Travel
Fiji… or Africa?
Fiji. Weird. Of all things I’m transported straight back to Africa. The smell – both natural and polluted – the humidity, the taxi experience – both the fare negotiation and the rickety vehicle – and the extensively pot-holed roads. There are probably places in the world that are more alike – and certainly less – but based on my limited …
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Nelson and Christchurch and bye bye NZ!
After a jaunt to Kaikoura — which incorporated none of the things it’s famous for (dolphin swimming: booked up; stunning mountain views: overcast; crayfish: soooo overpriced but a few things it isn’t known for – a petting zoo and horse trekking) — we headed back to Nelson. En route we stopped in Blenheim again as it’s the one place we’ve …
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Marlborough: tastes, sights and Sounds
I arrived in Blenheim to a pleasant surprise. This small city is, to us, merely the staging area for the food and wine festival, hosted at the Branscott Estate winery on its outskirts, I hadn’t given a second thought to what it might actually be like. This is wise I think! This trip has taught me that imagination is often …
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West coast road trip, Femmy and eye gunk
Having returned from Doubtful Sound I spent a day doing nothing much except for eating my second legendary Fergburger (exclusive to Queenstown and open 20 hours of the day) and hunted around in vain for a budget or second-hand copy of the highly acclaimed Penguin History of New Zealand by Michael King, in order to join the dots of what …
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Queenstown and Doubtful Sound
Queenstown, in the south west corner of the South Island and the gateway to the two ‘Sounds‘ — Milford and Doubttful — only made my itinerary because so many said I ‘must go’. After the earlier misfires my hopes were, well let’s say neutral. But I needn’t have worried: Queenstown was marvellous and my overnight cruise to Doubtful Sound the …
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