Day 1 (1) After a second night of sleeping on a plane, I was glad to finally arrive. I found a SIM card for my phone and hopped a shuttle to my hotel in Potts Point. Thankfully they had a room ready for me, even though it was only 10am. My goal for the day …
LAX, why do you keep making me hate you? 1 hour after scheduled departure time and we’re sitting at the gate having the hydrolics on the plane looked at. And there is a screaming alien baby in the row immediately in front of us.
Once we arrived in Dunedin, we found our hotel – a place called Hogwartz Bacpackers. We got there earlier than planned so took a tour of the Cadburry chocolate factory and Speight’s – one of the bigger beer brewers in NZ. We added on dinner at the Speight’s Ale House after which was quite tasty.The …
Just made it back from overnight cruise to Doubtful Sound. It was amazing – had to be highlight of the trip. Now off to Queenstown for the last few days before flying home.
———- Forwarded message ———- From: Chris Lewis Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:29:33 -0700 Subject: Seals, Llamas and Sounds To: [email protected] Upon arrival in Wellington, we immediately hopped on the ferry to head to the South Island. The sun was starting to set as we left so we had some great views of the coast …
In case anyone wants more details than “I asked, she said yes” (But really, do you need to get any more detailed than that? Just sayin…), Cressie has posted a more in-depth account you can read here: http://chrisandcress.com/post/1319042260/my-precious-the-details
“Yay! so excited! he did such a good job! more details to come later but here are a few pics. Woot!” – Cressie Oh, and she said yes, in case you were womdering See and download the full gallery on posterous
Just wanted to let everyone know Cressie and I got engaged yesterday. Details and pictures to come once we have a decent Internet connection!
Our first full day in New Zealand was quite a busy one. A bus picked us up at 8:30am and we headed on a Hobbiton tour, which was a tour on the actual set of The Shire from Lord of the Rings. It was pretty interesting and the actual farm on which the set was …
It only took 28 hours on a plane to get here, but we’ve arrived! We ended up with a lot more time before our first bus than expected, so we decided to take a last minute harbor tour of Auckland. It was interesting, and we both stepped foot on our first volcano. After that, we …