Category Archives: South Pacific

It rained all the way down from Napier to Wellington. It’s still raining. We’ve checked into the budget Trinity Hotel and have no desire to leave just yet. We’ll probably just have the afternoon in before going out for a … Continue reading →

We had quite a full day on Saturday around Napier despite the unseasonably cold and wet weather. Judy and Colin took us out to visit a variety of the local wineries along with their son Brett who works in the … Continue reading →

It rained all night at Lake Waikaremoana.  Fortunately, bar a few drips here and there, we remained quite dry in the tent.  In the morning we skipped breakfast and tidied up as fast as we could.  The clothes that had … Continue reading →

The forecast for the day suggested a little light rain in the morning clearing up a little afterwards. We can stand a little rain and we have only the one full day here so we went ahead with our planned … Continue reading →

Almost aptly named as we’ve been motoring all day to get here. INSERT_MAP We were up fairly early. Did some last minute internet stuff including backing up my computer with the last of our paid for megabytes. We got off … Continue reading →