Back From The Other Side Of The Globe: Part 4 (Milford Sound, Tasmania, Melbourne and Sydney)
Dunedin was the home of Robert Burns and his statue sits prominently in the center of this quaint New Zealand city. Some people took a train tour, although we decided to do our own thing again. The train comes directly to the port to pick up passengers. It was a strange site to wake up […]
Back From The Other Side Of The Globe: Part 3 (Wellington and South)
Departure from Auckland was the beginning of a 3,500 mile cruise along the eastern coast of New Zealand, almost due west to Tasmania and then on to Melbourne and Sydney. There were seven stops including the final one in Sydney. The cruise to Wellington was 615 miles and took roughly thirty-six hours. It is a […]
Back From The Other Side Of The Globe: Part 2 (Auckland)
Having been away for nearly three weeks, there is a lot to share but I don’t intend to bore you with all the details. I’ll try to write a small summary each day for awhile There is an index that will be kept up to date. There will likely be some technology news and views […]
Back From The Other Side Of The Globe: Part 1 (Introduction)
Thanks to readers for the emails asking if I had tuned out or given up writing at patrickWeb! No way! I still enjoy sharing points of view on various topics here in the blog. The reason for the lack of postings over the past few weeks is that I have been on holiday — reading […]
Back From The Other Side Of The Globe
The trip began with a flight from New York to Los Angeles and then on to Auckland, New Zealand. The eighteen hours of flight took us from 40° 45 minutes North latitude 73° 59 minutes West longitude (New York) to 36° 51 minutes South latitude 174° 46 minutes East longitude (Auckland, NZ) — nearly 9,000 […]
