We arrived in Queenstown in the early morning and contemplated pulling over on the side of the road and just 'setting up camp.' We read that most people do this to…
Browsing Tag
Road Trips
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Dunedin was recommended to us by a native Kiwi as having a 'cool vibe,' so even though it was all the way on the other side of the island, we decided…
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"Brekkie" is Kiwi for Breakfast. We ate a lot of Mickey D's brekkies over the course of our stay in NZ. 1. It wasn't $25 for breakfast like most tourist-focused restaurnts, 2. It…
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The Catlins, or the Catlin Coast, was rugged and remote - a mix of beaches, farms, waterfalls, rare birds, rain forests, and towns that looked as if they had not been…
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After hundreds of miles of this, we finally hit Invercargill - a town with a Scottish heritage. The nicer parts of town had beautiful English parks and gardens, which seemed so…
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We hiked to a waterfall called "The Chasm" - a tiny slit in the rocks slowly carved by running water, creating a waterfall, or in this case, "chasm." There were multiple…
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Are you tired of waterfalls, mountains, and beautiful scenery? Well, there's more. Milford Sound -- it's really everything the guidebooks said and more. It's beautiful. It's spectacular. And if you get…
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Another boat, bus, and ferry ride later, we were back on dry land, and ready to hit up the streets of Te Anau. I quite liked the town - a bit…
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A peaceful night on still waters, books read in our cabins, and an almost too quiet, too dark existence. The boats engines started at 6am (or earlier). We scrambled to get…