13 mars 2019, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
I went by Intercity bus from Cambridge to Auckland. The seats downstairs are really comfy, but still folks put their feet on them. Those are Golden State Warriors scuffs, so I had to take a photo ofEn savoir plus
12 mars 2019, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Once it gets past the Motonui power station north of New Plymouth, SH3 in North Taranaki is extremely scenic--following the Awakino River gorge, climbing up Mt. Messenger and through the tunnel at theEn savoir plus
11 mars 2019, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
This city on a mighty river--the Whanganui, which rises in the Volcanic Plateau in the middle of the North Island--recently won an award for the way its main shopping area has been transformed.
On myEn savoir plus
10 mars 2019, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ 🌧 4 °C
On the return trip the next day, we stopped off in Foxton, which used to have a thriving flax industry--my maternal grandmother's dad worked as an engineer in one of the flax mills. Unfortunately, theEn savoir plus
9 mars 2019, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
South of Stratford is the town of Patea, which has a monument to the Polynesians who arrived by ocean-going canoe (waka) and originally settled the area. The monument was famously used in the musicEn savoir plus
8 mars 2019, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
The largest town in Taranaki, New Plymouth, is a popular destination from Stratford in the summer because it has a beach, near the port. Ngamotu Beach--like all those around Taranaki--is a black sandEn savoir plus
7 mars 2019, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
The Taranaki Pioneer Village just south of Stratford has a plethora of old buildings filled with items from pioneer days. A little train takes you around the perimeter of it, setting out from outsideEn savoir plus
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5 mars 2019, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
In New Zealand, a packet of 20 cigarettes costs $30, and the tax on them goes up each year in an effort to curb the effects of nicotine addiction. Ironically, in New Plymouth, a converted ambulanceEn savoir plus
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4 mars 2019, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
The Stratford library is now in a purpose-built, modern building in Prospero Place, with a bust of Shakespeare outside, but when I was a child and teenager growing up, it was in an imposingEn savoir plus
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3 mars 2019, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
From the verandah of the home where I was staying, I could see Mt. Ruapehu way in the distance as the sun rose n the east behind it.
The morning sun also makes Mt. Taranaki look even moreEn savoir plus
