Category Archives: New Zealand
New Zealand – Fin
Three more stops to go in New Zealand and then we fly to Sydney, our favorite city in Australia. One more bus driver change, this time nicknamed Papa G. He’d been driving tour buses for the last 16 years and did one thing I wish the other drivers had done. He stopped the bus frequently to let us take pictures of the beautiful scenery.
New Zealand Part 3
The first two days we had in Queenstown were pretty laid back compared to what we would get ourselves into when we returned later. We spent those two days walking around and getting to know the town and it’s layout and taking the ski lift to the top of the mountain for some amazing views of the city and do a little hiking. We would return to this town wth a vengeance a few days later, but first we had to go see another amazing part of New Zealand: Milford Sound
New Zealand Part 2
We left Blue Duck Station and made our way to the Tongariro National park. The highlight of this park is a 6-8 hour walk through some beautiful countryside of New Zealand. Unfortunately, my ankle was still bothering me from when I hurt it in Nicaragua, so we had to skip it. Mandy also had an unfortunate dental issue that would mean we would have to say goodbye to friends we made on the bus and stay in Wellington for a few days while we got her patched up. It sounds a lot worse than it turned out to be, and we really enjoyed our time off the bus.
New Zealand Part 1
I tried to come up with a tricky, funny title for our first post about this country but New Zealand kept whispering over my shoulder to keep it simple like much of their country, so here we are. Part 1. I have no idea how many parts this will take but welcome to the story of our journey of what we reckon will be the most beautiful country on our journey. Cheers!
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