Puebla
We arrived in Puebla in luxury. The bus system in Mexico is very good and the bus stations operate almost like airports. We had bought our tickets a few days before and decided to go Executive Class as it was only 20 pesos ($2) more. The seats reclined,...
Last Few Days in Mexico City
New Year's Eve was a great party. The major street in Mexico City was closed to traffic and it filled with people including families. Entertainment was provided by a variety of performers including Yuri. She is referred to as the "Madonna of Mexico" and certainly was...
Temples, Mexican Hat Dancing, Taxis & more
It is New Year's Eve here in Mexico City and the last few days have been jammed packed! Our trip to the temples of Teotihuacan was well worth it. Before arriving at the temples we visited the Plaza of Three Cultures which was where protesting students were murdered in...
Mexico City
Our first 24 hours in Mexico City was jam packed with visits to castles, markets and much more.
The business of air travel!
We are now in Auckland and completed the first stage of our journey to Mexico. We will stay here tonight and fly onto Los Angeles and then Mexico City tomorrow evening so we have a day or so to further explore the capital of one of our favourite countries - NZ! We...
Why Visit Mexico?
Intrigued by this colourful country, rich in history and culture, we decided to visit and explore.
Completing the loop to Christchurch
The helicopter flight and hike on the glacier was truly magnificent. We took the 9.30 flight and the weather was glorious. The glacier is an extremely remarkable phenomenon and it was great to be able to walk on it for a couple of hours and check out the...
Queenstown and the West Coast
We are now in Franz Josef which is famous for its glacier. Queenstown was far more beautiful than we were expecting, set on Lake Waktipu (3rd largest in NZ), near the Remarkable Mountain Range. Our room in Rydges wasn’t so picturesque and we questioned if we had...
From Serenity to Adventure
We are now in Queenstown, having left Milford Sound where we spent the last two days. Whilst the weather wasn’t the best with rain and clouds, we got to experience this beautiful part of New Zealand. We travelled from Invercargill to Milford via Te...
South Island – East Coast
Napier proved to be a highlight of the trip so far. The walking tour was very informative and certainly highlighted and explained features that we wouldn’t have found out ourselves. For example a few of the streets have bends in them because when the...
Still North but heading South
A definite highlight of our trip so far was Waitomo Caves Tour. We decided to go on a smaller tour rather than with the big tour operators and we were not disappointed. Called, Spellbound our 3 and 1/4 hour tour only had 5 people on it and it was truly amazing. The...
Auckland for New Year
Happy New Year to all and welcome to 2008. Continuing in our tradition, we spent this New Year Eve in Auckland and as luck would have it, we had a view of the tower from our hotel/apartment so were lucky to be able to catch a few photos from there. We were also...