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Monthly Archives: April, 2008
We had parked overnight about halfway between Franz Josef and Queenstown, in a place called Haast. While it would’ve been nice to check out the beach here we had to get to Queenstown by 2:00, as my other fellow adventures had bungy jumping scheduled at that time. We hit the road relatively early because I
This is actually a story I wrote a long time ago but never posted it, so here it is. Also thanks to Cailtlin for some of the photos. It was our last day of a three-day trip to the Coromandel Peninsula. After amazingly getting everyone out of bed and checked out of the hostel with
Although our RV was freezing, we managed to come out from under our covers at 8:45 to get ready for our glacier walk/hike. So we got to the main building where we paid and got hooked up with some boots, socks, rain jacket, and crampons (the metal spikes that let you walk on ice). We
We flew into Christchurch which is on the east coast of the South Island, kind of in the middle there. This is where we would begin our eight day journey. From here we picked up our six person RV (although we had seven people) and after a quick stop to pick up groceries (mostly sausages,
Well sorry, its been slow the last two weeks. I was traversing the South Island for a week or so and when we got back we had to immediately go on another one to the Taupo/Rotorua area. Both were GREAT times and the second trip was all expenses paid by Loyola- can’t beat that. This
The day started the same way many days do here in Auckland. Wake up, realize its 9am, go back to bed. Wake up, notice it’s now 11:30am, contemplate getting out of bed, realize that such contemplation is futile, go back to bed. Wake up one last time, notice its 12:30pm, realize I’m a good for
Ok so I managed to find some internet, but this isn’t gonna be long. We got our RV Wednesday and drove to the Franz Josef Glacier for our hike on Thursday. Check out the pics. We’re in Queenstown for the day where some of the group are going bungy jumping (way too expensive for me
Well tomorrow I head to the South Island for a week. We’re going to be cruising around in a campervan and since I’m the only one that know how to drive stick, I get to be the driver. So pray for me not to die:) This of course mean I won’t get a chance to
Day Four With another early morning rise, English muffin breakfast, and a final packing, we jumped on the trail for our final tramp back to Whakapapa village. I was sore, tired and ready to sleep in a real bed; while visions of fast food danced in my head. But first we had a 5 ½
Day Three Taking advantage of a slightly shorter tramp planned for the day, we decided to sleep in a little bit and let the hut clear out a bit before making breakfast. We’d been eating English muffins with cream cheese and jelly for our breakfasts. It’s important to pack food that has a lot of
Day TwoAfter a long night we woke up promptly at 7:00am to get a go on and hit the trail at 8:15am. The second day would prove to be our longest, most intense, most breathtaking, and most memorable day of them all. This is where we began to venture into the realm of Mordor. This
If you haven’t read the Lord of the Rings books or seen the movies, don’t worry, I’m not really a hobbit-loving, spell-casting, orc-slaying fan boy.Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the Lord of The Rings very much; just not to the point where I get made fun of by other people. But if you’ve read