Round the World

[page references are to the Lonely Planet Hawaii and New Zealand guides and the Hong Kong Rough Guide]

This is from our five week trip to the region starting mid-February 1995. Sights in bold are the 'must sees'. Those included in [square brackets] are from variations that we considered for our route (it isn't possible to cover all of these without a lot of backtracking).

Hawaii

1. Buy: tsk 69; traditional Hawaiian bowls (thinner=higher quality), pottery, pandauus leaf mats etc., Hawaiian music, Hawaiin shirts, muumuu (dress).

2. Hula: tsk 112

3. Kodak; Tue, Wed, Thur 10.00-11.15 (open from 8.30) FREE

4. Diamond Head; tsk 157

30 minutes each way; bring drink and torch

5. Polynesian Centre; tsk 175

Mon-Sat 12.30-18.00; $25
19.30-21.00 $37 for Voyager ticket for dinner and evening show
Takes about two hours to reach from Waikiki

6. Round island trip (possibly combine with Polynesian Centre)

7. Pearl Harbour: tsk 153

08.00-15.00; collect ticket early (definitely BEFORE 11.00)
No. 20 bus (1¼ hours) from Waikiki (or shuttle bus 45 mins $4 return)
Also see Bowfin park (08.00-16.30)

8. Sunset

From 'The House Without a Key'

9. Airport to Waikiki $18

10. Food

Try shave ice

11. Shops

Honolulu: tsk 136,149
Ala Moana Mall; Mon-Sat 09.30-21.00

12. Waikiki: tsk 106

Royal Hawaiian Shopping Centre
Andrade Sale Studio for shirts
Little Hawaiian Craft Shop

13. Honolulu

Lolani Palace: tsk 125
Aloha Tower (view): tsk 130
China Town: tsk 131
walking tours $4 Mon&Fri 09.30-12.30; Tue 09.30
Bishop Museum: tsk 137
Hsu Yin Temple: tsk 140
Royal Mausoleum: tsk 140
Upper Manoa Valley trails: tsk 142
Toilet Bowl: tsk 159
Muuano Pali Lookout: tsk 165

New Zealand

Buy: tsk 37; jade (greenstone), Maori wood carvings (Rotorua), pottery (Nelson), weaving

New Zealand: South Island/north-west

1. Christchurch

AA Office: camping directory and maps
Wizard: tsk 373
Cathedral Square
Avon River punts: tsk 377

2. Arthur's Pass: tsk 358; Christchurch to Greymouth

3. Greymouth: tsk 354; shantytown (gold panning)

4. Punakaiki: tsk 354; geysers

5. Tauranga Bay (Westport): tsk 351; seal colony

6. Picton: tsk 313; Ferry

New Zealand: South Island/north-east

1. Kaikoura: tsk 344; whale watch tours

New Zealand: South Island/south

1. Mt Cook National Park: tsk 393; camping tsk 398 (no facilities)

2. Wanaka: tsk 405; activity centre

3. Queenstown: tsk 410; very touristy

Gondola: tsk 411
Bungy jumping: tsk 413

4. Milford Sound trips: tsl 416; expensive

5. Te Anau and Fiordland: tsk 422; touristy, lots of trips, rain and sandflies

6. Milford Sound: tsk 429; get map tsk 430

7. Wanaka-Haast: tsk 369-371; all-day drive

snow, rainforest, glaciers: tsk 364-369
get petrol at Haast!

8. Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers: tsk 364-369

9. Ross: tsk 362; goldfied walkways

10. Hokitika: tsk 360-361; greenstone craft shops

11. Greymouth - see South Island/north-west

New Zealand: North Island/middle

1. Wellington: tsk 292; cable car: tsk 298

2. Palmerston North: tsk 271; jet-boats

3. Whakapapa: tsk 257; walks, volcano

4. Tokaanu: tsk 266; mud pools

5. Taupo

Orakei Korako: tsk 249; thermal pools
Craters of the Moon: tsk 250; thermal
geothermal power: tsk 249

6. Rotorua

Whakarewarewa: tsk 233; thermal, Maori village, concert 12.15: tsk 244
Waitomo: tsk 177; glow-worm caves

7. Auckland: tsk 86

War Memorial Museum (Auckland Museum) 10.30, 12.45: tsk 89; Maori culture (45 minute tour, followed by 30 minute dance)
Mt Eden: tsk 95; views
Historic buildings: tsk 93
Devenport: tsk 109; victorian atmosphere

New Zealand: North Island/east coast

1. Gisborne: tsk 277; maritime museum

2. Napier: tsk 284; art deco

3. Hastings: tsk 291; ice cream

New Zealand: North Island/west coast

1. Wanganui: tsk 193; cruises, jet-boat

New Zealand: North Island/north

1. Bay of islands: tsk 145; 'cream' trip $39, 5 hours

Hong Kong

1. Buy: tsk 28; fake Rolex, calculator, T-shirts, oyster sauce, kite, tiger balm, silk pajamas, hand held video game, dried sea horses

2. Western

Personal 'chop': rg 72

3. Peak

Victoria Peak: rg 79,43; go up by bus (30 mins), walk round (60 mins), down by tram (5 mins)

4. Wan Chai

Police Museum: rg 83

5. Causeway Bay: rg 89

Arts Centre and view: rg 85

6. Round island

Aberdeen: rg 94; sampan ride
Stanley: rg 98; market, bus ride #14

7. Kowloon

Tsim Sha Tsui: rg 106; shopping, space museum
Wong Tai Sin temple: rg 22,117

8. New Territories (all day trip)

HKTA route leaflet: rg 120
Tai Wai: rg 124; Amah Rock
Ma Liu Shui: rg 129; scenic ferry trip
Sheung Shui: rg 134; food market, ancestral hall
return bus #76K: rg 136
Tuen Mun: rg 140; Ching Chung Koon temple, Mui Fat monastery
Tsuen Wan: rg 137; Sam Tung Uk museum (Hakka village)

9. Outlying islands

Peng Chan: rg 162; on way to Lantan, one hour between Lantan ferries
Lantan
Tai O: rg 168; old streets, shrines, temples, rope ferry
#1 bus from Mui Wo (ferry terminal), 45 mins
weekend ferry via Lo Wan
Po Yin monastery: rg 170; largest Buddha, very touristy
#2 bus from Mui Wo (ferry terminal), 50 mins

10. HKTA 071 930 4775

sightseeing manuals: rg 12
'chinese festivals and special events': rg 19
'MTR tourist guide': rg 38
'official `guide to shopping': rg 222
MTR tourist ticket $20

Macau

1. Ferries: rg 261

Prebook if possible
Get there at least 30 mins before departure to complete immigration forms
Jetfoil: $72; 55 mins every 15-30 mins 07.00-18.00
Catarmaran: $72; 65 mins 9/10 times daily
Hydrofoil: $62 75 mins every 30 mins 08.00-18.00
Hovercraft: $55 70 mins 08.30-18.00
Highspeed Ferry: $30-$54 90-100 mins 5 times daily

2. MTIB 071-224 3390

Map
'Macau Guidebook'
' Macau Travel Talk'
Bus route timetable
Buy: 'The Protestant Cemetries of Macau'

3. Hotel Lisboa: rg 254; look inside casino (no cameras allowed), #3 bus from ferry

4. Aveinda Do Infante D. Henrique: rg 254; shops and banks

5. Leal Senado: rg 255; senate building

6. Largo Do Senado: rg 255

7. Sao Domingos: rg 255; ring bell to get in

8. Sao Paulo: rg 256; only a facade

9. Poltaleca Do Monte: rg 256; views

10. Jardim Lou Lim Irog: rg 257; Chinese garden