Tramping New Zealand

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Cristina climbing a waterfall.jpg The water was very warm

The steam is where hot scalding water is running into the river

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New Zealand Itinerary

1/5/16 - BART -> SFO -> Auckland (total time ~ 14 hours)

1/7/16 - Arrive in Auckland

1/8/16 - Black Labyrinth Cave Tubing, Waitomo

1/9/16 - Black Odyssey Caving, Waitomo

1/10/16 - Kayaking in Taupo and Ernest Kemp Cruise, Taupo

1/11/16 - Maori Cultural Dinner and Thermal Valley Tour, Rotura

1/12/16 - Rest day in Rotura

1/13/16 - Hobbiton Tour then travel to Hot Water Beach

1/14/16 - Return to Auckland

1/15/16 - Fly to Christchurch, visit Antarctic Center

1/16/16 - TranzAlpine Train to Greymouth, visit Pancake Rocks

1/17/16 - Arts & Crafts

1/18/16 - Glacier Helicopter Tour and Hike, Franz Joseph Glacier

1/19/16 - Travel to Te Anau

1/20/16 - Tramp the Milford Track (4 days)

1/24/16 - Travel to Wanaka

1/25/16 - Canyoning the Niger River

1/26/16 - Free day in Queenstown

1/27/16 - Queenstown -> Auckland -> SFO -> Home (total time ~ 16 hours)

Hobbiton

We spent a few hours at Hobbiton, the place where the Hobbit village was films for the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies. The tour...

Kayak Squeeze

What is a kayak squeeze? It is a 5 hour trip put on by Taupo Kayaking Adventures where you kayak down the Waikato River for a couple of...

Making Knives

Cristina and I took a knife making class today at Barrytown Knifemaking. The class is put on by Steve and Robyn at their house in...

Day three, Waitomo

We are still in Waitomo today and tried a new Afterward, we went for a hike in the nearby forest and then headed toward Taupo, our next...

Day two, Waitomo

So today we drove through Whatawhata and ate dinner at Huhu. Kind of reminds me of the Doublemint twins, doubledouble:) Speaking of...

Driving on the wrong side of the road

When I picked up the rental car this morning, the rental agent spent a So, after the short bit of education, the agent gave

Day one, Auckland

I arrived in Auckland at 5:50 am this morning, after a 13 hour flight. It was a long flight but I was able to sleep a little bit. See my...

Tramping through New Zealand

In New Zealand, people "tramp" instead of "hike". So, my friend and I will be tramping, and traveling through New Zealand for 3 weeks....

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