Farewell to New Zealand and a Last Minute Trip to Waiheke Island

We had time for one more new place before leaving lovely New Zealand. From Nelson we headed back up north once again to Wellington, where we stayed with some friends, and then back up to Hawkes Bay, our home away from home. We showed Matt around Napier, where we lived for several months when we … Continue reading →

Hawkes Bay Highlights

Although we were working for a large part of our stay in Hawkes Bay, we still had plenty of chances to enjoy all the local attractions. Staying with Allan and Rhondda meant we had access to top quality recommendations, so on our days off we had plenty to do. Napier itself is a charming city … Continue reading →

Mendoza and its Malbec

Our journey had clearly been going much too smoothly up until this point (with our only bus related hiccup being the broken down bus to Buenos Aires), so it was about time we had another delayed and stressful journey. We were waiting in Cordoba for our overnight to our final Argentinian destination, Mendoza. Due to … Continue reading →