Our Projected Itinerary

This year, we are heading to an old favourite and on to a new destination for us. The plan is to spend 6 weeks in Pacific Mexico and another 8 weeks on a road trip around New Zealand’s north and south islands. We will join our long-time travel friends from Bellingham, Pat and Gail, in Mexico for 3 weeks. Our friend, Donna, who lives in Elora, will be joining us for several days in Cambridge, Rotarua and Taradale on N.Z.’s North Island.

Here is our plan so far. We will take a Red Car from Fergus to the Hamilton Airport and then fly to Puerto Vallarta (SWOOP) and then catch the local ATM bus east to Mascota where we will stay for 3 weeks. On January 3, we will meet Pat and Gail at the P.V. Airport and take a shared taxi north to Chacala.

December 11 - MASCOTA - Apartamento Callie Morelos #92 (Margarita) - Air Bnb

January 3 - CHACALA - Private 2 bdrm apartment shared with Pat and Gail
- we will be meeting Pat and Gail in P.V. and sharing a taxi to Chacala

January 29 - PUERTO VALLARTA airport - Fly to L. A. with Air Alaska
L.A. to AUCKLAND through Fiji on Fiji Airlines

January 30 - AUCKLAND - Grey Lynn - Air BnB
— Rent a car at the airport Apex Car Rental

February 3 - PAKARAKA - - Air Bnb

February 7 - TE PURU - - Air BnB

February 12 - CAMBRIDGE - with Donna at her friends’ house

Feb. 17 - ROTARUA - Donna will stay with us here

Feb. 19 - TARADALE - Donna close by

Feb. 22 - WELLINGTON

Feb. 23 - Return rental car to Apex 1:30 p.m.
Feb. 24 - Pick up rental car from a Apex 4 p.m.

Feb. 26 - Blueridge ferry to the South Island to MAPUA

March 2 - GREYMOUTH

March 3 - FRANZ JOSEF

March 5 - WANAKA

March 9 - ARROWTOWN

March 11 - TE ANAU

March 13 - INVERCARGILL

March 15 - DUNEDIN

Mar. 17 - TWIZEL

Mar. 19 - CHRISTCHURCH

Mar. 22 - HANMER SPRINGS

Mar. 24 - BLENHEIM

March 26 - FERRY to WELLINGTON

March 26 - NEW PLYMOUTH

March 28 - AUCKLAND

March 30 - Return rental car to Apex 4 p.m.
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