It was with great joy and a personal triumph that we landed in the Antipodes, I claimed my 7th continent when we landed in Auckland, New Zealand on January 11th 2011.
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What Can I say, Sweet As! For three weeks we have enjoyed the hospitality and friendliness of New Zealand and the people of these fair Islands. We have had the opportunity to spend time with Kiwi’s in there homes and in their lives experiencing a different side of life we would not normally see as we traveled through with our campervan!
Read MoreThe Great Kiwi Road Trip Soundtrack
Here we have another installment of our soundtracks for your listening pleasure. New Zealand was a real driving adventure as well moved around the country in our trusty campervan!
Read MoreTreasure Hunt!!
So one day before I left work in NYC I was chatting with my colleague Dave about New Zealand, he was off to there in Sept/Oct for the rugby world cup. I was joking around with him saying he should leave me something in NZ for me to find when I got there a few months later, I joked it should be the toy Cockerel on my desk (long story on that gift from another friend!).
Read MoreScenic drives
Whoooosh - Lake, Trees, Hills, River. Whoooosh - Mountain, Sound, Forest, Glacier. Whooossh - Lake, Trees, Stream…..
One can safely say that in visiting New Zealand you will not be disappointed for the scenery and landscapes that you will encounter, we were definitely not disappointed! Locals and visitors we have met talk about the differences between the Islands and the scenery of the North Vs. the South but in my opinion both islands are just simply Fabulous!
Read MoreChristchurch
It was not out of voyeurism that took us to Christchurch but a newspaper article that talked about lonely planets announcement of Christchurch being one of the top highlights of visiting New Zealand.
Read MoreMost Expensive Breakfast Ever
We are supposed to be on a budget however this particular morning after some rave reviews and the fact that I was told not to miss out trying the crayfish on the Kaikoura coastline line we pulled off the highway into a little spot by the ocean frequent by a little cabin and crayfish business called ‘nins bin’.
Read MoreThe Great Outdoors
This blog is not to overlap with anything we may write about New Zealand but it is to share a little story of my appreciation and love for the great outdoors, for camping and for our spaceship ‘scully’ our trusty stead through NZ.
Read MoreMy Outdoors Man Dream
What I now know about Abel Tasman is that it is a place of my dreams, it was a place I had seen in photographs that to me always seemed dream like and not of any specific location, and it was something I imagined I would find in the deepest woodlands and Lake land’s of Canadian or American national parks, I had not seen or thought I would find it in NZ but we did, It is a true Garden of Eden.
Read MoreJP Smith and the Comic Book Project
It has been 13 years since I left university and it had also been 13 years since my friend JP Smith had left university and emigrated to New Zealand with his family, leaving his record collection with a few of us as he set off for a new life. On his departure I was committed so someday traveling to visit him. Now as we all know this has taken a while, a few false starts on the way but finally I got to New Zealand and Wellington to catch up with him and a good time was had!
Read MoreBlack Water Rafting
Now what is Black Water rafting? I hear you say, well it is a underground adventure that involves one going underground into an cave network that has underwater rivers and waterfalls and who knows what else and using a large inflatable tube to navigate through these waterways. Waitomo is famous for its cave network and this apparently world famous activity!!
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