Running in the Windy City
By that I mean Wellington. Because of it’s position and the weather in the area, Wellington is an incredibly windy city. I got to experience first hand what the wind was like on my last… Read More »Running in the Windy City
By that I mean Wellington. Because of it’s position and the weather in the area, Wellington is an incredibly windy city. I got to experience first hand what the wind was like on my last… Read More »Running in the Windy City
Somewhere along my trip I got the crazy idea to do a bungy jump. I didn’t really want to spend the money to do a skydive so I figured bungy jumping would be the next… Read More »Throwing Myself 134 Meters off the Nevis
I took a day that I was in Queenstown to head up to one of the local mountains and carve up some snow. I couldn’t see a thing.There were three lifts. 2 of them went… Read More »Snowboarding in the Remarkables
We left Franz Josef after a night of the hardest rain I’ve seen on my trip so far. I was desperately hoping that it would move off or abate by the time we got to… Read More »The Most Beautiful Place I’ve Ever Seen: Milford Sound
After the scenery of Franz Josef I was really excited to get to Queenstown. It was probably the most talked about of all the places in New Zealand and I was anxious to see what… Read More »Queenstown: Adrenaline Capital of New Zealand
One of the items on my “must do” list for New Zealand was hiking on a glacier. We headed down to Franz Josef from Greymouth and arrived in time for a half day hike on… Read More »Walking on Thick Ice
Not being able to make it all the way from Nelson to Franz Josef in one day, the buses stop in Greymouth for the night. There isn’t much to do in Greymouth but wander around.… Read More »Monteiths Brewery Tour in Greymouth
There are a number of national parks and excellent day and multi-day tramps in New Zealand. The many kilometers of tracks in Abel Tasman National Park are among the most beautiful and easiest to access.… Read More »Day Trip Into Abel Tasman National Park
Where is that you might ask? I asked the same question when I saw it on the itinerary for the Magic bus that I’m taking around New Zealand.Well, Picton is a tiny town on the… Read More »Anyone Heard of Picton?
So I’m now in New Zealand. The flight from Australia was uneventful and thankfully considerably shorter than the one home is going to be. It almost felt short!I knew New Zealand was going to be… Read More »Turbo New Zealand