Day #21 Fiji
10 de marzo de 2025, Fiyi ⋅ ☁️ 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 coupleLeer más
Day #22 Fiji to Vanuatu
11 de marzo de 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 de marzo de 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 de marzo de 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 de marzo de 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 thenLeer más
Day #26 Vanuatu
15 de marzo de 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.Leer más
Day #27 Vanuatu to Samoa
16 de marzo de 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 de marzo de 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 de marzo de 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 andLeer más
Day #30 Samoa
19 de marzo de 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.Leer más
Day #31 Samoa
20 de marzo de 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 de marzo de 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 de marzo de 2025, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 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 de marzo de 2025, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 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 de marzo de 2025, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 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 de marzo de 2025, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 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 LordLeer más
Day #35 New Zealand (part 2)
24 de marzo de 2025, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 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 de marzo de 2025, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 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 de marzo de 2025, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 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 seeLeer más
Day #37 New Zealand
26 de marzo de 2025, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 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 NewLeer más
Day #38 New Zealand
27 de marzo de 2025, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 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 de marzo de 2025, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ 🌙 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 sanctuaryLeer más
Day #40 New Zealand
29 de marzo de 2025, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 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 🥝 (pictureLeer más
Day #41 New Zealand
30 de marzo de 2025, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 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 de marzo de 2025, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 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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