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 […]