Hello again, finally I've managed to write a reply (been busy working on the itinerary etc.). Bob, David, Alastair - thank you very much for your replies. Here is (more or less) final version of our itinerary:
Southern Island --------------- 16.5. Christchurch Arriving at 8am. After some 26 hours spent in planes we'll probably rest. We also need to buy some food, mobile phone pay-as-you-go package and most importantly familiarize ourself with the left side of the road driving (here in London I rode just my bike so far). David, are you around? ;-) 17.5. Christchurch - Lake Tekapo (Mt Cook) 18.5. Lake Tekapo - Queenstown (Te Anau) alternatively: 17.5. Christchurch - Dunedin 18.5. Dunedin - Te Anau I'd like to see the Catlins Forest and the wildlife of the Otago peninsula but the other option is also tempting. We probably need to discuss this with David. 19.5. Milford Sound / Doubtful Sound - Queenstown unfortunately just one of them depending on the circumstances. But Bob's "postcard" picture from Doubtful Sound surely looks like from a fairy tale so I am slightly biased towards the latter. 20.5. Queenstown - Franz Jozef 21.5. Franz Jozef - Punakaiki Rocks 22.5. Punakaiki Rocks - Kaikoura 23.5. Kaikoura - Christchurch we prefer not to hurry, so eventually we may allow more time for some of these places, perhaps skip Kaikoura altogether and drive from Punakaiki to Christchurch via Arthur's Pass (provided it's any quicker). [EMAIL PROTECTED]:30pm flight to Auckland Northern Island --------------- Since Bob has already explored the north of Auckland it's our duty for PDML to explore some places south of it. ;-) 24.5. Auckland - Waitomo Caves 25.5. Waitomo Caves - Tongariro NP possibly climb on the Mount Doom... 26.5. Tongariro NP - Palmerston North it might be off the tourist tracks but there must be something if a fellow Pentaxian has made it his home. So Alastair, what are you planning to do on Saturday, 26th? ;-) 27.5. Palmerston North (through Hawke's Bay) - Rotorua 28.5. Rotorua - Auckland [EMAIL PROTECTED]:30pm leaving Auckland for Hong-Kong Cheers, Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
