rough itinerary

[ilanarama]

At the request of my parents, but here for anyone else who is curious.


Sun Dec 7 - fly out
Tue Dec 9 - arrive Auckland
Hang out in Auckland with Ann and Doug
Visit justjenine and Nat
Tue Dec 16 - Doug and Ann leave and we have their apartment and car
Waitomo caves, Tongariro Circuit hiking, Coromandel, Cape Reinga, Rotorua, etc.
Tue Jan 6 - fly Auckland to Wellington
Stay with trickofthedark and meesto; visit Te Papa, wildlife sanctuary, china_shop etc.
Sat Jan 10 - ferry from Wellington to Picton
Sun Jan 11 - Wed 14 - Queen Charlotte Track
sea kayaking? Abel Tasman area?
Sun Jan 18 - Thu 22 - Heaphy Track
Mt. Cook NP, Arthur's Pass area, etc.
Thu Feb 5 - Mon 9 - Caples/Routeburn Track
Fri Feb 13 - Mon 16 - Kepler Track
Fri Feb 20 - Mon 23 - Dusky Track ?
Dunedin?
Christchurch
Fri Feb 27 - fly Christchurch to Auckland
Back to Ann and Doug's
Sat Feb 28 - fly home, arrive in evening.

Comments

[traveller42.livejournal.com]

[Jealous]

Enjoy.

I enjoyed Waitomo caves and Rotorua.

Most of our time was on South Island.

Looking forward to the stories and pictures when you get back.

[aubrem.livejournal.com]

::envies::

Have a fabulous time. We'll miss you.

[purna.livejournal.com]

I'm trying not to seethe with envy, but I'm afraid I'm not succeeding. :)

Have a wonderful trip!

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

Totally amazing. I hope you have a most marvelous time!!!

*hugs*

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, that sounds fantastic!
~Mir

[chickwriter.livejournal.com]

EEeeee!!!!

Can't wait for the ongoing travelogue.

[china_shop]

\o/

[sobelle.livejournal.com]

Whoa! Is TOTALLY envious!! Have a fantastic time!!

(any chance you'd be going to Invercargill?)

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Maybe! We will be just west of there, is the plan. But that is shortly before we leave, and we will have something like only four or five days to get to Christchurch and be tourists, and we will doubtless be picking and choosing. What's there?

[sobelle.livejournal.com]

I just had the ridiculous thought that I could introduce you to one of my online friends... ::feels silly:: just a thought.

[sobelle.livejournal.com]

Here's something else you might see?

http://www.been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=10910

Forget bottled Fiji Water. If you travel to New Zealand, to Te Waikoropuru Springs on the South Island, to be precise, you'll find the largest freshwater springs in the southern hemisphere, possibly the world.

[jeddy83.livejournal.com]

Whee! You are going to have a fabulous time.

[bowdlerized.livejournal.com]

Sat Dec 6 - swing by NYC, stow bowdlerized comfortably in luggage

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[fabularasa.livejournal.com]

. . . where she will be most cramped for space, what with fabularasa already in there and all.

[(Anonymous)]

If you happen to read this before seeing Jenine give my regards to her. I doubt she'll remember me but we've corresponded here or there. I asked her a question about "Brutus" disappearance once...

And you and Britt have a wonderful trip!

Eric Wampler