Long gone, but now back… sort of. :)
Rotorua was to be our base of operations for the day, as members of our group scattered off to different prearranged and ad-hoc activities and locations. (See previous New Zealand posts.) My wife went to the Waitomo Glow Worm Caves; where bioluminescent fungus gnat larvae dot the walls and ceilings. I went on a self-guided…
After a reasonably comfortable night in a small cabin (see previous New Zealand posts), we joined the group for breakfast — fixings for make-your-own hot or cold breakfasts are included in the Haka tour; but lunches and dinners are on your own — and then we headed out for a long and interesting day. First,…
We’d signed up with Haka Tours for their “North Island Adventure Tour;” scheduled to originate at breakfast at a backpacker’s hostel in Auckland. Early Sunday morning, we Uber-ed from our airport hotel to the hostel. (There’s no Lyft in NZ, and I had trouble setting up the local rideshare company accounts — Ola, Zoomy, etc….
It took 2 flights and 22 hours in the air to travel the approximately 10,000 miles (16,000km) from Boston to New Zealand via San Francisco. We left Boston on a Thursday afternoon, and touched down in Auckland around dawn Saturday. The domestic flight, Boston to San Francisco, was on United; cattle car seating with stroopwafels…
I just got back from an 18-day trip to New Zealand. It was wonderful. For example, this was the view behind our first-night’s hotel, just outside Auckland: It got better from there. 🙂 Over the next few days, I’ll post some notes and pix from the trip which I hope will ease any winter blahs…
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