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New Zealand/2006
Japan to NZ

Napier
Accommodation
Napier City
Sight Seeing tour
Art Deco tour
Wine tour

Wellington
Accommodation
Wellington City
Te Papa Museum
Location tours
-Rover Rings tour
Wine tour

Picton
Accommodation
Picton City
Wine tour

Christchurch
Accommodation
Fishing

Rotorua
Accommodation
Rotorua City
Sightseeing

Mount Maunganui

Auckland
Accommodation
Sky tower
Auckland City
Location tours
-Hobbiton
-Mordor
Wine tour
Kauri Forests tour

NZ to Japan

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Beachline
The small cape in the distance was Cape Kidnappers, which was located 30km south of Napier city center. I heard that that was a popular nesting place for the bird, Gannet. It is a popular tourist destination. "Gannet", it was a bird I hadn't heard of before. So I looked up the word in a dictionary but I wasn't exactly sure what a Gannet was. What's the difference between a Gannet and Seagull? Lots of birds flew over the sandy beach...I wondered what kind of bird they were?
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There were lots of people who walked on the path along the beach and layed on the sandy beach. Too much suntan is bad for the skin! I never want to get a suntan in New Zealand. Because the amount of ultraviolet rays is about 7 times more than Japan. Even on overcast days you have to keep your guard up and protect your self!

Signboards & statue
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Bone Health Checks...what did they provide? Just a bone density test???
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Signboard provided in English and Japanese. I guess there were lots of tourists from Asia. But, I hadn't met many Asians.
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I visited the Napier Museum. There were lots of exhibits from the 1931 earthquake and other interesting exhibits. And there was a strange statue on the roof of the museum. He had something like an ice-cream cone in his hand and he was looking away. I am still curious! I should have asked more about it!

Subway
Subway was everywhere around the world. Everywhere I went, there it was! They tasted exactly the same.

Irish pub
I found a good Irish pub when I was walking around town. It had been a while since I had Guinness abroad. Guinness is the only beer for me!

Thai restaurant
Singha beer and Phat thai(fried Thai noodles) for dinner. I really love spicy foods like Thai, Indian and Korean. But I orderd Phat thai, which was not so spicy. Because I worried that I would have diarrhea.... My stomack frequently gives me trouble, especially during my trips! By the way, Phat thai was a big-portion and it looked like a mountain of noodle. It is too much for Japanese!

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