Kat and Ran
South Pacific 2007
San Francisco and home
Saturday, January 13, 2007
This was our “deja vu” day in which we relived the period from 9:18 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. as we regained a day after crossing the International Dateline on our 13-hour flight to San Francisco. The day began with Becky and Alex leaving for their beach place. We said our goodbyes and left a few hours
A beautiful day in Sydney
Friday, January 12, 2007
On our best weather day since Hawaii, we headed to Sydney by bus around 10 a.m., and after some confusion downtown, we got on another bus to Centennial Park and rented bikes near there. I had my usual argument at one bike place about needing a bigger bike before we moved onto a more accommodating
Biking back to Christchurch
Thursday, January 11, 2007
We awoke early, and Eva, who is a “healer,” served a yummy breakfast around 8. At 8:30, I got a “treatment” from her consisting of holistic pulsing, Reiki-like chakra work, vibrational therapy (with both drumming and her voice), and a bit of massage. Meanwhile, Randall went on a nature walk by the
Magical New Zealand Bike Ride
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Kim from the bike-tour company outfitted us for our bikes; she had also brought me a bigger bike because the original was too small. We took off for our 40-kilometer ride to Governor’s Bay around 10 a.m. It was cold and rainy as we started off. Trevor had had to lend us raingear. We rode through
Off to New Zealand
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
We were up at 5 a.m. for Alex to take us to the airport for our trip to New Zealand. Given that it was Jan. 8 back in the US and the day of the national championship college football game, Randall wore his Gator t-shirt (he didn’t find out for a couple more days that the Gators creamed Ohio
Our trip to Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, and San Francisco. These entries are in REVERSE chronological order.
Trip of a Lifetime
From Jan. 1 to Jan. 15, 2007, Kathy and Randall Hansen visited Waikiki, Hawaii; Sydney, Australia; Christchurch and Governor’s Bay, New Zealand; went back to Sydney and then to San Francisco, California [Click on the place-name links above for photo pages and slide shows; if you wait a few minutes for the photo pages to load, the slide shows will move relatively quickly.] This is the story of the trip.
