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- Dag 2
- zondag 9 maart 2025 om 17:40
- ☁️ 27 °C
- Hoogte: 14 m
SingaporeMount Sophia1°18’3” N 103°50’33” E
Singapore - Arrival day!
9 maart, Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
We made it to Singapore! Pretty good 13 hour flight, lucky enough to have 3 seats to ourselves so managed 5 hours sleep🙌
After dropping our luggage we walked to the famous Raffles Hotel for aMeer informatie
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- Dag 3
- maandag 10 maart 2025 om 09:00
- ☁️ 27 °C
- Hoogte: 34 m
- SingaporeSingapore Botanic Gardens1°18’42” N 103°48’53” E
Singapore Day 1 - Coach Tour
10 maart, Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Very busy first day, we went to the National Orchid Garden, Little India, the Sky Park level 56 of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel - incredible views, including Ian’s favourite the F1 circuit 😆 WeMeer informatie
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- Dag 3
- maandag 10 maart 2025 om 16:55
- ☁️ 30 °C
- Hoogte: 22 m
- SingaporeMarina South City Park1°16’50” N 103°51’50” E
Singapore Day 1 -Gardens by the Bay
10 maart, Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
After a rest at the hotel we ventured on the public bus to Marina Bay to go to the flower dome & cloud forest, Ian was happy because a Canadian man on the bus noticed his Forest T-shirt & got talkingMeer informatie
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- Dag 4
- dinsdag 11 maart 2025 om 11:00
- ☁️ 29 °C
- Hoogte: 29 m
- SingaporeCentral Lagoon1°15’8” N 103°49’25” E
Singapore Day 2 - Sentosa Island
11 maart, Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Amazing day at Sentosa, we braved the MRT underground train - very easy, then took the monorail across to Sentosa. We went on a 2 hour bus tour of the island, then stopped a while at Siloso BeachMeer informatie
ReizigerIt’s a sound sculpture - you’re supposed to enjoy the sound of the water cascading - although it was turned off for maintenance today 😆😆😆
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- Dag 4
- dinsdag 11 maart 2025 om 15:00
- ☁️ 31 °C
- Hoogte: 29 m
- SingaporeCentral Lagoon1°15’8” N 103°49’25” E
Singapore Day 2 - Sentosa Cable car ride
11 maart, Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Fantastic cable car systems, we took one circular cable car which went across the beaches at Sentosa, then another which went across to Singapore harbour front then onto Mount Fabor, brilliant way toMeer informatie
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- Dag 5
- woensdag 12 maart 2025 om 15:30
- ☁️ 28 °C
- Hoogte: 38 m
- SingaporeFort Canning Park1°17’43” N 103°50’38” E
Singapore Day 3 Fort Cannings Park
12 maart, Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
We had a few hours to kill before our flight to Christchurch New Zealand, so decided to visit a beautiful park near to our hotel, Fort Cannings, Singapore’s 1st botanical garden, very hot and humid,Meer informatie
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- Dag 6
- donderdag 13 maart 2025 om 11:40
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Hoogte: 20 m
Nieuw-ZeelandCathedral Square43°31’36” S 172°38’8” E
New Zealand - Christchurch - Day 4
13 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Arrived in this beautiful place after a 10 hour restless flight! Went for a bus tour around Christchurch, the largest city in the South Island with a 400k population.
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- Dag 7
- vrijdag 14 maart 2025 om 17:00
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Hoogte: 20 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandDunedin45°52’41” S 170°30’3” E
New Zealand Day 5 - Christchurch to Dune
14 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Coach day today, fabulous weather & views as we followed the coastal roads & railway line to Dunedin. We stopped at Geraldine mid morning for a coffee break, a small town en route to Oamaru for lunch,Meer informatie
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- Dag 8
- zaterdag 15 maart 2025 om 08:00
- ☀️ 13 °C
- Hoogte: 7 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandDunedin45°52’18” S 170°30’18” E
New Zealand Day 5 & 6 Dunedin
15 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Burns Scottish night last night, great fun and we both tried haggis for the first time, which was surprisingly tasty!
Today we went to the Farmer’s market which was interesting, Dunedin trainMeer informatie
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- Dag 9
- zondag 16 maart 2025 om 12:15
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Hoogte: 208 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandTe Anau45°25’6” S 167°42’51” E
Te Anau
16 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Travelled to Te Anau today, a lovely coach ride through misty mountains, fog & sunshine. We had a coffee stop at Gore ( pronounced Gorrrrre!) en route.
