Category Archives: New Zealand

Cruising the Milford

Over 500,000 visitors come to the Milford Sound each year. Our original intent was to avoid the crowds and do the 4 day Milford tramp, but it is fully booked until March so we decided to rest our feet and … Continue reading

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The World’s Fastest Indian

Doug McIntyre reminded us that we must go to Invercargill if for nothing else to see the original Indian motorcyle ridden by Burt Munro who holds the under-1000cc world record at 183.586 mph . If you haven’t seen “The World’s Fastest Indian” … Continue reading

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The Scenic Route

Heading south from Dunedin is an area less traveled. Many people choose to skip over this part of New Zealand as it is not the most direct route to the Fiordlands where more of the tourists flock. We prefer to … Continue reading

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Weather You Like It Or Not

It was time to to leave Wanaka and head on to the Fiordlands. We went to the information center to check on the weather and learned that it was going to be miserable for the next several days. Seeing how … Continue reading

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The Life of Luxury

We chose to spend our days in Wanaka at the Aspiring Campervan Park. which described itself as being “simply the best campervan park in New Zealand.” With a slogan like that we knew we had to stay. This place went … Continue reading

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Flickr Updated

Our Flickr page is updated with photos through our Thanksgiving Day feast. Nelson Lakes and beyond Pancake Rocks Franz Josef Glacier Haast Pass Thanksgiving/Wanaka Don’t worry, these are just our favorite photos from these areas, not all 400+ photos we … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving Day

While our family and friends were eating turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, stuffing, pecan & pumpkin pies, and more turkey, we were eating pork ribs, kumara, black cherry chicken, and banoffee pie. Turkey is very difficult to come by … Continue reading

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The West Coast

We have seen much in the last few days. Our last day in Nelson (where we rested after the Abel Tasman Walk) was spent taking in a movie, In Bruges (really good and really bad, all in the same movie) … Continue reading

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It’s a tradition!

As we are traveling, we have realized the importance of familiarity. Because we are moving around so much, it’s comforting to have at least a few things that you can count on to be the same on most days. One … Continue reading

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Indecision is the Key to Flexibility

Ed Hatch, Erin’s dad, coined this phrase, “Indecision is the key to flexibility.” This has come to mind in our travels around New Zealand as we haven’t booked much in advance and have really just flown by the seat of … Continue reading

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