Day #21 Fiji
10. marts 2025, Fiji ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Day trip on a boat to Schooner Island, an hour and half sail from the mainland.
Great time snorkeling and seeing the coral and fish. So colourful.
Then relaxing on the private island for a coupleLæs mere
Day #22 Fiji to Vanuatu
11. marts 2025, Vanuatu ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Lazy morning today as travelled to Vanuatu this afternoon.
Checked in to the hotel and had dinner, before an early night.
Day #23 Vanuatu
12. marts 2025, Vanuatu ⋅ 🌬 28 °C
Trip to the Blue Lagoon for a swim in the morning.
Then to a turtle sanctuary to swim with green sea turtles and then to a waterfall and cascades for another dip.
Day #24 Vanuatu
13. marts 2025, Vanuatu ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
Easy day today due to rain and tiredness - travelling is catching up with us.
Went to the gym, then for lunch and some research for later on in the trip.
Day #25 Vanuatu
14. marts 2025, Vanuatu ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Long walk around Port Vila to the centre of town. Saw a lot of damage from the earthquake on December 17th 2024 and how the country is still rebuilding.
Went for lunch at the Ramada hotel and thenLæs mere
Day #26 Vanuatu
15. marts 2025, Vanuatu ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Hired a car for the day.
First stop was Pepeyo cultural village to learn about the traditional way of life, that the community still practices now.
Then to Eden on the River for a little swim.Læs mere
Day #27 Vanuatu to Samoa
16. marts 2025, Vanuatu ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Travel day today from Vanuatu to Samoa, via a brief stop in Fiji.
We wish they had Fanta Pineapple at home.
Day #28 Samoa
17. marts 2025, Samoa ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Lazy morning as we didn't arrive at the hotel until 3am.
Went for a walk around the capital, Apia.
Found a nice church and coastline.
Did get caught in a big rain downpour.
Day #29 Samoa
18. marts 2025, Samoa ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Hired a car today and visited places outside of Apia.
Went to:
1. Piula Cave Pool
2. Lalomanu Beach
3. To Sua Ocean Trench
4. Sopo'aga Waterfall
Great time seeing the rest of the country andLæs mere
Day #30 Samoa
19. marts 2025, Samoa ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Had an easy morning and then went to the giant clam sanctuary.
I didn't see any snorkelling (but Shaun did) but I did see lots of nice coral and colourful fish, including a massive blue shiny one.Læs mere
Day #31 Samoa
20. marts 2025, Samoa ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Went on the ferry to the other island in Samoa (Savai'i) early in the morning.
Visited the Alofaaga blowholes and Afu Aau waterfall before ferry home.
Day #32 Samoa
21. marts 2025, Samoa ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Planning day today. Most of Indonesia organised 👍🏻
Went for a walk later and saw a lovely sunset.
Day #33 Samoa to New Zealand
22. marts 2025, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Early flight to New Zealand, via Fiji.
Picked up the campervan and then went punting on the River Avon in Christchurch.
We might struggle with the amount of space in the van.
Day #34 New Zealand (part 1)
23. marts 2025, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Early morning start to have a look around Christchurch.
Went for a walk around the botanical gardens and centre of town.
Then went to the Gondola to get great views of the area.
Day #34 New Zealand (part 2)
23. marts 2025, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Long drive to Rohan/Edoras from Lord of the Rings. Short hike and then great views.
Then headed to Lake Tekapo for the night.
Day #35 New Zealand (part 1)
24. marts 2025, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Started with a day time viewing of Lake Tekapo before driving to Lake Pukaki.
We stopped to see the glacier in the distance and then carried on to Lake Tasman, seeing the misty mountains (from LordLæs mere
Day #35 New Zealand (part 2)
24. marts 2025, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Continued the drive to Lake Tasman and did a short hike to the lake to see the glacier and ice bergs in the lake.
Day #35 New Zealand (part 3)
24. marts 2025, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Evening 10k hike on the Hooker Valley trail to Hooker Lake. Nice views of the mountains and Mount Cook in the distance.
Day #36 New Zealand
25. marts 2025, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Visited Dunedin in the south east of the country. That is as close to exactly the other side of the world we can get, so as far from home as possible.
Went to the Little Blue Penguin colony to seeLæs mere
Day #37 New Zealand
26. marts 2025, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Visit to the Otago peninsula and to see the penguins.
There were none on the beach but we did see a couple of little blue penguins in their nesting box because they were moulting.
There was a NewLæs mere
Day #38 New Zealand
27. marts 2025, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Overnight boat trip on Doubtful Sound.
Amazing scenery and landscapes and even got to see some bottlenose dolphins swimming alongside the boat.
Went for a dip in the water too.
Day #39 New Zealand
28. marts 2025, New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
Returned to Manapouri after a morning on the boat in Doubtful Sound.
Went to Te Anau to go to the glow worm caves (but not allowed to take photos).
Called to see the Takahe at the bird sanctuaryLæs mere
Day #40 New Zealand
29. marts 2025, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Spent the day in Queenstown.
Completed ParkRun first thing - very scenic and lovely course and did it quicker than I thought I would.
Then we went to the Kiwi Park and saw:
1. Kiwi 🥝 (pictureLæs mere
Day #41 New Zealand
30. marts 2025, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Long travel day to Fox Glacier via:
1. Wanaka and #thatWanakatree
2. Fantail Falls
3. Thunder Creek Falls
4. Ship Creek lookout
5. Knight's Point lookout
Day #42 New Zealand
31. marts 2025, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Morning 5km walk around Lake Matheson. Beautiful scenery and some reflections on the water.
Then 7km round hike to Fox Glacier lookout point.
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