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    16. tammikuuta 2019
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    Trip overview

    13. tammikuuta 2019, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

    Here’s the flying route. 12 hours to Singapore, then another 10 or so to Christchurch.

    Staying in Singapore for 3 nights, then going on a road trip around the South Island to fill in the gaps that were left when we were on our cruise in January 2017

    Our aircraft is already on its way to Houston and we’ll catch it on its way back to Singapore.    Lue lisää

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    Singapore, day 1

    15. tammikuuta 2019, Singapore ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C

    Safely arrived, and able to check into our room early.

    On the 19th floor, we overlook Raffles Boulevard and one of the “straights” on the F1 circuit.

    Walked in the hot, steamy weather, to the Marina Bay Sands hotel, had a drink from the observation deck, then walked back via the Merlion

    By the pool, then as expected, the rain came at 6 pm    Lue lisää

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    Singapore touring

    16. tammikuuta 2019, Singapore ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

    Open top bus tour, to Botanic Gardens, then around the various “towns”.

    Catching the first leg, made a mistake and crossed Raffles Boulevard (well, ran across!). Didn’t think of the overpass (part of the Marina Square Mall).

    Afternoon Tea in the Mall, then by the pool and over to see the Flyer, parts of the F1 track. Had dinner with the locals.    Lue lisää

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    Singapore - a thundery day

    17. tammikuuta 2019, Singapore ⋅ 🌧 30 °C

    Not much time by the pool until the thunder started.

    Went for a walk to the Gardens by the Bay - in the Cloud House (we saw two waterfalls - one artificial on the inside and one real: another thunderstorm on the outside)Lue lisää

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    Christchurch - being rebuilt

    19. tammikuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    Arrived at 1015 (a very bumpy crossing over South Australia and the Tasman Sea) after a 9 hour flight.

    Straight to the gondola, while the weather was good, then walked across Hagley Park to see how the rebuilding is going on after the 2010 and 11 earthquakes. Some things a lot better (Restart Mall has gone) and some not.

    We trod familiar ground - we came here for a half day trip in January 2017    Lue lisää

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    Golf in New Zealand

    21. tammikuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    We said we’d play and we found this course at Templeton with a good deal and a nice welcome.

    Quite close to the flight path to the airport, so good for looking up!

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    Christchurch to Lake Tekapo

    22. tammikuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌬 19 °C

    Goodbye Christchurch. Nice city, hope you continue to rebuild.

    We took the Inland Scenic Route, eventually to Geraldine, then Lake Tekapo. Temperatures up to 30C on the way (unseasonally warm), with a strong wind. Now we know the reason for leylandii - they make fabulous wind breaks - we saw miles and miles of them, protecting the fields from the winds.

    At Tekapo, we went to the top of Mt John where there’s a “night sky” observatory; the clouds have built so there’s no chance of that tonight, but the daytime views were fabulous - just had to keep steady because of the howling winds!    Lue lisää

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    A day of weather and scenery contrasts

    23. tammikuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌧 21 °C

    From Lake Tekapo, we took the slightly longer route to Dunedin, hoping to get a clearer view of Mount Cook ... but the change in the weather got in the way of that.

    As we reached the coast at Omarau, the temperature had dropped from 28 to 18, and by the time we got to the Moeraki Boulders, it was raining. Then the rain got harder and the temperature dropped to 7, by the time we got to Dunedin.

    We looked up Baldwin Street (has the Guinness World Record for the steepest street), before heading up steep and winding narrow roads to our stay at Larnach Castle.

    Then, the sun came out...    Lue lisää

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    Celebrity Solstice, Golf, Solstice again

    24. tammikuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Ring...ring... WhatsApp video call from Matthew, Tate and the girls brought us to wakefulness, and just in time to see our favourite cruise ship, the Celebrity Solstice sail into Port Chalmers, opposite us.

    Golf at St Clair, on the cliff-tops, we were almost blown away.

    In to Dunedin centre from shop window shopping and the iconic railway station, before Pauline decided she didn’t want to go down the coast road again (it IS a bit scary from the passenger seat), so we went back up the windy roads to the hotel.

    Andrew went off to the Albatross centre, and saw plenty of seagulls, before camping out to see Celebrity Solstice sail out - and give two blasts on its horn.    Lue lisää

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    Larnach Castle and Dunedin's twisty hill

    25. tammikuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

    We got to look around the Castle before we left, and saw the dining room who would have eaten in if we’d stayed .... and if we’d had better information. We did give our feedback!

    Dunedin is an incredibly hilly place - we almost got used to twists and turns. On the street signs, when there was a yellow triangle, it meant “caution”: they weren’t joking in many cases!Lue lisää

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    Glenorchy and Lord of the Rings country

    26. tammikuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌧 12 °C

    Drove up the side of the lake at its head at Glenorchy and then on to the gravel surface to explore more: we turned around after a mile or so (this is what the whole route was like until the 1990s).

    Back to Queenstown then up to 2500 ft on the gondola.

    Another couple of “happy hour” beers in a bar that ended up with a few more, as we got chatting to a delightful Australian couple who were here to revisit the place where they’d met 53 years ago.    Lue lisää

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    Milford Sound no-flight and Arrowtown

    27. tammikuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    We were due to fly to Milford Sound today, but, although the weather here was fine, just 45 miles away, the cloud was low enough to prevent an entry. We had already postponed from yesterday, so we called it a day. We’ll probably drive there when we are in Te Anau in a few days.

    This gave us the opportunity to visit Arrowtown, kept as much as possible like the mining town it started as...

    ... and we bumped into Margot and Norm again! They’d been to look for the place we’re they’d met, but it’s been demolished.    Lue lisää

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    Golf at Te Anau

    28. tammikuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Today, we drove from Queenstown to Te Anau, first stop was at the golf club, for 18 holes. A sad place - only 3 players today (and we were two of them), yet such a nice course and club.

    Checked out our “antipode”, being as this is the furthest south we get (sort of - there was Mossburn, on the way, where we stopped for coffee.Lue lisää

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    Milford Sound, at last!

    29. tammikuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    On the 2 hour trek the Sound, we passed a point that was literally 13 miles from Glenorchy (where we were the other day).

    Climbing and climbing, wondering when we’d pass on to the west coast, and at 3000’, there was the entrance to the Homer Tunnel - only one lane and less than a mile long, it leads directly to the head of the valley down to the Sound.

    Keas (an aggressive / cheeky type of parrot) climes all over the cars looking for food, as we waited our turn for the tunnel.

    Milford Sound is as spectacular as we imagined. We even got to the Tasman Sea (and its dwells), before heading back in and getting a “glacial facial”    Lue lisää

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    Golf and Toy / Transport museum

    31. tammikuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    Wanaka Golf Club has 1,100 members, so we were glad we got a chance to play, with fabulous views over the Lake.

    After playing, we visited the National Transport and Toy Museum at the airport. Fantastic! Even had a Ford Anglia, early model Escorts and Cortinas, plus many of the toys we remember from childhood.

    Over 31C today, we finished off with an outside jacuzzi.    Lue lisää

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    To the west coast

    1. helmikuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌧 13 °C

    A journey of real contrasts: from pouring rain as we set out, no views because of low cloud, more Rain as we cross the divide at Hass Pass, waterfalls, then breezy sunshine along the coast.

    The west coast seems to be a rain forest, but of course, it’s got the glacial valleys, so there were many ups, downs, twists and turns over the last miles to Franz Joseph.

    We lost count of “one lane bridges”, but we were never held up.    Lue lisää

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