Fans of LOTR - we climbed Mount Doom! Besides the fact that a lot of the battle scenes for LOTR were filmed in this national park, the Tongariro Crossing was described…
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Road Trips
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The Te Papa Museum - a beautiful museum that pretty much sums up NZ's culture, natural history, history, ecosystem, etc. It was like 10 museums rolled into one...and it was free…
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I anticipated a leisurely day. We would rent mountain bikes, board our water taxi, head to our drop off point at Torea Bay on the Queen Charlotte track, ride downhill on…
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After a quick breakfast, we walked to the beach, and boarded a water taxi from Kaiteriteri to Bark's Bay in Abel Tasman National Park. One of the good things about this…
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We had a bit of drama with our Campervan. After lunch in Franz Josef, we walked back to the campervan to change into our usual jeans and flip flops...and I noticed…
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We lucked out yet again. Our second try for a heli-hike to Fox Glacier, and the weather was stunningly beautiful. The guides said that it's usually only clear a couple times…
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on this day, we had plans to take a helicopter ride to the top of Fox Glacier for a half day hike. The weather didn't cooperate - the storm made visibility…
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Another long and winding road...as if there were any other kind in NZ. What looked like a short 200 miles or so actually took like 6 hours of driving time. My…
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Adrenaline pumping after jumping off a bridge, it was hard to get back into the camper van and head back on the road for another long drive. Instead, we stopped for…