Fat Dog Cafe, Rotorua, New Zealand
April 22, 2010
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Outdoor, street-side seating at the Fat Dog Cafe, Rotorua, New ZealandThe Fat Dog Cafe is a funky, family friendly cafe centrally located in downtown Rotorua. It’s brightly decorated and there is both indoor and outdoor seating. We choose the outdoor street seating.
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Brookfields Vineyards – Delightful Wine in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
April 21, 2010
Brookfields Vineyards, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand Brookfields Vineyards was the first winery we visited in New Zealand and we weren’t disappointed. It’s located in the prestigious and beautiful Hawke’s Bay wine region. …
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Wintergarden Pavillion, Auckland Domain – Great Restaurant in a Beautiful Setting
March 19, 2010
Wintergarden Pavillion’s beautiful outdoor seating. After we finished visited the Auckland Museum and the Wintergarden we were pretty hungry. We were tempted by the Wintergarden Pavillion’s amazing location and we weren’t disappointed. …
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Food Alley
March 19, 2010
Food Alley, Auckland Food Alley is a collection of small take-out/take-away restaurants all located under the same roof. There are lots of different types of ethnic food represented. There is everything from Thai to Turkish. There is shared seating for all the restau
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Morepark Cafe, Waitomo
March 19, 2010
Outdoor seating on the deck at Morepark Cafe, Waitomo Morepark Cafe is in the YHA. There is indoor seating and an outdoor elevated deck area. The umbrella covered seating overlooks a tree-filled ravine which makes for a peaceful backdrop for a relaxed meal.…
Continue Reading →Tentative Itinerary for New Zealand
December 13, 2009
Ok, so we’ve just bought our tickets for New Zealand and we’ve been trying to work out a plan for what we’re going to see and when. There are definitely some things we would do if we were on our own but that don’t really work with a baby in tow (swimming with dolphins? Not
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Rarotonga and the Rarotonga Backpackers hotel
July 08, 2006
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Beachside Bungalow Back on Rarotonga, we were picked up by our accommodation for the last 2 nights of our trip, Rarotonga Backpackers. We were staying at the beachside (they also have a hillside location) and the waterfront bungalow ($80 US per night) was beautiful.…
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Glass Bottom Boat Cruise, Aitutaki, Cook Islands
July 07, 2006
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Glass Bottom Boat The following day, our last chance for sun in Aitutaki, didn’t pan out much better than the previous days, unfortunately. Gray and overcast. However, we were fortunate that the lagoon cruise we had arranged ( Glass Bottom Boat Cruise) turned out to be a p
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July 06, 2006
The next day was our day to kayak on Ootu beach. The weather had other ideas however, and it rained almost all day. We sat and played Scrabble. Ian won. 🙂 The day wasn’t a total washout, however. For dinner, we went out for our best meal of the trip at Tupuna
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Bicycling Around Aitutaki and Dinner From Spider Chinese Restaurant
July 06, 2006
We rented what passed for bikes, and biked around the island for the day. It's only 18km around.Since every hotel was full of the crew for Survivor, we pretty much had the beach to ourselves. We toured the island by bicycle – and saw no other tourists.…
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