Sunday, December 17th, 8:45pm Great Ponsonby B&B, Auckland We’ve had a great stay in Auckland, with a number of highlights. Yesterday we took a ferry out from the harbour to Waiheke Island, 45 minutes away. It’s a lovely tranquil place, dotted with wineries. We rented a car by the ferry terminal there and explored a […]
Friday, December 15th Great Ponsonby B&B, Auckland, New Zealand Kia ora! That’s hello from New Zealand. We’re winding down after a fairly busy day, which started far, far too early in the skies over the Pacific as our overnight flight descended into Auckland International. Yesterday was our last day in Hawaii, and we took our […]
Aloha! It’s 11 am in Hawai’i, and I’m writing this from the business center at the Turtle Bay Resort. Anne and I arrived here late on Sunday evening after a long but smooth journey from Toronto via Vancouver. 19 hours of straight travel accomplished, we were pretty exhausted by the time we got to our […]