Car hire sorted, nice big automatic RAV4, plenty of luggage space, blacked out windows and tonneau cover. All insured and we is off for the 113km drive via the scenic highway, with lush vegetation and wonderful roads. Lunch, so do … Continue reading
I’m about to put you off your food! So in anticipation of hotter climate and that hole in the Ozone sitting over New Zealand I did the sensible thing. Having used Clinique products for many years I went to Boots … Continue reading
Early rise, breakfast at Gloria Jean’s again and then off to find our hire car. Auckland is a pretty city with very diverse cultures but as Mrs Fogg says, very small in city sizes. Chatting with Mrs Pastie online last … Continue reading
Recipe for a good day: Great sleep – check, must have slept at least 8 or 9 hours yesterday Great company – check. Mr Fogg was on full form, nutty as hell and bouncy! And only with two coffees too! … Continue reading
Ok so it isn’t a campground but one of the many “anti capitalist protest camps” setup around the world that few seem to care about and sweet FA happens on the back of. The difference here is that it’s a … Continue reading
Nuff said really, forget all this ponce and circumstance of giving some a key to the city, the good peeps of Auckland obviously heard I was coming over and decided that a key was not enough and I needed my … Continue reading
Auckland Skywalk City houses a rotating restaurant with glass elevators so you can watch the ground disappear beneath you and in the basement they pay homage to Peter Jacksons WETA studio (the one that made those little Lord of the … Continue reading
Wow what a fantastic journey from London via Lala land on Air NZ. Excellent plane, fantastic service, nothing was too much trouble. Can defo recommend Air NZ, simply brilliant. Through customs, smooth, out to the shuttle bus and into the … Continue reading
11 hours on a plane, very comfy and unusual seats and oodles of drinks and grub. Virgin take note, premium economy give you PROPER champagne and you don’t even need to get up for the drinks, you order them from … Continue reading
Oooh only an hour to go before we board the plane to NZ, nice brekky (bloomin expensive), Poottle over to the terminal, smooth checkin and a relatively painless security (heathrow airport is so grubby, what a first impression the world … Continue reading
