As many of you would know I have been married to a New Zealander for a very long time and have made > 30 trips to New Zealand. Nevertheless I never get tired of going to the Shaky Isles for a vacation.
Sue and I have just returned from another 3 week trip to NZ. We did 12 nights on Celebrity Solstice embarked the Ship in Auckland and then spent 10 days in the North Island visiting her parents, 2 of her brothers and we also revisited some of our favourite tourist attractions in the North Island like Wai-O-Tapu. Rotorua Chair Lift and Luge run, Blue & Green Lakes and Huka Falls.
Below are some images from Queen Charlotte Sound as the ship left Picton. A truly beautiful stretch of water. We had Dolphins surfing the bow wave of the ship most of the way back out of the Sound, but I wasn't fast enough to snap an image of one.
Ship arrived in Tauranga on 30/11. I had tried for 2 weeks to talk my wife and the 2 friends we travelled with into doing the White Island Volcano Tour. Just something I wanted to have on the bucket listn (Walked on a live Volcano) I was extremely fortunate that I had no takers. My wife Sue's exact words on repeated occasions were, "why would I go anywhere near a Volcano that might erupt at any minute".
We decided to do the V8 Trike tour instead of the Volcano.
3 Wheel Trike with a Fuel injected small block Chev (350ci).
I have had some nice and fast cars over many decades including a BMW M3, Jaguar XJR and and a Jaguar XJ8 convertible. However, there is no substitute for the throb and exhaust note of an old American bent 8.
