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… And blowing our budget. Big time. Here we are sitting in Happy Diwali with an amazing adrenaline afterglow. We’ve just come off skydiving, having survived the 12000ft adrenaline rush. It was an amazing experience and we really want to go again. If we had the cash, we’d do that a Continue reading Falling into Queenstown… The Roaring Meg Scott and I have had the pleasure of meeting two of Lake Wanaka’s great natural forces: Meg and Roy. We arrived into Wanaka two days ago after the drive through the Haast Pass (which actually wasn’t so bad). We immediately went straight to the informaiton centre in town to see if we Continue reading The Roaring Meg and Mighty Roy Pancake rocks Last I left off, we were enjoying the rainy sludge that Punakaiki had to offer. The rain did not let up that night, so we decided to take a gamble and try seeing the pancake rocks the next morning. After spending quite some time in the van reading and such, Scott had Continue reading Pancake rocks, Jungle and Glaciers – oh my! Scott and I overlooking Wellington. Well, it’s been a few days and we have lots to catch up on! We left National Park Village a few days ago to make the trek down to Wellington. The drive was probably the easiest so far – not a whole lot of twists and turns on scary roads…so Continue reading South of the North Island and North of the South Island This post is about my journey across the Tongariro Crossing, with an intro from Kenna. The start of today came VERY early, as Scott and I wanted to leave Waitomo at a decent hour to be able to complete the Tongariro Crossing hike. We arrived around 11 a.m in National Park Village (the essential base Continue reading Crossing the Mountain called Tongariro Well, Kenna done good today. Having been hospitalized only 10 days ago, still not fully recovered, still eating like a bird (and doing other things similarly to birds too), we put Kenna through a lot today. No less than 1) rappelling, 2) caving, 3) rock climbing and 4) black water rafting. Nevermind Continue reading Caving with the Glow Worms Well here we are, huddled in Happy Diwali hiding from the cold, rainy mess that has been our life for the last three days in Rotorua. New Zealand was not supposed to be this cold! At least not until we headed further south! Furthermore, we’re being cheap and staying in a Department Continue reading Rainy Days in Rotorua We arrived safely after a VERY long and harrowing drive from Paihia to Hot Water Beach. Driving in through the Coromandel Penninsula was amazing. More ups, downs and steep arounds and stellar scenery at every turn. We’ve been trying to avoid camping at regular campgrounds, but haven’t had much luck. All of the conservation parks are Continue reading The Coromandel Penninsula: Hot Water Beach Today’s blog post comes while Scott drives Happy Diwali through the crazy twists and turns of New Zealand’s roads. We are leaving Paihia to start our journey South – today we are hoping to get to the Coromandel Peninsula to see the Hot Water Beach. Yesterday was our highly anticipated “swim with the dolphins” experience. After Continue reading Dolphins and Driving Here we are, sitting in Happy Diwali, enjoying the beauty Northern NZ has to offer. Scott and I woke up this morning at 5:30 to try to see the sun rise over the ocean out of the back of HD. Unfortunately, the weather was completely socked in, and we didn’t see anything too stellar. Continue reading Northern Beauty |
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