A full two weeks were spent on New Zealand’s south island and left us with so many memories. We can honestly say, however, that 2 weeks simply aren’t enough here! The beauty, the amount of activities to do, the people and laid back life style…it’s no wonder most of the folks we ran into were […]
Jumping into 2012
Corny? Yes. But we freaking bungy jumped on New Year’s Day. I think we earned some corniness. Let’s back up a bit… After spending some more time in the New Zealand sun listening to a music festival, playing cards and taking in the lake view, we got ready for New Year’s Eve dinner at a […]
The Adventure Capital of the World
Immediately on disembarking from our boat transit from the Doubtful Sound we are heading off to our last stop of the trip: Queenstown. A mere two hours later we are arriving in the busiest “tiny town” I’ve seen. You can walk through all of the streets of Queenstown in just one afternoon. Driving though…well that […]
Fjordland
After getting our full of glaciers and green-lipped mussels (a New Zealand specialty) we cruised along the west coast highway on Christmas Day to Wanaka where we stayed a couple of nights and spent the days biking around the huge lake, sampling wines and basking in the sun. After a grueling 6 AM hike up […]
Aotearoa
After spending our first day and night in Christchurch we set off to drive across the country through as much mountainous terrain as possible to reach our first destination of Franz Josef. This approach lead us to some pretty amazing sights along Arthur’s Pass – a stretch of road that meanders through the Southern Alps […]
Circus Music
Do you ever have experiences where circus music seems to be the most appropriate soundtrack for that particular moment? It happens to me all the time. (That’s not crazy at all). Particularly when I do something doofishy, doh!-ish or just plain stupid. Lots of times, as it turns out, these moments occur on our travels. […]
Perspective
The many blogs I read more often than not have at least one post relating to the never ending quest to find and maintain a healthy perspective in your life. I, too, believe in the benefits of perspective – it helps keep you sane when you start to fret over how green the grass always […]
Vacation Mode
We are in full-on vacation mode. I’m talking pancakes for breakfast, fro-yo for dessert, forget you have work to do kind of vacation mode. Where did this come from you ask? This little slice of heaven is due to our obligatory 90 day visa requirement; otherwise known as a “save our Visa excursion”. Australia has […]