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<blockquote data-quote="traveler" data-source="post: 259466" data-attributes="member: 1954"><p><strong>Re: Around the world with Traveller</strong></p><p></p><p>I'm sure we passed hundreds of islands off the New Zealand coast but I don't specifically remember White Island.</p><p> </p><p>I could not count how many times I turned on the windshield wipers when making turns. Fortunately, there was a light mist most of the day while we drove so I didn't look too much like a tourist, read American. The only other time I drove on the right was in Ocho Rios, Jamaica in the mid 60's. We flew to Montego Bay with another couple and took a bus ride to our hotel in Ocho Rios which, at that time, was little more than a wide spot in the road. There was one traffic circle that had three options - Kingston, Montego Bay or the little fishing village just a few miles east of our hotel. My buddies wife didn't like how fast I drove at that time so she made her husband promise to rent the car and drive for the entire week. When he left our hotel the first day and went around the circle, he ended up on the right side of the road with a semi hauling a loaded 40 footer bearing down on us, air horn blasting. We made it off the road, half in a ditch. Without a word, he got out of the drivers seat came around to my side, I picked up on the implied signal and circled to the drivers seat which I used for the remainder of the trip. I did drive slower than my normal pace as a courtesy to his wife. To this day we are all still good friends and when we meet still have a laugh about that incident. We now live about 1,000 miles apart so that's no too often.</p><p> </p><p>From some of the rental agencies you are able to rent a car and drive on both the North and South Islands. There is a ferry in Wellington that you can take to "Island hop" between North and South.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="traveler, post: 259466, member: 1954"] [b]Re: Around the world with Traveller[/b] I'm sure we passed hundreds of islands off the New Zealand coast but I don't specifically remember White Island. I could not count how many times I turned on the windshield wipers when making turns. Fortunately, there was a light mist most of the day while we drove so I didn't look too much like a tourist, read American. The only other time I drove on the right was in Ocho Rios, Jamaica in the mid 60's. We flew to Montego Bay with another couple and took a bus ride to our hotel in Ocho Rios which, at that time, was little more than a wide spot in the road. There was one traffic circle that had three options - Kingston, Montego Bay or the little fishing village just a few miles east of our hotel. My buddies wife didn't like how fast I drove at that time so she made her husband promise to rent the car and drive for the entire week. When he left our hotel the first day and went around the circle, he ended up on the right side of the road with a semi hauling a loaded 40 footer bearing down on us, air horn blasting. We made it off the road, half in a ditch. Without a word, he got out of the drivers seat came around to my side, I picked up on the implied signal and circled to the drivers seat which I used for the remainder of the trip. I did drive slower than my normal pace as a courtesy to his wife. To this day we are all still good friends and when we meet still have a laugh about that incident. We now live about 1,000 miles apart so that's no too often. From some of the rental agencies you are able to rent a car and drive on both the North and South Islands. There is a ferry in Wellington that you can take to "Island hop" between North and South. [/QUOTE]
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