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- Dag 10
- maandag 17 maart 2025 om 11:00
- 🌧 15 °C
- Hoogte: 294 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandFresh Water Basin44°40’18” S 167°55’34” E
Milford Sound
17 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
The 8th wonder of the world! We were pretty worried about today, the weather forecast was awful, 20cm of rain forecast for Milford Sound, the driver said not to worry as some of the best waterfallsMeer informatie
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- Dag 10
- maandag 17 maart 2025 om 19:00
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Hoogte: 327 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandPeninsula Hill45°1’51” S 168°39’38” E
Queenstown
17 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
We took the gondola ride in Queenstown up to to the restaurant at the top for a wonderful meal with a view across Lake Wakatipu 🥰 A perfect ending to today, even topped off with rain for the 20Meer informatie
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- Dag 11
- dinsdag 18 maart 2025 om 08:15
- 🌧 6 °C
- Hoogte: 950 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandJones Flat44°52’44” S 168°37’34” E
Queenstown Skippers Canyon 4x4 safari
18 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
4 hour 4x4 experience today, what an adventure! We went deep into Skippers canyon, steep drops by the roadside, windy roads, bumpy roads, hairpin bends, amazing views. The pine trees have been takingMeer informatie
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- Dag 11
- dinsdag 18 maart 2025 om 17:45
- ☀️ 8 °C
- Hoogte: 315 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandBeach Bay45°6’41” S 168°32’33” E
TSS Earnslaw Wakatipu Lake
18 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Brilliant evening, we took the TSS Earnslaw boat across Wakatipu lake to Walter’s Peak farm. TSS Earnslaw was built in 1912, it is the only coal fired steam ship in operation in the southernMeer informatie
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- Dag 12
- woensdag 19 maart 2025 om 08:30
- ☀️ 7 °C
- Hoogte: 201 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandCromwell45°2’18” S 169°11’54” E
Queenstown to Mount Cook part 1
19 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
Today has been a dream of a day! The weather perfect, the scenery breathtaking, beyond our wildest dreams!!
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- Dag 12
- woensdag 19 maart 2025 om 16:30
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Hoogte: 761 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandRed Tarns43°43’58” S 170°5’39” E
Queenstown to Mount Cook Part 2
19 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
I felt particularly emotional on this leg of the journey, scenery has never moved me so much as Lake Pukaki and on to Mount Cook. The colours were stunningly beautiful, the scenes took my breath awayMeer informatie
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- woensdag 19 maart 2025 om 19:45
- ☀️ 10 °C
- Hoogte: 761 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandRed Tarns43°43’58” S 170°5’39” E
Mount Cook evening
19 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Lovely view from the lift and the restaurant tonight! The bus driver said that if we were very lucky we would see Mount Cook glow pink at sunset for a couple of minutes, apparently very few visitorsMeer informatie
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- Dag 13
- donderdag 20 maart 2025 om 16:30
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Hoogte: 709 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandMackenzie District43°54’28” S 170°31’19” E
Mount Cook back to Christchurch
20 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Long day across the scenic route back to Christchurch today. The weather clouded over as we travelled back past Lake Pukaki, how different it looked from yesterday, we realised just how lucky we hadMeer informatie
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- Dag 14
- vrijdag 21 maart 2025 om 18:15
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Hoogte: 12 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandLambton Harbour41°16’44” S 174°46’50” E
Christchurch to Wellington -North Island
21 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Today we left Christchurch in the South Island, an early start, we left at 6.45am for the long coach journey (with stops) to Picton to catch the 2.15pm ferry across to Wellington in the North Island.Meer informatie
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- Dag 15
- zaterdag 22 maart 2025 om 08:00
- 🌬 15 °C
- Hoogte: 25 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandLambton Harbour41°16’50” S 174°46’45” E
Windy Wellington!
22 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
The southern most capital city in the world, named after the Duke of Wellington, known as windy Wellington, it certainly lived up to its name today!!
We had a bus tour around the city, including theMeer informatie
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- zondag 23 maart 2025 om 16:30
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Hoogte: 280 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandRocky Point38°8’6” S 176°15’20” E
Wellington to Rotorua
23 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Long coach day to Rotorua, we stopped at Bulls for coffee, then on to the volcanic part of the North Island with stops at Lake Taupo - host to New Zealand’s Ironman & Huka Falls, both beautifulMeer informatie
ReizigerThanks Paul, we haven’t enjoyed the smell at times, however it is a fascinating place. As Prince Charles apparently said when he visited years ago ‘at least you can fart and no one knows!’ 😆😆
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- maandag 24 maart 2025 om 08:00
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Hoogte: 280 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandRocky Point38°8’6” S 176°15’20” E
Rotorua
24 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
A jam packed day! This morning we went to the Agrodome for a farm show, involving 19 different breeds of sheep, 3 dogs, 3 ducks & a cow!!! Fantastic show, we thoroughly enjoyed it, the finale is inMeer informatie
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- Dag 18
- dinsdag 25 maart 2025 om 17:00
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Hoogte: 37 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandAuckland36°51’11” S 174°45’39” E
Rotorua to Auckland
25 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Coach day today, we went to the Waitomo limestone caves to see the glow worms glow, it was brilliant 🤩 A couple of stops en route then we arrived at Auckland, to sunshine at 26 degrees, perfectMeer informatie
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- woensdag 26 maart 2025 om 08:00
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Hoogte: 48 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandUniversity of Auckland36°51’15” S 174°45’47” E
Auckland
26 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
We did a bus tour round Auckland this morning, then stopped for lunch before going on a 4.5 hour whale and dolphin watching tour. Unfortunately no whales today, but we did see some blue penguins whichMeer informatie
ReizigerThank you 🙏🏻 It really was magical ❤️ we have only ever seen dolphins in the distance, so to see so many and up so close was something really special 🥰
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- donderdag 27 maart 2025 om 16:30
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Hoogte: 4 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandTaylor Island35°16’53” S 174°5’31” E
Auckland to Paihia Bay of Islands
27 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Another coach day today to our furthest north destination Paihia. En route we stopped at Parry Kauri Park to look at the many different trees and some interesting artefacts, then we went to the KauriMeer informatie
ReizigerThe Bay of Islands is a magical place. Are you doing the Hole in the Rock and Waitangi? Both great places.
£57 😂😂😂 [Phil]
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