round the world with my family
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Rather than skirting around the details, I intend to give you a full rundown of our twelve days in a campervan at the bottom of New Zealand. This may be useful if you’re ever thinking of planning a drive around the lower half of the South Island. Or tedious if you are not. The driving... Continue Reading →
The coast road from Nelson to Christchurch is currently closed, due to a combination of last year’s earthquake and this year’s recent cyclones. So instead of stopping off at Kaikoura, as originally planned, we diverted onto the Lewis Pass and headed for Hanmer Springs. The drive over Lewis Pass was stunning, with seemingly endless mountain... Continue Reading →
The 5-hour drive along SH1 from Waikite Valley to Wellington was reasonably uneventful, mostly passing through a series of open plains and dairy farms. We did manage to find another amazing NZ playground for the kids at Levin, which made a good pit-stop towards the end of the journey when the kids were starting to... Continue Reading →
It didn’t feel quite right to be heading back to the airport after just 36 hours in Dubai, but we’d booked our flight to Kuala Lumpur several months ago, and were keen to get our trip back on track. Qatar airways offered the cheapest option out of Dubai, but required a short hop back to Doha.... Continue Reading →
With Lexi’s hand firmly encased in a man-sized bandage, we decided to re-start our round the world trip. Our plan is to start with six weeks in New Zealand, travelling via Dubai and Kuala Lumpur. This may not seem an entirely logical starting point coming from the UK, but I have wanted to go to... Continue Reading →
round the world with my family 