Category Archives: New Zealand

It’s Good to Have Friends on a Rainy Day: New Zealand North Island (March 17 – 24)

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Sarah

It was time for us to say goodbye to the South Island of New Zealand and cross the Cook Strait to the North Island. We planned for one week of our trip to be spent in the north to explore … Continue reading →

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Chasin’ the Sun…With Wine…On Bikes: One Last Week of Fun on the South Island–Mar. 10-16

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Mike

We’ll see how this blog goes; you see, I shipped my journal home this morning before realizing that I still needed to please the masses with tales of our final week on the South Island of New Zealand.  I can … Continue reading →

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Tramping Thru Fiordland (March 5 – 9)

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Sarah

 The fiordlands of New Zealand have always been somewhere I have wanted to explore, so I was very excited to spend the next 5 days in this area. The highlights would be the Milford Sound and our 4 day trek … Continue reading →

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First We Tramp, and Then We Luge: Mar. 2-4

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Mike

After three days in New Zealand, Sarah and I both thought that it was a very beautiful place; we had mostly just driven around, though, and we needed to stretch out our legs.  New Zealand, we would find out, is a … Continue reading →

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Who Doesn’t Try to Smuggle Australian Spiders into New Zealand? (February 27 – March 1)

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Sarah

New Zealand is country number 14, and both Mike and I were really excited to explore the country. We left Melbourne on February 27 on a direct flight to Christchurch. One of the fun things that goes along with moving … Continue reading →

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