The lush Coromandel Peninsula gave us some miserable weather, but also one of the nicest sunrises as well.
Stop #06: Hahei (Coromandel Penisula)
Stop #05: Whangarei
After our night at the top of New Zealand, we started backtracking south, heading for the Coromandel Peninsula.
Stop #04: Cape Reinga
After Paihia we spent the day driving all the way up to Cape Reinga, the northern-most tip of of New Zealand.
Stop #03: Paihia
We chose Paihia as our base of operations for the Bay of Islands area, which was a cute little sleepy seaside town.
Stop #02: Piha
After two weeks stationed in Auckland, we were itching to get out on the road. Piha was our first destination.
Stop #01: Auckland
We arrived in Auckland and can’t wait to leave it!
Sydney, Australia
Before heading to New Zealand, we decided to spend a week in Sydney. What a beautiful city! Here is a random assortment of photos from our time there, in no particular order.
Oahu, Hawaii
The first leg of the big trip was spent in Oahu, Hawaii. The following photos are a random assortment of what we saw during our 8 nights there.
Gastro in Paradise
So the trip didn’t begin so well… After eating a memorable farewell dinner at my parents the night before, Dominique was sick from both ends practically every 30 minutes, from the moment we got up at 4:30 a.m. to catch our flight from Montreal to Vancouver, to when we landed in Hawaii, 2 airports and …