Category Archives: New Zealand

On Wednesday, February 22, it was time to move on to the Coromandel Region, after spending the morning catching up with some of my nearest and dearest on Skype. The drive to Whitianga, my base, took around six hours. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

The Bay of Islands is made up of around 150 islands and I saw many of them during a full-day cruise on Tuesday, February 21. We started at Paihia and picked up some more passengers from Russell. When a pod … Continue reading →

On Monday, February 20, it took me three attempts to find a car hire company that could help me that afternoon, but in the end I came away from Omega with a silver Nissan Sunny that I named Greg because of … Continue reading →

New Zealand’s biggest city may have been ranked one of the top cities in the world for quality of life, but it failed to win me over during my three days there. I had a good time, overall, but I didn’t … Continue reading →