Finally got around to checking the email.....we are in Wanaka at the moment
on our way to Milford Sound area....Sydney was FABULOUS!
Anyhoo, so far Milford Sound got the big thumb's up from the entire crew,
we stayed at a lovely Motel in Te Anau whose proprietor found us a lovely
motel in Queenstown, so all was mighty well! Both places were 1 or 2 bedroom
with full kitchen and right on the lake! wheeee
Queenstown was fun, Wanaka was beautiful and Arrowtown had the best pies we
have tasted.
Thanks for the tips about Nelson, Nico loves the Little Manor the best, and we are just in awe.
Well, we made it out of the Marlborough Sound with some wits about us! What a mind blowing nature overload! We found this incredible resort place on a secluded bay and WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!
We took the Lynx over to Welly today, (a day early,) and we are now overfed and overstimulated after the Lord of the Rings exhibit at Te Papa.....
All is well and the troops are happy!
We are in Auckland and the hotel is oh so very chic and cool, we were like the Clampett's blowing in with our growing number of bags and the bags under our eyes from overdosing on Mother Nature.....wheeeee!
We ended up spending two nights in Taupo, which was awesome, mom actually got on a jet boat into the Huka Falls! Then we breezed through Rotorua, stayed at an awesome place called the Regal Palms, very luxurious and cheap, went to the Maori Luau and took off to Coromandel town where we just spend two days in an awesome hippie cottage in a place that looked and smelled alot like Haiku.
The last week has seen many many hot springs and hot pools as well....ahhhhhh
Now we are underdressed and over-touristed in Auckland and loving our marble
palace with lots of skinny model teens in the lobby and lots of chic folks
on the sidewalk.....Oh I can't wait for the haute couture of KIHEI. No shoes
for me!
Yeah! We're Home! NZ was great, we were channel surfing last night and came
upon a story about Hawaii canoe racing in New Zealand and they were touring
around and talking to Maori, and we got all bleary eyed about it.....
It's hard to take it all in while you are there!
The METROPOLITAN in Auckland ROCKED!
Thanks! Really, I mean it. Aloha and Mahalo nui loa,
Laura S