The last two weeks of November we spent traveling around New Zealand’s South Island in a campervan, seeing the sights and getting to know the Kiwis. We found the scenery to be spectacular and the people to be charming.Mount CookOur good friends, Andy a…
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Bear’s Adventure in Glow Worms Cave
I went to some glow worm caves in New Zealand. A glow worm is the larvae stage of a fungus gnat who only lives five days.It is called a glow worm because it has a big light near its tail which is for attracting insects that will get snagged in their “f…
Land yacht – Day 3
We flew to Christchurch on Monday where we picked up our NZ Land Yacht. After getting ‘checked out’ with our new home, we loaded up with food, beer and wine and headed out to local RV park for the night. Tuesday morning we …
South Island
Today we are flying to Christchurch on the South Island where we will pick up a small campervan. For the next two weeks, we will be exploring the South Island and work our way back to Auckland. E
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaa
Auckland calls itself the City of Sails and looking around, you would think the America’s Cup was here last week. Right next to our marina is the NZ Maritime Museum. It houses “Black Magic” the ACC yacht that won the America’s Cu…
Puert Vallarta – Auckland NZ Summary
Some totals from our cruising season: April 1 – Nov 7 2010 Puerto Vallarta – Marquesas – Tuamotus – Tahiti – Bora Bora – Suwarrow – Tonga – Fiji – New Zealand Total miles traveled: 8104 nautical miles (940…
NZ Arrival
We arrived in Auckland NZ at 7:45 pm on Sunday! Our last day was a beautiful run down the coast. Our friend Peter VanCuylenburg, owner of a boat like ours, arranged with his brother for a fly-over welcome fro…
Did you know? (post by Bear)
Did you know that out of the twenty+ types of paranhas, only five are carnivores? The rest are vegetarians!The ones that are carnivores are scavengers mostly. They are not known to kill people. We went to an aquarium in New Zealand. They ga…
Home stretch
34 58 S 175 04 E 7 am Sunday Nov 7 After a partially bumpy night, the seas have once again settled down for our last 12 hours to Auckland. We are running down the east coast of New Zealand about 40 nm off shore….
Back to reality
Saturday morning 31 17 S 175 33 E Well, we had 36 hrs of smooth ocean bliss and time to wax philosophical. Seems like King Neptune once again seduced us into thinking it was going to be easy. A few hours ago we …
