After the rain and gales overnight we woke to a damp morning. Getting ourselves organised, grateful to Aurum Winery for leaving their toilet block open, we headed on, driving mostly on the southern scenic route which cuts a lazy arc from Queenstown to Te Anau, Manapouri, Tuatapere, Riverton and Invercargill. We've covered approximately 564km the …
Enjoying the wide open road…. and some wine!
Just a wee point of clarification.... we weren't being negative about our airport and van pick up experience, we laughed our way through it - though we were disappointed that we were later than expected at Lake Tekapo, but hey ho, it was raining and cloudy anyway, so we didn't miss much - well we …
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Trip of a lifetime!
Paul has been talking about going to New Zealand for longer than I have known him - something to do with Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir, Marlborough, Martinborough and Oyster Bay! So when we were already halfway round the world for the rugby we decided to blow the pension and head on south! It took …
Fukuoka, the city, rugby and more!
After leaving the beautiful Aso area we had an 88 mile journey to our final pool match destination, Fukuoka. We weren't long on the road until, to the left of the freeway there was hilly terrain, covered in lush green vegetation and to the right, an urban sprawl that went on for mile, after mile, …
A whole different terrain…
The next part of our journey brought us to the island of Kyushu and the Kumamoto Prefecture. Japan is divided into 47 prefectures, forming the first level of jurisdiction and administrative division. They consist of 43 prefectures proper, two urban (Osaka and Kyoto), one "circuit" or "territory" (Hokkaido) and one "metropolis" (Tokyo). Kyushu is the southwestern most of …
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