This morning I was awoken way too early by the kids before 8am. While I had wanted to sleep in till 9am, Ephraim was already dragging me off bed so it was an early start for us. Headed out for Whakapapa Village at 10.30am and started our 6km Taranaki FallsContinue Reading
I woke up late too today at about 10am after replying to work emails till 3am last night. The body is seriously not yet tuned into NZ time. We made quick time to pack up, dress up and have breakfast and checked out of our first house by 12noon. FirstContinue Reading
Woke up late this morning close to 10am. Thank God the running nose is gone so I was able to start the day pretty fresh. The children were very cooperative and got ready within the hour, all dressed and breakfast done. We left for the zoo at exactly 11am, anContinue Reading
We took a SQ flight to Wellington, capital of New Zealand, with a brief stopover at Canberra. Our plane took off the night before at 12 midnight and thankfully I was able to sleep through till breakfast in the morning. However it was really cold in the plane and byContinue Reading
The next morning we headed out to Otaru to see its famed canal. I was a bit disappointed to find out that the scenic stretch is only about 500m but I suppose it does look postcard perfect. After lunch, we walked the Sakaimizo (?) shopping street towards Minami Otaru station.Continue Reading
I slept through dinner after reaching back to our hotel the night before. After fitful sleep, I managed to wake feeling slightly better this morning with the worst of my fever gone. However after our experience with the cold yesterday, we figured we didn’t really want a repeat so weContinue Reading
We collected our car early in the morning at 9am, a Toyota Fielder, and made our way towards Lake Akan. The scenery enroute reminded me of Christmas log cake with pine trees and many layers of cream. Thankfully it hadn’t snowed recently so the roads were relatively dry. When weContinue Reading