Explorer At Large
Aug. 31st, 2009 04:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vasco_pyjamaSomeone - and by 'someone', I mean ME - is going to New Zealand to have adventures!
Courtesy of Accessible NZ, I have scored myself 22 days of glorious rambling fun, with the added bonus of a) one altogether shiny New Years Eve party in Matakana, and b) the certain, happy knowledge that I can get absolutely everywhere I need to go - all the accomodation, all the activities, any and all travelling between Point A and Point B, any help I might need, about half my meals...all the niggly little factors that usually get in the way of the Gimp Brigade's attempts to go off and have Internationally Awesome Backpacking Adventures like all my able-bodied mates have been able to do.
Seriously, check this out.
29 December - Auckland
Fly into Auckland airport. Nice, easy, relaxed day to catch up on some sleep, get over the dreaded jet lag fail, do a spot of sightseeing...maybe (not likely, but maybe) a bungee jump off the Sky Tower.
30 December - Auckland
Harbour cruise. Prep for New Years Eve - maybe a beach somewhere, or a few quiet bevvies at the pub. Maybe head out and check out some night life.
31 December - Matakana
New Years Eve, complete with a ticket to get me into the Highlife NYE Experience. By the looks of it, this is going to be so cool.
1 January - Tauranga/Mt Manganui
Amble up the Coromandel coast. From here until January 3, it's all just nice relaxed beach time. Could go on a fishing charter, have a swim with some dolphins, fit in a spot of kayaking, go out to a gig...
4 January - Rotorua
This'd be the town with all the crazy geysers exploding up every-bloody-where. Nice bit of sightseeing and a meal with the locals. I have no idea what 'hangi' is, but I think I'm going to find out!
5 January - Taupo
Hang out at Te Puia, have a look at Huka Falls...all that good stuff.
6 January - Wellington
Sightseeing and some night life until the 8th.
8 January - Blenheim
Catch the Picton Ferry from North Island to South Island, sit back and relax in what my good mate Sven (AKA Tintin's Kiwi Cousin) assures me is some bloody good surfing territory. He of all people should know - he grew up in Blenheim and his family still lives there.
9 January - Kaikoura/Marlborough
Into Central Otago, which - being serious wine country - would be a really good spot to slot in a wine tour at some place called the Montana vineyard.
10 January - Kaikora Coast
OMG OMG OMG WE'RE GONNA GO WHALE WATCHING.
11 January - Christchurch
Shopping, sightseeing, people watching, a round of Giant Chess. Too bad I can't actually play chess...
12 January - Hokitika
Nice easy day in a quiet little town. Hokitika is apparently where all that beautiful greenstone comes from, so I might end up leaving with a few more shiny trinkets than I had when I arrived!
13 January - Haast
Who's up for a look at Franz Josef Glacier?
14 January - Hawea/Wanaka
Two days of soaking up sun and getting back some energy. I'm probably going to need it, because the next stop is...
16 January - Queenstown
I have no idea what I'm going to do here. Bungee jumping? White water rafting? A whirl on a jetboat? Nice quiet cruise on the original TSS Earnslaw?
18 January - Christchurch
Winding down and a last ditch bit of adventuring before we fly out again on the 19th.
This is going to ROCK LIKE NOTHING HAS EVER ROCKED BEFORE.
Courtesy of Accessible NZ, I have scored myself 22 days of glorious rambling fun, with the added bonus of a) one altogether shiny New Years Eve party in Matakana, and b) the certain, happy knowledge that I can get absolutely everywhere I need to go - all the accomodation, all the activities, any and all travelling between Point A and Point B, any help I might need, about half my meals...all the niggly little factors that usually get in the way of the Gimp Brigade's attempts to go off and have Internationally Awesome Backpacking Adventures like all my able-bodied mates have been able to do.
Seriously, check this out.
29 December - Auckland
Fly into Auckland airport. Nice, easy, relaxed day to catch up on some sleep, get over the dreaded jet lag fail, do a spot of sightseeing...maybe (not likely, but maybe) a bungee jump off the Sky Tower.
30 December - Auckland
Harbour cruise. Prep for New Years Eve - maybe a beach somewhere, or a few quiet bevvies at the pub. Maybe head out and check out some night life.
31 December - Matakana
New Years Eve, complete with a ticket to get me into the Highlife NYE Experience. By the looks of it, this is going to be so cool.
1 January - Tauranga/Mt Manganui
Amble up the Coromandel coast. From here until January 3, it's all just nice relaxed beach time. Could go on a fishing charter, have a swim with some dolphins, fit in a spot of kayaking, go out to a gig...
4 January - Rotorua
This'd be the town with all the crazy geysers exploding up every-bloody-where. Nice bit of sightseeing and a meal with the locals. I have no idea what 'hangi' is, but I think I'm going to find out!
5 January - Taupo
Hang out at Te Puia, have a look at Huka Falls...all that good stuff.
6 January - Wellington
Sightseeing and some night life until the 8th.
8 January - Blenheim
Catch the Picton Ferry from North Island to South Island, sit back and relax in what my good mate Sven (AKA Tintin's Kiwi Cousin) assures me is some bloody good surfing territory. He of all people should know - he grew up in Blenheim and his family still lives there.
9 January - Kaikoura/Marlborough
Into Central Otago, which - being serious wine country - would be a really good spot to slot in a wine tour at some place called the Montana vineyard.
10 January - Kaikora Coast
OMG OMG OMG WE'RE GONNA GO WHALE WATCHING.
11 January - Christchurch
Shopping, sightseeing, people watching, a round of Giant Chess. Too bad I can't actually play chess...
12 January - Hokitika
Nice easy day in a quiet little town. Hokitika is apparently where all that beautiful greenstone comes from, so I might end up leaving with a few more shiny trinkets than I had when I arrived!
13 January - Haast
Who's up for a look at Franz Josef Glacier?
14 January - Hawea/Wanaka
Two days of soaking up sun and getting back some energy. I'm probably going to need it, because the next stop is...
16 January - Queenstown
I have no idea what I'm going to do here. Bungee jumping? White water rafting? A whirl on a jetboat? Nice quiet cruise on the original TSS Earnslaw?
18 January - Christchurch
Winding down and a last ditch bit of adventuring before we fly out again on the 19th.
This is going to ROCK LIKE NOTHING HAS EVER ROCKED BEFORE.
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Date: 2009-08-31 12:51 pm (UTC)Have fun out there! <3
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Date: 2009-09-01 12:31 am (UTC)But I'm looking forward to your travelogue and your pictures!
I'll sure miss you for 22 days, though. :(