This has been a fun learning experience! I have been exploring New Zealand through online research, books and with Google Earth. Google Earth is very cool, especially with all the photos you get from users who have shared their beautiful photos.
I have laid tracks and provided our itinerary for the North Island so far. The next on my TO DO list is the South Island.
On our travel map there are many different icons.
The camera icon indicates a place that has great photographic quality. I will be stopping at these places to take photos and videos.
The tent icon represents where we will be stopping for the night.
The flag icon is a place that has interest to us.
This icon below of the bungee jumper;
is our adventure icon. This indicates a place of interest that is adventurous and we will participate in some kind of thrilling activity that we are excited to try.
The purple people icon to the right is us; Shane and Tegan. This represents us and where we are currently on our travels. I hope to have the map centered on us during each leg of journey. Currently we are stationed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; where we will be until next September.
The icon of the truck is where we will pick up our Spaceships campervan.
The airplane icons are the airports we are traveling to while we journey to and from New Zealand.
The psuedo rugby player (I know it is a soccer player, I may change this later) is the place where we will be watching our Canadian team play its games.
That is an introduction to our map that shows our current itinerary. If you want to learn more about Google Maps just head over to http://maps.google.com/ Click on My Maps to get started.
Something I learned while adding my waypoints was that my map was large enough to split onto another page. Unfortunately, the data from the 1st page doesn't display on my map when I am working on the 2nd page. There is a solution for viewing and showing your entire map if your map grows large enough and is split over 2 pages. The solution is given here for fixing your map on Google maps.
I still have more points of interest to add to the North Island and I am excited to see what we encounter on our travels. We are most definitely going the scenic route. Oh ya, our itinerary, it is negotiable. Only getting to the games is important to us. If we want to enjoy a place longer than what we planned for we will. Cheers!
September - October 2011
A Father and Daughter Trip to New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup
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Friday, October 22, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
The Adventure List
This will be the start of the list of activities or places Tegan and I would like to try or go to. I will try to include a destination every day. Our actual itinerary will only include some of these activities/places.
"The Waitomo Glowworm Cave is a cave on the North Island of New Zealand, known for its population of glowworms, Arachnocampa luminosa. These glowworms are found exclusively in New Zealand and around the size of an average mosquito. This cave is part of the Waitomo Caves system that includes the Ruakuri Cave and the Aranui Cave." from Wikipedia
TOUR OPERATORS
Waitomo Glow Worm caves
"The Waitomo Glowworm Cave is a cave on the North Island of New Zealand, known for its population of glowworms, Arachnocampa luminosa. These glowworms are found exclusively in New Zealand and around the size of an average mosquito. This cave is part of the Waitomo Caves system that includes the Ruakuri Cave and the Aranui Cave." from Wikipedia
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Spellbound Glowworm Tour
Tubing the caves - Must be 16 years old
We will likely try the Spellbound tour unless something else comes up. My camera will be ready!
Tubing the caves - Must be 16 years old
We will likely try the Spellbound tour unless something else comes up. My camera will be ready!
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waitomo glow worm caves
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