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Te Anau to Queenstown – ‘The mountains are calling and I must go’
After stopping by the Sandfly Café for a delectable meat pie breakfast, we spent the next few hours wandering around Lake Te Anau. The panoramic views were spectacular! Te Anau is known as…
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Milford Sound, South Island – ‘Rain makes the Milford Sound sing’
After chasing the sunset from Queenstown to Te Anau the night before, we awoke to an overcast and rather dreary morning. I guess the weather can’t be perfect ALL the time. …
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Queenstown, South Island – Be BrAve and Jump!
If I could make one suggestion regarding hotels in Queenstown, it would be to make sure you have a lake view. For just a fraction more, we got to enjoy this magnificence from…
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Queenstown & Glenorchy, South Island – Riders of Rohan
After experiencing a lot of what the North Island has to offer (okay, seriously, we didn’t even crack the surface), it was time to see the South Island. Onwards to Queenstown! I would…
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Hobbiton, North Island – ‘In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit…’
To say I was ‘excited’ to visit Hobbiton would be a bit of an understatement. I was ecstatic! To see a fantasyland that had permeated so much of my life (even my wedding!)…
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Waitomo, North Island – Take the Plunge
I have yet to mention that the absolute best way to see New Zealand is by car. The landscape is constantly changing and just simply gorgeous (like jaw-droppingly gorgeous), and it gives you…
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The Bay of Islands, North Island – All Aboard the Rock!
They had me at Adventure Cruise. After a few days in Auckland, we were anxious to see what else this glorious country had to offer. So onward and upward to Paihia, the gateway…
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Auckland, North Island – There and an Uber back again
We love to wander. Like really REALLY love it. Our favorite memories often involve getting lost down a backstreet with no plan or purpose, just to experience what a city is hiding in…
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Auckland, North Island – We made it!
Must. Avoid. Jetlag. So we headed for Rangitoto and Motutapu Islands, a short scenic ferry ride from Auckland. Rangitoto is the youngest volcanic island in New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf; it’s distinctive cone can…
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The Never-Ending Flight
21 total hours of travel time is seriously no joke: NC > TX > NZ. And as a first timer on an overnight flight in economy, it was rough (although finding out that…
