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17 November 2020
Arrival in Auckland We arrived nearly an hour early into Aotearoa (New Zealand), landing in Auckland at 0840. Seemingly the standard nowadays, we disembarked in batches. After a brief healthcheck of temperature (in the ear) and whether we had any symptoms, we cleared immigration and collected our bags. It was all very quick as there […]
5 August 2020
Should I go or should I stay? I had been toying with the idea of going back to Kuching to see my 93 year old Mum. I had already missed two trips, one in April and another in June, due to Covid-19. And my next trip to see her is booked via Taiwan, Japan and […]
27 May 2020
Pretty soon, it was time to head to Queenstown airport for Jo and I to fly back on the 1505 flight to Auckland. While distancing was in place at the airport and on board, normal inflight service of coffee, tea, water and cookie had returned since our flight few days ago. It had been a […]
27 May 2020
Kim seems to have a revolving door stream of visitors. As we leave today, David is flying down to join him here. After picking up Dave at the airport after 0900, we called by A J Hackett’s bungy jump site at Kawarau Bridge. They had said on the phone yesterday that they were fully booked […]
26 May 2020
Today we took a drive to Wanaka. I’ve been several times before but this time Kim wanted to take us to the National Transport & Toy Museum. We had a recommendation to grab lunch at Big Fig cafe. It certainly didn’t disappoint. They had a good selection of salads available. Three salad choices with a […]
25 May 2020
This morning, Greg left us, flying back to Auckland. For ourselves continuing in Queenstown, we have an easy day catching up with friends over lunch and dinner. We walked into town again late morning for lunch with Caroline, an old friend of Kim and Jo’s. She along with her husband Ross have owned various restaurants […]
24 May 2020
Jetboating We had it in our head that we should do some activities in Queenstown this trip. Over recent years, prices gone crazily high due to the tourist boom. Kim saw a special for jetboating and gave them a call. K-jet’s one hour jetboat ride was normally priced at $135 per person. They were running […]
23 May 2020
Today, Jo and I flew down on the 1230 flight to Queenstown for a minibreak. It’s our first travel experience in the post-Covid world. As we’re still under some restrictions in New Zealand, physical distancing is still required in public places. As a result, there were a few quirks in our travel experience: Entry into […]
28 February 2020
We woke to a calm cloudless morning. If only the weather had been this perfect yesterday; not that it wasn’t good enough. We had plenty to learn about overnighting on the boat. Having left the windows open overnight, there was condensation on most surfaces on board. We needed it for the ventilation through the night […]
27 February 2020
Kim has had several boats in his lifetime. He has had his current one for a couple of years but we’ve never taken it much further than around an hour from Auckland, let alone on an overnight trip. It’s something we’ve wanted to do for more than a year but sometimes the weather conditions aren’t […]