Archive for November, 2006
Sunday, November 12th, 2006
Oct 23: Rotorua Smells
It’s Labor Day in New Zealand! Another reminder that we ain’t laboring. Rotorua, New Zealand’s Fartopolis – Due to all the geothermal activity, the city smells like steamy fart. But not all the time. It comes in waves. Since it’s Labor Day, almost everything is closed. But here’s a funny little thing about New Zealand: [...]
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Sunday, November 12th, 2006
Oct 22: White Island
It was a hectic morning to get ready in time, but we made it into town just in time to hop aboard the White Island tour boat. White Island is NZ’s only active marine volcano. It’s not the hot-flowing-liquid-magma type like on Hawaii, but there’s no question this thing could pack a punch. It last [...]
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Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
Sea Kayaking
Back on October 20, we went Sea Kayaking in the Bay of Plenty, just east of Cormandel. I’ll admit that I’ve been falling behind on the photo uploads, but these are worth flashing back to. See for yourself: http://www.promisetovisit.com/Oct20/pages/IMG_0787.html The next day, we hiked to Cathedral Cove. Lots of work, but as always, worth the [...]
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Monday, November 6th, 2006
Well, well, well…
Some new things for y’all – yep, it’s a female voice speaking to you from the blog and there are also a million and one new posts for you to read and oh yeah…PICTURES!!! Okay, well don’t freak out, a million and one posts is a complete exaggeration however, you should certainly scroll down and [...]
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Monday, November 6th, 2006
Free wedding song with purchase
Good times never seemed so good.
No Comments » - Posted in New Zealand is weird by urs
Monday, November 6th, 2006
How about a cheat sheet?
Most of these city names are blurring together, especially for me. So I’m going to keep this map updated with all we’ve conquered. Ka-pow! Click to enlarge
2 Comments » - Posted in North Island,South Island by urs
Monday, November 6th, 2006
Photos from October 11 to 17
You’ve begged, and we’ve delivered! Here are the links to first wave of the 500 photos. Enjoy! (To see pictures, just cut and paste the http address into your address bar, then use right arrow to go through them.) Day 1 on the road: Auckland to Pakiri. http://www.promisetovisit.com/Oct11/pages/IMG_0516.html Day 2 on the road: Whangarei to [...]
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Monday, November 6th, 2006
PromiseToVisit: Rebooted
Enough with the glitches, the bugs, the blocked comments, and the total lack of continuity. We’ve started from scratch, dumped the old files, and will catch you up on everything we’ve been doing. As of now we’re in a motel in Kaikoura with unlimited web access, and a lot of rain. Hopefully by the time [...]
