Traveling Beyond the Postcard

24 April 2016 Our room at the Heritage Hotel in Christchurch exceeded our expectations, it was fabulous.  Our second floor suite had a washer and dryer, a full (if small) kitchen,...

22 April 2016 Chris arrived after breakfast to be our tour guide for the day.  He took us back to the Mount John Observatory for a daytime look and a view...

21 April 2016 We left Dunedin, making our way to Lake Tekapo where we will be spending a few days.  Our route will be following the coast north to Omaru and...

19 April 2016 The road to Dunedin consisted of pasture land, cows, sheep, deer, and more of the same.  We arrived in Dunedin without taking a single picture.  We drove from...

18 April 2016 Today we went on tour of Doubtful Sound.  A driver picked up at the hotel at 8:30 am.  We had a 20 minute drive to Lake Manapouri where...

17 April 2016 We felt like Wanaka might deserve more than just an overnight stay but we really didn’t have time to explore it.  It is a pretty little resort community...