Posts under ‘New Zealand’

More details later, but put Rotorua on your “places to go before I die” list. This was by far my favorite day so far.
We saw a working sheep farm where they also grow feijoa (my new favorite fruit) and kiwifruit and olives. They’ve also got alpaca and llama and cattle and a few pigs. [...]

I’ll post details that I’ve written later when I can get Internet access on my laptop. I just wanted to let you all know that we’re having a fantastic time here and have absolutely fallen in love with the area and the people. We toured a Maori village yesterday and then saw the boys perform [...]

Let me just say this right off the bat: The people here are just so nice and helpful.
We drove straight to Rotorua without stopping. I was just a bit focused on the driving to try to figure out how to get to the Waitomo Caves. Maybe we’ll hit that the next trip to New Zealand.
Mom’s [...]

Just a short update as I’m on an Internet cafe sort of thing and have limited time. I’ll post the update I wrote yesterday later in the week.
Driving on the other side of the road and the car, one has to ignore *every* instinct one has and do exactly the opposite. I got us to [...]

Written on and regarding Saturday, June 16, 2007; posted June 18, 2007 @ 5:06 PM
We completely slept in this morning. We were in bed by 8:00 last night and asleep by about 8:30. Both of us woke up at about 4:00 in the morning. I stayed awake for quite a long time before falling back [...]