Day by Day- use this to get to a particular day or to see what we have done

Blog posts in Order with links:

New Zealand Posts

Why?
First Stop, Sky Team Lounge T4

First Leg London Heathrow to Incheon Airport (Seoul Korea)

2nd Leg Incheon to Auckland

Flight to New zealand 

North Island 

Day 1 Auckland to Whitianga via Thames and Coromandel Town

Day 2 The 309 road, gravel, Kauri trees, ferns , waterfalls, waterworks

Day 3 Bone Carving, Kayaking tour of Cathedral Coves, Hahei beach and the death of technology

Day 4, the rain, the lost spa

Day 5 blustery rain, hotwater beach, bowentown, reunion

Bowentown Accomodation

Day 6 Running out of things to break

Day 6 part 2 walks, kayaks, icecream, beaches

Day 7 Epiphany, Athentree, Katikati

Day 8 Walk don't run, Nasty Hobitses (Hobbiton), Mining trail, Swimming hole, Dinner at the falls

Day 9 on the beach sandcastle comp

Day 10 Another day at the beach

Day 11Hamilton Gardens, Riff Raff, Waitomom Glowworm caves, Aranui caves, Night time Ruakari bushwalk

Day 12 (morning) did someone say glowworms? More caves at Waitomo black water rafting.

Day 12 afternoon, Karst landscape and guess what?

Day 13 Kiwis, keas and kakas then on to Rotorua

Day 14 church , maori village and geothermal pools, night time redwoods canopywalk

Day 15 Lie in , in hot water, in the trees, Hangi

Day 16 on the move rotorua, taupo, levin, wellington, earthquake and volcano centre

South Island

Day 17 wellington, St Pauls wooden cathedral, Parliament, Te Papa, Cable car with Eagles tribute band via the botanic gardens

Day 18 Ferry, Picton, Edwin Fox, Fish and chips

Day 19 Kayaking Queen Charlotte sounds, Stingrays, jellyfish, road to Kaikoura

Day 20 Whale tale, Snorkel, Dinner at the Pier

Day 21 Swimming with Dolphins, Church, Antarctic centre, Christchurch

Day 22 cable car at Christchurch, road to lake Tepako, stargazing

Day 23 Lake Ohau, Gliding at Omarama, Road to Oamaru, Steam Punk Park

Day 24 Steam punk HQ, Unusual Rocks, I thought I'd get at least one shag here, town of the jocks

Day 25 Dunedin Beach, Taieri Gorge Train, Mexican Food

Day 26 Scandal at the castle, finally the little blue penguins

Day 27 Beach, baldwin Street, church , plan

Day 28, Drive to Te Anua, Gorey Ice Cream, Dinner from a food truck

Day 29 Doubtful Sound part 1 aboard the Sea Finn

Day 30 Doubtful sound part 2 

Day 31 The road to Wanaka and a maxing afternoon

Day 32 washout Wanaka, the rain, toys and transport

Day 33 Haast no pass, this looks familiar, no sleep til Hokitika

Day 34 Hokitika beach and clear up, jade carving Bonz and Stonz, church, Fat Pipi

Day 35 Finishing Jade carving, Hokitika gorge, Dorothy Falls

Day 36 Pancake rocks, Swinging (bridge), climb to the centre of New Zealand and descent to the Black Hole

Day 37 Waitangi Day, Kai festival, Rabbit Island

More North Island Posts

Day 38 moving on to Wellington

Day 39 Weta Cave, Thunderbirds, Kai's birthday in Fielding

Day 40 Farmers market, stock market, lunch with Molly, TGC, canoes and rainbows

Day 41 park run, manawatu gorge, patties and monopoly

Day 42 Hello Matt, Chuch, Lee valley, swimming, homegrown lamb, canasta

Day 43 Heading North, Desert road, Hamilton, Auckland and onto Leigh

Day 44 Rainy morning, Goat island, misty road to an empty beach, no pancakes

Day 45 goat island again, Wangerai, Paihia

Day 46 Cape Reinga and the Dune Rider

Day 47 Island hopping, its a small world, repacking for our next flight

Day 48 Hundertwasser toilets, Wangerai revisited, Auckland with Lyn

Day 49 Bonus day in Auckland (Sky Tower and Kelly Tarltons Aquarium), night at the hotel

Sydney, Australia

Day 50 Goodbye NZ, Latam airlines, hello Sydney

Day 51 Sydney Opera House, Chinese new year, Powerhouse museum

Day 52 Botanical Gardens, The Rocks, Climbing on a famous erection (Sydney Harbour Bridge)

Day 53 Clovelly Beach

Day 54 Pylon Lookout, ferry to Manly, Shelly Beach

Day 55 Gordons Bay snorkel trail, Clovelly beach

Jakarta and Pulau Macon

Day 56 Leaving Sydney, flying Garuda Indonesia, hello Jakarta.

Day 57 Day 1 on fantasy Island (Pulau Macon)

Day 58 Day 2 on Pulau Macon, hair raising taxi in Jakarta

Hong Kong

Day 59 on to Hong Kong with Garuda Indonesia, escalator chaos, meeting up with Matt

Day 60 trams and ferries, Kowloon, computer stores and night markets

Day 61 Glass bottom car, Big Buddha is watching you, path to wisdom and another Michelin Starred restaurant

Day 62 Hong Kong Park and the Aviary, climbing Victoria Peak

Day 63 Church, mid level escalators, temple, zoological gardens, harbour light show

Day 64 Ocean park in Hong Kong, Hello Matt again!

Day 65 Kowloon City Walled Park

Vietnam

Day 66 Vietnam airlines, Hilton Opera House Hotel

Day 67 Journey to Ha Long, on the Treasure Junk to Bai Tu Bay,

Day 68 Day two on the Treasure Junk, kayaking and support boat

Day 69 Tai Chi, Pearl farm, Road to Ninh Binh, Birds, Bich Dien, Church

Day 70 Bike Rides, climbing Lying Dragon Mountain, mad queues and caves at Tra Long, dinner at the Hilton.

Day 71 the Women's museum, late lunch by the lake, Water Puppets and the Old Quarter

Day 72 One legged Pagoda, Ho chi Minh, Imperial Citadel of Thang Long

Singapore

Day 73 Goodbye Vietnam, flying Vietnam airlines, Hello Singapore, Newton Food Court

Day 74 By the pool, At the mall, Singapore Night Safari

Day 75 Universal Studios on Sentosa Island

Day 76 China town, Where Gods are Born, Church

Day 77 Pool, Singapore Sling and Raffles, Indoor cloud forest and flower dome, Light em up.up.up- supertrees display and skywalk.

Day 78 Fort Silosa, Mega fun and mega climb and mega zip, Silosa Beach

Day 79 Changi Prison

Sri Lanka

Day 80 Sri Lankan airlines to Colombo, Journey to Habarama, Jeep Safari and elephants

Day 81 Polunnaruwa and Rum

Day 82 Sigiriya and Dambulla: the day of the many,many steps

Day 83 The road to Kandy: drive by Hinduism, spice garden, archaic Catholicism

Day 84 Welcome to the jungle (Udawatta Kele ), I want Kandy, Hotel Pool confusion

Day 85 On to Colombo, traffic Standstill, Komodo Dragon/Iguana

Day 86 Arthur or beer by the pool, Spa time, Dining in the rain

Day 87 Traffic Jam part 2, why is it so hard to leave Sri Lanka,flying Sri Lankan Airways to London, Limo and home

Where we went and when (which countries and dates)


Thanks for reading!