Wonderful Wellington Normally known as Windy Welly, the weather has been keen to disprove the stereotype. We've had beautiful sun and a lovely, light cooling breeze to temper the heat. It's been great to have another day in this lovely city. We enjoyed our self-guided art and art deco tours, popping into all sorts of lobbies to admire what we found. The Te Papa museum is as large and interesting as the hype. After a few hours we had to call it quits though a...

As we are half way through the New Zealand leg of our trip and we have a good idea of what we are doing along the west coast of the US, time to draw our attention to the details of the South American section. What better time than on the ferry to the South Island, a good three hour stint. LZ

Au revoir It was with mixed emotions that we dropped out car off this morning. It really had no acceleration up the hills but it has been our trusty steed across the north island. Also we have so much stuff that carting it across on the ferry will not be fun. However it saves us a chunk of money and we have a new one waiting for us in Picton. LZ

Some perspective on the size our boat we sailed around New Zealand. This is at Wellington where we met up with an old friend, walked round the botanical gardens and ate sushi (no surprise!!) DW