Archive for November, 2008
Arrived in New Zealand
I’ve just flown into New Zealand, the flight was fairly uneventful and I saw Mamma Mia the film on the flight. The food was also OK. I’m now staying with some family in Auckland.
Posted: November 10th, 2008 under Travelling.
Tags: Auckland, New Zealand, North Island, Oceania
Comments: 2
Sydney
WordPress for iPhone sets the date by default to the date the post was started not when it was published so this post has languished a little further down the page than it should. So on my first day in Sydney I first headed to the main shopping street in town and the Sydney Apple [...]
Posted: November 10th, 2008 under Travelling.
Tags: Australia, Oceania, Sydney
Comments: none
Moorea
To be honest in Moorea for the first couple of days I had a bit of a rest and just spent the time sitting on the beach which was very beautiful and relaxing. Though I do have to admit that even at my age I’d rather build sandcastles than just lie on the beach and [...]
Posted: November 6th, 2008 under Travelling.
Tags: French Polynesia, Oceania
Comments: 2
Sydney: First Impressions
So I’ve got off the plane and landed in Sydney. It seems like a friendly and nice city so far. I’ve just uploaded a post on Tahiti itself and Moorea will follow shortly. I need to do a bit more to it first. Overall I wasn’t too impressed with French Polynesia. It was really too [...]
Posted: November 6th, 2008 under Travelling.
Tags: Australia, French Polynesia, Oceania, Sydney
Comments: none
Tahiti
So we have finally fully and completely left south America behind. Though you shouldn’t have missed my awards on the American continent itself. The flight to Tahiti was actually surprisingly empty and I even had two seats to myself before settling down to a Prison Break marathon. LAN have the whole first series and I [...]
Posted: November 6th, 2008 under Travelling.
Tags: French Polynesia, Oceania
Comments: 3