In November
2003 I had responsibility for organising the Ancient Briton's Veteran Field
Hockey tour to the U.S.A., Fiji and New Zealand. They played 1 game in both
Los Angeles and Fiji and 8 in New Zealand.
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They also visited wonderful places for vacation, including spending 3 nights
and 4 days on the Yasawa Princess luxury cruise ship, cruising the private Yasawa
& Mamanuca Islands of Fiji. The boat trip proved to be an excellent bonding
and team building exercise for the entire trip and everyone loved it.
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They also experienced
Whale watching and dolphins at Kaikoura.
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They
travelled on to Lake Taupo, New Zealand's largest lake. Experienced Rotorua
with the Maori people and walked through the Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve with
its boiling mud pools, hot springs and the famous Pohutu geyser. Then to Waitomo
Caves lit by thousands of glow worms sparkling against the cave walls. The AB's
finished their trip at the Bay of Islands, the Puketi Kauri Forest, the mightly
Tasman Sea & Pacific Ocean crashing together with a final drive along the
sand and waves of the Ninety Mile Beach.
54 people travelled, including 3 from Australia and 2 from New Zealand.
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In November 2001- I was responsible for organising the Ancient Briton's Veteran Field Hockey tour to South America. They played 3 games in Chile, 4 in Argentina.
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They also visited wonderful places for vacation, such as Vina del Mar and Pucon
In Chile, Iguazu Falls in Argentina and Brazil, plus Rio. 41 people travelled.
The comment from all of them was "Thank you for arranging such a fantastic
trip".
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