The Tasman Park and Bay is located in the North West of New Zealnds South Island. It offers nice bays and beaches sorrounded by forest.

What a landscape around this road! Snowy mountains, green valleys and a wide view. This road connects x and y on the South Island of New Zealand.

Cruisers disembark and toured Valparaiso, Chile and then traveled to Santiago, Chile to end their day's exciting excursion.

One of the greatest places in the world: China Beijing Great Wall. According to Chinese saying: You are not a man if you are at Beijing but haven't tried to climb up the Great wall.

Our last few hours in Puerto Rico had arrived. We left Dorado and took coastal Highway 165 again for a pleasant stress-free drive into San Juan. We had just about two hours before we had to return our vehicle at the airport and decided to visit another couple of areas in San Juan that we had not seen before. We drove through an area called "El Condado" which is a busy ocean-front community with many high-rise hotels, somewhat reminiscent of Fort Lauderdale or Miami Beach. We then drove further east to another San Juan district called "Isla Verde", a beachfront suburb that also features many condominiums and some highrise hotels. After returning our rental car we were ready to check in our luggage when the US Airways representative informed us that our flight to Philadelphia was cancelled due to the winter storm that had been blanketing the northeastern US and Canada. Fortunately he found a flight to Charlotte, NC, that would connect us with our destination of Buffalo after all. We had to race to the plane as everybody was already boarding. We finally arrived at about 10:30 pm in Buffalo, and not surprisingly were greeted by a continuing snowfall. Our car was buried under several inches of snow and after finally finding a gas station in Buffalo we crossed the border into Ontario at midnight. Having arrived at 2 am in our driveway in Toronto, we couldn't even get our vehicle into our driveway because the snow was so deep. So we had to spend an hour and a half shoveling, just to make room for our car at the end of our driveway. The following morning we had to spend another hour and a half each to clear the rest of the driveway. But despite these little inconveniences, our little getaway to Niagara Falls, Buffalo and Puerto Rico had definitely been worth it.

Watch the impressive Fox Glacier and the Glacier valley with its vegetation and water streams.

See the mighty Franz Josef Glacier, located in the center of the South Island of New Zealand. Watch the ice, the glacier valley and stones.

My first destination on this cold and grey winter day was the Skylon Tower, one of Niagara Falls' landmarks, which has been presiding over the city since 1965. I took one of the exterior "Yellow Bug" elevators" up to the top where there is an observation platform anchored by a gift shop. The 360 degree view was phenomenal, even on this less than perfect day. Then I headed down a level to check out the Revolving Dining Room, a long-time favourite for couples who want to savour a leisurely gourmet meal while enjoying a slowly rotating 360 degree view of Niagara Falls.

Lake Wanaka, New Zealand.

After my morning adventure at the Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls, I walked across the parking lot to the Niagara Falls Imax Theatre where I saw an Imax Presentation of the movie "Niagara" Miracles, Myths and Magic", which highlights significant points in the history of the great falls. Niagara's history is presented in greater than life format, from the ancient native legend of the "Maid of the Mist", to French explorers who were the first Europeans to see Niagara Falls, to more recent daredevils that have challenged the falls in various contraptions. After the movie I checked out the Daredevil Gallery which features the real vessels of numerous daredevils that have actually gone over the falls, with varying results.