Well we have left Wellington and are now on board the Interislander ferry to the South Island.Everyone says that the South Island is the most beautiful and I eagerly await this next part of this journey. The trip, so far has been exquisite, we have seen so many wonderful and different things.The CoromandelPeninsula and Hahei were absolutely gorgeous.The scenic drives to Rotorura and Taupo and then to Wellington were amazing. Obviously, for me, the highli...

Yesterday we went to Te Horo--where the wedding will be. we went to see the place and to suss out the facility in regards to cooking and seeting up the buffet. Te Horo is a little beach village and it wil be a wonderful place for Teva and Jacqui to be married. Today we (Debbie and I) took Kin to see The Princess frog--a great movie--we had a wonderful time. We went to a fairly older theater--with comfy couches and nice coffee. Deb and I also went to see old ...

We are just hanging out in Wellington with Teva, Jacqui, Kin and Theo. They live in a very cool area, similar to my San Franciso days in 1971. We are just being a family. Debbie and I are helping wherever we can and the kids and their parents are just great to be with. We have gone swimming, visited Teva's shoppe, eaten fish and chips, cooked some meals, hung laundry, rocked babies, told stories, painted fingernails and toes. Tomorrow we will go to Te Horo, ...

We left Roturua and headed south to Lake Taupo for our next stop.It was only a short drive of about 1 ½ hours. On the way to Lake Taupo we stopped at Huka Falls, known as Hukanui in Maori, meaning "Great Body of Spray".A great torrent of water, more like a giant rapid, plunges through a narrow cleft in the rock.The water here is clear and turquoise, especially when the sun comes out (which it did today).It was wonderful to go there and we took a lon...

We left Hanei and our wonderful bed and breakfast and dear hosts and headed to the next adventure. We expected a change in the weather but not the change that we got. Torrential rain followed us all the way to Rotorua. Sometimes i thought that we would have to pull over and rest until it let up but--hey this is the 40 day trip that I mentioned in the beginning--40 days on the Ark--so we just kept plodding on and arrived in Rotorua in the late afternoon. We ha...