Our final night in NZ, we decided to splurge on a suite in downtown Auckland. We found the most bizarre "champagne and strawberries" deal online, and booked a room at the…
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Hot Water Beach - on either side of low tide, warm (sometimes scalding hot) spring water seeps up through the sand. We rented shovel, found a warm spot, dug a hole…
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Another early morning of scrambling and rushing to meet a boat. Our sole purpose for visiting this area in particular, was to swim with the dolphins. I'll spare the drawn out…
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A short synopsis of the "Lost World Epic" - We dressed up like Japanese factory workers, hiked to a sinkhole, strapped into a harness (mine being so tight, that it cut…
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The main reason we stopped in Rotorua was to experience the Maori Hangi, or feast. Similar to a luau, at a hangi, there's dancing, singing, challenges, lots of fake acting, and…
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Fans of LOTR - we climbed Mount Doom! Besides the fact that a lot of the battle scenes for LOTR were filmed in this national park, the Tongariro Crossing was described…
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The Te Papa Museum - a beautiful museum that pretty much sums up NZ's culture, natural history, history, ecosystem, etc. It was like 10 museums rolled into one...and it was free…
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I anticipated a leisurely day. We would rent mountain bikes, board our water taxi, head to our drop off point at Torea Bay on the Queen Charlotte track, ride downhill on…
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After a quick breakfast, we walked to the beach, and boarded a water taxi from Kaiteriteri to Bark's Bay in Abel Tasman National Park. One of the good things about this…