Accommodation - More Than Meets the Eye
Some people think booking accommodation is easy. You just get a good
rate and book it! I suppose in the same way, cooking is easy. Everyone
can cook. And everyone can drive, too. I've been driven by plenty of
poor drivers, eaten too much bad food and have stayed in some truly
awful accommodation. So maybe it isn't that easy after all?
I've had some clients wax lyrical about one lodge, and...
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A Beach is a Beach - right?
Well, not quite. Like many things, they seem similar on the surface
but once one gets below the surface they're all different. Consider
these different beaches we have used (and yes, most of them were
deserted):
- a beach in the far north where the top quad bike ride in the
country takes people up 300ft sand dunes. Remote and wild.
- a beach on a private island for a full-on Maori waka...
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New Zealand Regions
Any analysis of this country's regions will be either academic or
subjective. This one is subjective and open to constant improvement.
Keeping abreast of everything wonderful and new which makes its
appearance is impossible. It's a particularly enjoyable part of our
job, but time - sadly - is not unlimited. Please also bear in mind
this is not a guidebook.
Northland
This is the area...
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Brigid Ormond
Brigid has developed and owns the top luxury guiding outfit in the
Hawkes Bay region. In addition to using her services when our clients
are in Hawkes Bay, we have found her so excellent that we have twisted
her arm to take our clients beyond that lovely area. Originally from
the South Island, then from the Wairarapa/Hawkes Bay, Brigid brings a
dry, humorous and well-connected perspective...
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Elegant Chauffeuring!
What a treat to hear from you. Mark and I took forever to become
accustomed to not depending on you to organize our days. We finally
recovered from our jet lag, but we both still feel so attached to you
and to NZ and so relatively unattached to the subsequent people and
places we travelled....
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