Mazzy PAug 10, 20187 min readGetting Here!!!!!! 1st leg - Valencia to LondonI don't know why it is, that despite carefully planning everything down to the last second - my travels never go entirely smoothly. My...
Mazzy PAug 9, 201812 min readGetting Here - 2nd leg - Heathrow to AucklandMy last job involved a fair amount of air travel - some of it long haul, and if the flight was longer than 4 hours, staff were allowed...
Mazzy PAug 8, 201816 min readMahurangi - Unpronounceable Place Names, Alpacas and Rays Arrival Day When we first saw Bertha (our hire car) we were a little taken aback. Given that she cost roughly half of what we were...
Mazzy PAug 7, 201814 min readBay of Islands (Paihia) - Part One : Kumara Pies and Snapper SlidersWhat on earth are Kumara Pies and Snapper Sliders? Day 4 - Saturday Waking up to Alpacas gazing at you, makes for an interesting start...
Mazzy PAug 6, 201815 min readBay of Islands (Paihia) - Part Two Kayaks and Dolphins? Day 5 - Sunday With our dolphin trip cancelled, we decided to have lazy morning then wander (and clamber) into town to have a look round...
Mazzy PAug 5, 201814 min readCoromandel - Part One : Animal Farm & a Bit of a Trek.Day 7 - Tuesday (cont..) Despite our sadness at not seeing Dolphins, we headed back to Bertha, changed out of our “swim with Dolphin”...
Mazzy PAug 4, 20185 min readCoromandel - Hot Water Beach Day 9 - Thursday : Hot Water Beach and Whitianga You would have thought that by now, the chickens, ducks, cats and dogs would have...
Mazzy PAug 3, 20185 min readMatamata - We're going on an adventure!!For anyone who has never read The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings or sat through Peter Jackson's 6 films, this post may not mean much. But ...
Mazzy PAug 2, 201814 min readTaupo - Part 1 : Friends Reunited, Lakes and EarthquakesDay 10 - Friday From Hobbiton, we had a straight run down to Taupo for the biggest excitement of our trip so far. Lottie & Hellene, best...
Mazzy PAug 1, 201815 min readTaupo - Part 2 : Adrenaline, Rain and ReorganisationDay 14 - Tuesday As Hellene had to work all day, Lottie and I had made plans to visit Te Pui in Rotorua. Trying to get my tongue around...
Mazzy PJul 31, 201813 min readTaupo - Part 3 : Caving!!!Day 16 - Thursday Today was caving day. The Waitomo caves appear on most of the “must do in the North Island”, lists and are famous for...
Mazzy PJul 30, 20189 min readWellington - Part 1. Where are the frigging barriers?Day 17 - Friday Leaving Taupo was hard - especially for the girls. It takes over 24 hours to get to New Zealand from the UK (if you...
Mazzy PJul 29, 201814 min readWellington - Part 2 : Ninjas and HobbitsDay 18 - Saturday. Despite the harbour view element of our “special weekend break” not quite living up to expectations, we had high...
Mazzy PJul 28, 201816 min readWestport -Where has all the wildlife gone?Day 18 - Sunday Arriving at the the Inter Island ferry port - felt a little surreal as it was almost identical to every other ferry port...
Mazzy PJul 27, 20186 min readHokitika. Pancakes, Jade and driftwoodDay 19 Monday Waking up on Cape Foulwind, it was, surprise surprise, raining again. We had planned to go back to the seal colony on our...
