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Re: Bad Experience Chatham Islands

by dalefisherman 12 April 2011

Below is reponse to us from Pukekohe Travel. Not very helpful I'm afraid, seems that our experience can be put down to us visiting on…
RE: Bad Experience Chatham Islands

by dalefisherman 06 March 2011

Hi Sneaker_Fish, Many thanks for your suggestion. We certainbly did have the travel insurance plan recommended by the travel agent, however…
Re: Bad Experience Chatham Islands

by dalefisherman 06 March 2011

Hi Westwood and Koalas Rule, Many thanks for your feedback. True, the Christchurch earthquake is a terrible disaster and there will be…
RE: Bad Experience Chatham Islands

by sneaker_fish 06 March 2011

I saw that. It was the 'good news' I had read to balance out something which was bad news. That's good there was nobody in there. …
RE: Bad Experience Chatham Islands

by westwood 06 March 2011

I guess these days we have to put things in perspective. One piece of good news, they didnt find any bodies buried in the cathedral after…
RE: Bad Experience Chatham Islands

by sneaker_fish 06 March 2011

Do you have travel insurance? Does it cover your holiday? If not, (in either case) why not?
RE: Bad Experience Chatham Islands

by KoalasRule 05 March 2011

Good one Westwood ...
RE: Bad Experience Chatham Islands

by westwood 05 March 2011

You do realize dont you that Christchurch had a massive earthquake on 22nd Feb?? I'm sorry the plane didnt get to Auckland that day but…
Bad Experience Chatham Islands

by dalefisherman 05 March 2011

Watch out! My friend Jim and I booked an 8 day fishing holiday at the Chatham Islands booked through Pukekohe Travel. The itinerary sounded…
RE: Don't know why some of you don't like the Dash 8 aircraft...

by spotty_dalmatian 14 June 2010

Christmas & Chatham Islands. Could be easy to misread them, must agree. If Chatham, then its NZ. If its Christmas, its Aust.
RE: Don't know why some of you don't like the Dash 8 aircraft...

by sneaker_fish 14 June 2010

+My aim, Senor Sneaker, is to get to use as many different aircrafts as I can+ +Senorita+ You could fly to the Chatham Islands. They…
RE: Tsunami Alert for NZ & Australian East Coast

by chrisj 28 February 2010

New Zealand By 7:55 pm UTC (8:40 am local), Civil Defence reported wave activity of 50 cm (1.6 ft) in the Chatham Islands,[91] and 2…
RE: Strictly speaking, is New Zealand part...

by Mel_L_Ellenmellen_Jr 02 September 2009

#54, you're right to be confused. When I raised that question I was thinking about NZL's place in Polynesia in comparison to Hawaii's…
RE: Strictly speaking, is New Zealand part...

by Mel_L_Ellenmellen_Jr 31 August 2009

Saying their origins are China or Taiwan doesn't tell us a whole lot. The Polynesians - along with the Micronesians and island peoples…
Something Stirring in Tongan Skies?

by hardnosethehighway 22 February 2008

Given the _abysmal_ state of Tongan domestic air service this can only be good news-we hope and pray so anyway. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://pidp.e…
is there snowcapped mountain in Australia?

by ianw6705 07 November 2007

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Venerable geographical term ...
Australasia is a legitimate term - the area that diverged from…
Transport between Bora Bora, Fiji, and Samoa

by gazhawkins 27 February 2007

Your best bet for getting around the South Pacific is to purchase a flight from LA to Auckland on Air New Zealand.

You can fly…
Tonga June 2007

by Raro 09 January 2007

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And all others on George's plane.
Yes, if you ask him, they may let you sit in the cockpit on the jumpseat. I had done this…
Culture Shock

by Xaviour 08 February 2006

1 Arriving Bombay airport and catching a cab to the City

2 Joburg when Aparthied was in full swinhg Seeing a guy studying…