Singapore - Arrival day!
9. März 2025 in Singapur ⋅ ☁️ 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 aWeiterlesen
Singapore Day 1 - Coach Tour
10. März 2025 in Singapur ⋅ ☁️ 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 😆 WeWeiterlesen
Singapore Day 1 -Gardens by the Bay
10. März 2025 in Singapur ⋅ ☁️ 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 talkingWeiterlesen
Singapore Day 2 - Sentosa Island
11. März 2025 in Singapur ⋅ ☁️ 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 BeachWeiterlesen
ReisenderIt’s a sound sculpture - you’re supposed to enjoy the sound of the water cascading - although it was turned off for maintenance today 😆😆😆
Singapore Day 2 - Sentosa Cable car ride
11. März 2025 in Singapur ⋅ ☁️ 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 toWeiterlesen
ReisenderThe cable car ride was, the picture was of a zip wire ride, we didn’t have time for that!!
Singapore Day 3 Fort Cannings Park
12. März 2025 in Singapur ⋅ ☁️ 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,Weiterlesen
ReisenderLooking good. Hope you're finding the NZ climate more palatable. Singapore is really quite hot!
New Zealand - Christchurch - Day 4
13. März 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☀️ 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.
Most of the central city isWeiterlesen
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Congratulations! Spotting a Penguin and putting it in Penguins 🤗. We saw this but didn’t take a pic!
New Zealand Day 5 - Christchurch to Dune
14. März 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☀️ 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,Weiterlesen
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Seem to be more of them in NZ than at home. And they congregate!
New Zealand Day 5 & 6 Dunedin
15. März 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 trainWeiterlesen
Te Anau
16. März 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☁️ 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.
Te Anau is a stunning lake location on the wayWeiterlesen
Milford Sound
17. März 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ 🌧 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 waterfallsWeiterlesen
Queenstown
17. März 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☁️ 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 20Weiterlesen
Queenstown Skippers Canyon 4x4 safari
18. März 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ 🌧 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 takingWeiterlesen
TSS Earnslaw Wakatipu Lake
18. März 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 southernWeiterlesen
ReisenderDon't you just love NZ? Great photos again. Glad you had a sheepdog demo - so did we!
Queenstown to Mount Cook part 1
19. März 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
Today has been a dream of a day! The weather perfect, the scenery breathtaking, beyond our wildest dreams!!
We left Queenstown, stopped for coffee at Arrowtown, then on to the Kinross winery forWeiterlesen
Queenstown to Mount Cook Part 2
19. März 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 awayWeiterlesen
ReisenderSome amazing scenery. The photos are excellent, but I bet the reality is much more impressive.
Mount Cook evening
19. März 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 visitorsWeiterlesen
Mount Cook back to Christchurch
20. März 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 hadWeiterlesen
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SHEEP! 😄. They've declined in numbers but they are still there 👍
Christchurch to Wellington -North Island
21. März 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☀️ 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.Weiterlesen
Windy Wellington!
22. März 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ 🌬 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 theWeiterlesen
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Looks like the Basin Reserve cricket ground you've captured there 😄
Wellington to Rotorua
23. März 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☁️ 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 beautifulWeiterlesen
Rotorua
24. März 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☁️ 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 inWeiterlesen
Rotorua to Auckland
25. März 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☁️ 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, perfectWeiterlesen
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Auckland
26. März 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 whichWeiterlesen
ReisenderThank 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 🥰
Auckland to Paihia Bay of Islands
27. März 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 KauriWeiterlesen
ReisenderThe 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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