Christchurch to Mount CookEarly Flight to ChristchurchWe are up at 3:25am in our Auckland hotel and back to the airport for our 6:20am flight to Christchurch.By 8:30am we have landed, collected our luggage and acquired our rental car. Today we are driving from Christchurch to Twizel with stops on the way. New Zealand drives on the left, as did Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia all courtesy of the British Empire.The …
New Zealand’s Waiheke IslandFlights to New ZealandOur driver picks us up at 8am from our cottage hotel in Sanur and we are off to the airport.Bali’s airport is well organized and attractive. There is a big temple in it surrounded by a jungle park with pathways.I go into the bathroom and notice that someone has left a flower offering. They must be really grateful for something.Our first flight is …
Nusa PenidaSnorkelling We have the option of breakfast in the restaurant or on the porch of our cottage… we opt for the porch. Breakfast arrives at 7am as requested and then at 7:30am we are picked up by a shuttle that takes us to the ferry port for our day tour to the island of Nusa Penida. It’s organized chaos at the port and we are herded to the correct …
Senur Beach, BaliBalinese Offerings and Temples.I am very sad to leave Ubud. I love it here.The Balinese are mostly Hindu whereas the rest of Indonesia is mostly Muslim. I love how flower offerings are everywhere. The streets are literally strewn with flower offerings. As I mentioned in an earlier post, each family makes 30-50 little flower basket offerings a day.Businesses also put out flower offerings. These little baskets are …