Day 1,123: The Sea Princess
Sat 28.01.12: So let’s go. The ship leaves today for Australia in a roundabout kinda way. Why the hell am I going back to Australia? I hear you cry. Simple…
Days 1,120-1,122: All Good Things
Wed 25.01.12 - Fri 27.01.12: Mand was supposed to be joining me on my FREE cruise back to Australia, but she couldn’t get the time off work (I would have…
Day 1,119: Architecture’s Last Hurrah
Tue 24.01.12: Up early and it was ta-ta Wellington (I’d be returning next week sans Mandy) and yey off to Napier! Napier is a seaside town on the east coast…
Day 1,118: Fly, You Fools!
Mon 23.01.12: Got up nice and early in order to move the car off the street before the Monday morning Wellington parking regs kicked in only to find out that…
Days 1,115-1,117: High Tea in Mordor
Fri 20.01.12 – Sun 22.01.12: Lake Taupo is one of those must-see sights in New Zealand, and it’s not hard to see why. Situated slap bang in the middle of…
Day 1,114: Gushing Meadows
Thu 19.01.12: So then, Rotorua, I’ve missed you for a decade, but you’re still not smelling no sweeter. You see, New Zealand is SLAP BANG on top of one of…
Day 1,113: In A Hole In The Ground There Lived A Hobbit
Wed 18.01.12: And so it came to pass that Graham and Mandy picked up a hire car (it’s a legal move so long as I return to Auckland!) and headed…
Days 1,111-1,112: The Mandster Cometh
Mon 16.01.12 – Tue 17.01.12: Mandy, my long suffering girlfriend, had arranged to fly over and meet me in Auckland around 4pm today. By that time I had just about…
Days 1,107-1,110: Towards The Long White Cloud
Thu 12.01.12 – Sun 15.01.12: The ship was due to leave Tonga at midday, so I made good use of the morning looking for some internets that would allow me…
Days 1,105-1,106: The Friendly Islands
Mon 09.01.12 - Wed 11.01.12: After quite literally skipping Tuesday, we arrived in the port of Nuku’alofa in the Island Nation of Tonga two days after Sunday... on Wednesday. In…