Sea kayaking and hiking the Abel Tasman National Park were on the agenda this day. We packed lunches of Nutella sandwiches, pepperoni sticks, cheese sticks and apples and headed on our way. Sand flies are the devil! They bite and leave tiny itchy red bumps. We haven’t encountered any sand flies …
Long Post Disclaimer – We spent a total of two half days and one night in Wellington, so I might as well tell you the story of how we survived the gale force winds in this city in one post. This also marked the end of our trip on the …
After our last attempt to skydive in the morning was rejected by the rain, we opted to have a mellow morning on the Lake Taupo. We took the Earnest Kemp Steam Boat to see the Maori stone carvings. It was a very cold and rainy day. I was so focused on …
Earthquake?! We fell asleep the night before with the TV on and woke up the next morning to breaking news of a 7.8-magnitude earthquake near Kaikoura on the South Island. Strong aftershocks continued to impact the South Island. There was also a tsunami warning all along the east coast of …
We had rented a GPS with the car because we knew we couldn’t depend on our phones, which had at best 2G in most places outside of major cities. For whatever reason, the GPS insisted on taking us on the longest, most remote routes possible to get to our destinations. …
With the help of jet-lag, we woke up early and headed out to one of the only places I demanded to see on this trip — the Cathedral Cove on the Coromandel Peninsula. The weather wasn’t very cooperative and maintained a chilly drizzle all morning. At first, I thought we …
