Category: Travel

The last part of our journey with Villa involved a lot of waiting. We had accepted an offer, but these[…]

We got back from our trip to the south island, and still had a couple of days to kill before[…]

Our ferry back to the mainland was scheduled for 11am, so we had plenty of time to catch breakfast in[…]

We woke up in Redwood Valley, and spent an hour enjoying the view. Captain was fascinated by all the bird[…]

We left Franz Josef driving north along the coast, and passed through the towns of Hari Hari and Ross. It[…]

On our last morning in Queenstown, the clouds finally cleared over the mountains to see us off. We drove north,[…]

After two days of cancellations, we woke up crossing our fingers really hard, and called in to check on the[…]

After a short walk and an abortive attempt to climb a tree, we piled back into the car and drove[…]

We drove south from Christchurch with a sulky cat, who really didn’t want to be driving again. Even the giant[…]

We checked into our B&B on the late side. Our hostess seemed surprised that we had brought Captain, despite being[…]