Reading and Roaming
SOUTH ISLAND–KAKA POINT & SOUTH On Sunday, we reluctantly left the comfort and warm hospitality at Pen-y-bryn Lodge and headed south toward Kaka Point on the coast doing some of our drive on the Southern Scenic Route which mostly skirts the coastline and is winding and often up and down as well. Our first stop …
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CANTERBURY PLAINS ONWARD Leaving behind the gorgeous Banks Peninsula on Thursday, we backtracked toward Christchurch, but headed mostly south through the Canterbury Plains and then the Mackenzie Basin to our destination of Lake Tekapo. The Canterbury Plains are the flattest section of New Zealand and very green and fertile. Again, more of nature’s beauty. As …
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TRAVELING THE SOUTH ISLAND For the next week and a half, we have a rental car and will be doing more driving and sightseeing on the road. We’re also staying at a bunch of different places as we work our way farther south and then west to end up near Doubtful Sound. Today we left …
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DRIVING SOUTH TO WELLINGTON On Wednesday, we left Napier and drove south to Wellington. A distance of about 280 km and estimated to take 4 hours or so. The main routes here are practically all two-lane roads so you always have traffic coming toward you. The first hour of the trip was challenging for the …
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