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 20kg max by kiwi
Call the airline before your day of departure to try to arrange some extra baggage allowance.
Freight home a bag of stuff so you aren't overweight when you turn up at the airport for your flight. Leave a Comment
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 Bottled Water by kiwi
Some of it looks just like water, clear and lovely.
Read the label to see if there are any additives in the so-called Water.
Water is fine, our New Zealand water is particularly pure and wonderful to drink. Just make sure you are buying water. Leave a Comment
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 Bored of waiting? by EagleEye
So you'd better go for the full day option which I did and we walked 2 hours (instead of the 1 and 1/2 scheduled because the weather was great). So this was good, but the truth is that the pace of walking is very slow because of safety measures and big groups. So kind of disappointing...
Well, I guess that walking on a glacier if you have no experience sounds too dangerous and stupid, no? So try the neighboor Frantz Joseph Glacier , they sort groups by fitness level. Leave a Comment
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 Take A Plate. by kiwi
It’s an old tradition here in New Zealand, but can often catch the visitor out when they don’t know it’s true meaning.
Take some food, doesn't have to specifically be on a plate. Can be supermarket prepared dishes.
Normally travellers, with limited ability to be prepared, are not expected to take anything to a function or dinner. Leave a Comment
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 by EagleEye
However, the extremity , from Ship Cove to Resolution Bay has been preserved and offers virgin forest : there you will really enjoy your day walk!
So before the whole Sound looks great in some 50 years, I would suggest you spend at least a day walk at its extremity and save time for the west coast native bush, for Abel tasman, for Doubtful or Milford sounds, or for many other places in the south of the very south! Leave a Comment
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If you are out in our bush and see one of these little darlings, NO it is not a "short-beaked" kiwi as one traveller told me! These are called Wekas and although similar in appearance to the Kiwi, that they are not. Besides the Weka is out and about during daylight hours, and the Kiwi is nocturnal.
Wekas are very cheaky and like to steal from your pack, hoping for food. However it is not only food they take, equipment especially shiney stuff, they cart off too. they are quite strong. So keep a good eye on your gear, even your boots!
Our native parrot the Kea, steals too, but so does this little Weka fella :-)) Leave a Comment
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 One of the evening images by slometaLeave a Comment
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 A rainbow in made by Huka
Falls by AKtravelers
If you're a kayaker on the other hand, this looks like a great ride. Our friend Kirk kayaked over the falls and must have loved it. In fact, part of the reason we visited here was just to see where he rode.
By the way, there is no entrance fee, so it's okay to go here, shrug your shoulders then go somewhere else. It's nice, but it doesn't deserve to be such a tourist spot.
Walk to the end of the falls and check out the raibows made by the mist and the sun. And watch the tourists take pictures of each other. Leave a Comment
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 Sheep dog statue by grets
Lake Tekapo is an incredible turquoise colour, and the surrounding scenery is stunning.
Tekapo is a good place to take a flightseeing tour of the Mount Cook range. Now, that IS spectacular! Leave a Comment
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 Good sign: No surcharge on
public holidays! by Kakapo2
They explain it with the extra money they have to pay their staff on public holidays - as if they did not earn any money during the year and would go broke if they did not apply the surcharge. Of course, this is not only a tourist trap but a bad practice towards all customers who also complain about it.
In other countries they have to pay staff up to 100% surcharge on public holidays and no surcharges apply for customers.
Boycott surcharging restaurants on public holidays, cook your own meal or have a cold or microwave-dinner from the supermarket, get your drinks from the supermarket or liquor store. As most supermarkets and dairies are open on public holidays except Good Friday and Christmas Day this should not be a problem.
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