Leg, the Second: Auckland
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A three hour stop over. A tiny international airport, and even tinier duty free... I must say, I was impressed with Air New Zealand... It was a very pleasant flight, especially with a tail wind weLæs mere
A three hour stop over. A tiny international airport, and even tinier duty free... I must say, I was impressed with Air New Zealand... It was a very pleasant flight, especially with a tail wind weLæs mere
A very pleasant flight on Air New Zealand, I was very impressed. We have a three hour stop over, in tiny Auckland International, with an even tinier Duty Free... A short and sweet footprint thisLæs mere
Hey there, trusty followers! The day finally dawned ( I know you are all sick off me talking about it)! We left home at 7:30 for an 11:50 flight due to some terrorist plot foiled a few days ago, andLæs mere
So not the most pleasant flight out, but we finally made it to San Francisco...the city on the bay. The temperature is a pleasant 23 degrees, with a bit of a breeze. We picked up our rental car, aLæs mere
Tonight, after 3 hours to do 110 miles due to the traffic, we finally made our first digs at Oakdale, on the edge of Yosemite National Park. Due to the late arrival, we had to settle for Denny's forLæs mere
An early start, we headed towards Yosemite National Park. We needed supplies so we stopped at a tinpot settlement called Grovetown. There we got our water supplies (a must, as it is so hot), and theyLæs mere
A few more shots around Yosemite, El Capitan, Glacier Point, Vernal Falls
So we started from Fresno to take the coast road back to San Francisco. At San Simeon, there's a big Elephant Sal colony...we stopped to take pics... About another 40 miles up the road, there was aLæs mere
Ok, so the detour to get back was really long, and regrettably, we just did not have time to get back on the road to Monterrey - the detour added 150 miles! We had a couple of pit stops along the was,Læs mere
After wandering around town for a while, the the millions of tourists around (whose bloody idea was it to come to the US in summer vacation?) we hopped a Blue & Gold ferry to Sausalito, with aLæs mere