The big trip to New Zealand and Australia - Reisverslagen van Allard en Mette Voute - WaarBenJij.nu The big trip to New Zealand and Australia - Reisverslagen van Allard en Mette Voute - WaarBenJij.nu

8 februari 2009 | Door: tom

fishes/visjes

the best things in life are free. while camping in mahia beach on the east coast, tom goes out for an afternoon walk and runs into a sign about a dolphin, nicknamed moko, who is contacting beachguests all the time since 2007 and how to approach ...

Napier - Nieuw Zeeland

4 februari 2009 | Door: tom

"gaan we vanmiddag zwemmen?"

"are we going to swim this afternoon? we didn't swim yet today/gaan we vanmiddag zwemmen? we hebben vandaag nog niet gezwommen." laurian and tom were flabbergasted of their two and a bit year old in taupo by the thermal landscape called hidden ...

Napier - Nieuw Zeeland

30 januari 2009 | Door: tom

friendly guys, those new zealanders

"BANG!" the family's campervan hits a blue car in a narrow street in wellington. there's lots of cheering because because everyone is outside waiting for a domestic fire to get extinguished across the street. tom was trying to find a parking spot ...

Wellington - Nieuw Zeeland

26 januari 2009 | Door: tom

stop the press!

attention! attention! mette just did her first poo on her potty. pictures as a proof will follow soon. she chose a zebra sticker as a reward. ps don''t forget to read the previous story that was also posted today by pressing 'vorige/previous'

Wellington - Nieuw Zeeland

26 januari 2009 | Door: tom

big and small animals

tom's friend ingeborg has an eight year old daughter who was four when they went on a trip to new zealand and the only thing her daughter remembers was the animals she'd seen. mette is two (except for one trip below where she had to be four) so ...

Wellington - Nieuw Zeeland

20 januari 2009 | Door: tom

more icecubes and relatives

on the west coast of the south island it's always raining. that's why doubtful sound was so beautiful full of wildlife, plants, trees and other vegetation. also the franz josef glacier only exists because of lots-of-rain that falls down as snow high ...

Pohara - Nieuw Zeeland

15 januari 2009 | Door: tom

grote ijskontje/big little ice cube

laurian had bought another one of the light blue striped bunny, that mette got from aunt nadine back in holland, because it was mettes absolute favorite. every now and then the one misteriously disappeared and was replaced by the other so that one ...

Wellington - Nieuw Zeeland

11 januari 2009 | Door: tom

barack obama

just in case anyone is wondering about mette, she's doing great. she is in a wonderful mood on the boat with daddy the second time around to doubtful sound. she has a very swollen upperlip with bruises inside and on her cheek and this morning ...

Te Anau - Nieuw Zeeland

10 januari 2009 | Door: tom

shiloh

location: te anau, west coast, south part of the south island date: jan 10, 2008 "did you know?" said inger, laurian's sister, "mette looks like shiloh, the daughter of brad pitt and angelina jolie. "if that's true", tom thought, "then laurian ...

Te Anau - Nieuw Zeeland

7 januari 2009 | Door: tom

naaktloperij/walking in the nude

place: 250km south of christchurch, 10km south of oamaru date: wednesday jan 7th 2009 we decided to make mette potty trained during our trip. so laurian bought a potty in the shape of a turtle. she understood right away what it was about but only ...

Oamaru - Nieuw Zeeland

5 januari 2009 | Door: tom

dolphins and copy cats

two days ago (friday) we got our campervan and soon after, tom's brother jan reiner, his wife nadine and their son hugo landed coming from their trip on the north island and with two campervans we drove off to the banks peninsula; two wide vulcanoes ...

Akaroa - Nieuw Zeeland

30 december 2008 | Door: tom

small funny plane story + message in a bottle

two weeks ago, mette got a little doll from her favorite receptionist-guard, auntie may. she showed it to tom as soon as she got home and when tom asked her who that was, she said: "grote dad", big dad, the grandfather's name since generations for ...

Christchurch - Nieuw Zeeland

26 december 2008 | Door: tom

hotel seckel (that rhymes!)

our vacation has already started! we're now in hotel seckel, just up the road from good old 10 robinson road so that the movers can take all our stuff to the storage. they'll take everything except of course for our 5 months new zealand and ...

Hong Kong - Hong Kong

23 december 2008 | Door: webmaster

we're going to....

Mette can say a few phrases yet and after you've spoken to someone, she says: that is... that is... and then you're supposed to say who you sere talking to. Then she remembers it forever. For example, the camel dressed like an arab is always ...

Hong Kong - Hong Kong

11 december 2008 | Door: webmaster

Preparations

Only a little more than two weeks to go before we leave! We are very busy preparing, mainly because we are giving up the apartment and moving all our stuff into a warehouse. Although Hong Kong services are quite efficient, it still takes me a lot of ...

Hong Kong - Hong Kong

The big trip to New Zealand and Australia

Starting 28 December, Mette and Allard will be traveling with their parents to New Zealand and Australia for 5 months. We are looking forward to spending a lot of time together and enjoying being outside and visiting two amazing countries.

Recente Reisverslagen:

21 Mei 2009

the balance

19 Mei 2009

bedtime rituals

15 Mei 2009

outback rulezzz

08 Mei 2009

het ongebaande pad / the road less travelled

03 Mei 2009

de grote vakantie / the big vacation

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Alice Springs - Australië

Allard en Mette

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28 December 2008 - 23 Mei 2009

The big trip to New Zealand and Australia

fishes/visjes

"gaan we vanmiddag zwemmen?"

friendly guys, those new zealanders

stop the press!

big and small animals

more icecubes and relatives

grote ijskontje/big little ice cube

barack obama

shiloh

naaktloperij/walking in the nude

dolphins and copy cats

small funny plane story + message in a bottle

hotel seckel (that rhymes!)

we're going to....

Preparations

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