day 16: Fairlie to Twizel

"In the heat of summer, the high altitude, sun-baked MacKenzie Basin can make for harsh cycling. Even the cans by the roadside are roasted back to bare aluminium." I decide to plug Claud's ears with a spare pair of socks, so that he cannot hear me read this particular passage from the guidebook,...

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John and Claud on February 3, 2007 from Fairlie, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Cape Reinga to Bluff

Day 17: Twizel to Cromwell

Palaentologists assert that triceratops had two brains: one in its head and one lower down, which controlled its huge and powerful back legs. Well, I think perhaps I am developing similar separate and rudimentary ganglia of synapses (that's ganglia, not danglia, ladies!), which control my back...

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John and Claud on February 3, 2007 from Tarras, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Cape Reinga to Bluff

New Zealand part 2

Milford Sound Milford Sound is a fjord- despite the name- which has steep Glacier carved cliffs plummeting into a deep harbour. It is surrounded by rainforest, and is in an area where rainful is measured in metres rather than milimetres. Luckily for us we got one of the few days in a year...

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tevans1 on February 3, 2007 from Rotorua, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Tom's Travels 2007

Day 18: Cromwell to Queenstown

My shortest distance on this trip - a nice little cycle over from Cromwell to Queenstown. Very pretty ride through the Kawarau River gorge, where I visit the world's first commercial bungy-jumping site, founded by AJ Hackett, who gained his initial fame by bungy jumping from the Eiffel Tower. I...

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John and Claud on February 3, 2007 from Frankton, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Cape Reinga to Bluff

Not long now

Only one sleep to go, if we haven't packed it now we have to buy it!, I'm sure it be cheaper in India anyway. Thanks for all your good wishes and speak to you on the other side!

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megankevin on February 2, 2007 from Wellington, New Zealand

from the travel blog: India

Day 14: Waipara to Ashburton

"Well, this is the junction with Manchester Street, Claud, so do we turn right here?" Claud shakes his head. "Oh, so we turn left?" Claud shakes his head even more vigorously. "OK, so it is straight on, then?" Claud shakes his head madly and begins nodding his head, too, in the most alarming...

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John and Claud on January 31, 2007 from Rakaia, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Cape Reinga to Bluff

Day 13: Kaikoura to Waipara

The pretty young blonde girl turns her head towards me and, from her pillow, murmurs, sleepily: "Good morning - did you sleep well?" OK, I had better explain and recap last night..... You see, the Chinese (or Korean?) manager of the Lazy Shag backpackers, who is a bit of a joker, put me...

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John and Claud on January 30, 2007 from Waipara, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Cape Reinga to Bluff

Day 6: Pukakohe to Putaruru

"You can go up the hill and through Bombay, or you could just join the Expressway here!", said the lady at the BP garage. "Bombay is a nice little place that........". But her words tailed off, as she realised that the strange English cyclist had already gone, his chubby little white legs...

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John and Claud on January 28, 2007 from Hamilton, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Cape Reinga to Bluff

Day 7: Putaruru to Taupo

The saddle sores start bleeding again after an hour or so. The worst of this is not the pain of riding on bleeding sores, so much as the anticipation of taking the shorts off at the end of the day, by which time the inner seams will have embedded themselves in, and slightly fused with, the...

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John and Claud on January 28, 2007 from Taupo, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Cape Reinga to Bluff

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