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...
by Doug and Linda Stoudt | Apr 13, 2011 | New Zealand-2011
We left the campground at 8 AM and stopped halfway to take a 30 minute walk through the rainforest to see a 125’ tall, 13’ diameter tree that was over 1800 years old. We then proceeded on towards Waitomo and stopped in Te Kuiti where we had lunch before going to our...
by Dick and Gayle Green | Apr 12, 2011 | New Zealand-2011
As the first 25 days are coming to a close it is hard to believe that we have to say good-by to New Zealand. We have seen many diverse land types from the South Pacific Ocean,to the Tasman Sea, to the Southern Alps, to snow cap mountains, to bush walks, to geotherm...
by Jim and Gisela Spires | Apr 11, 2011 | New Zealand-2011, Video
Our group had a ball sand surfing on the huge dunes at Ninety Mile Beach. We had a gorgeous, sunny day as our four wheel drive bus flew along the edge of the sparkling water of the Tasman Sea. After a BBQ lunch we drove out to the northern most point of NZ where we...
by Jim and Gisela Spires | Apr 11, 2011 | New Zealand-2011
Our Fantasy group took an all day bus trip to the farthest north point of NZ today. We rode on a four wheel drive bus that drove thru the waves of the Tasman Sea on Ninety Mile Beach. We reached speeds over 100 KPH! That’s over 60 MPH! We sand surfed and dug...
by Jim and Gisela Spires | Apr 10, 2011 | New Zealand-2011
We arrived in Auckland, returned our motor homes, and transferred to a great hotel. After getting a good rest, we headed out on a bus excursion of the city which includes a tour of the outstanding War Memorial Museum . This museum is so large and full of so many...
