by Doug and Linda Stoudt | Apr 21, 2011 | New Zealand-2011
April 20, 2011 – Trip briefing at 8AM –short drive with many places to see along the way. First stop was Arrowtown with a restoration of a Chinese settlement where Chinese gold miners struggled to eke out a living in the mid-1800s. The ladies had ample time to shop...
by Doug and Linda Stoudt | Apr 19, 2011 | New Zealand-2011
Left Franz Joseph at 8:30 AM towards Westport with many nice views driving and walking through the rainforest and along the ocean. We stopped at Bushmans Centre Café and took some pictures of animals and were amused by his posters. The guy had quite a sense of...
by Doug and Linda Stoudt | Apr 15, 2011 | New Zealand-2011
We left CG at 7:45am to arrive at River Boat Cruise by 8:20 – very nice ride up Huka River. Our guide, Dave, was very knowledgeable about the wildlife, geothermal power plant, history and vegetation along the river. Got back to the dam just in time to see them open...
by Doug and Linda Stoudt | Apr 15, 2011 | New Zealand-2011
We left a very wet Napier campground shortly after our 8 AM trip briefing for a short drive to Lake Taupo. We stopped at Waipunga Fall, about halfway, where we were greeted with blue sky and a very picturesque waterfall. Rather than going directly to our RV Park when...
by Doug and Linda Stoudt | Apr 14, 2011 | New Zealand-2011
Before getting on bus at 7:40 AM, our wagonmaster Jim announced Linda’s birthday and gave her a card – almost every day on this trip we were celebrating someone’s birthday. WOW what a way to spend a birthday… on a trip of a life time! Today, we first visited...
