Destination: New Zealand

Gallery: Rotorua

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Maketu

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Photo Gallery

Swimming with Dolphins. WOW WOW WOW!

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By swhateley | Views [624]

My oldest friend & two of her darling children dropped me off on a chilly Wednesday morning at the Magic stop at the crack of dawn to jump onto the hop on hop off to head up to Kaikura for Whale watching or Dolphin swimming options on the way to ... Read more >

Gallery: Waitomo

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Photo Gallery

Waitomo

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Views [642] | Comments [1]

Ahhhh...Waitomo...one of our most anticipated stops yet!   I'm sure anyone back home who knew of our trip has heard us talk about glow-worms and “black water rafting.”   Well, it turns out that black water rafting is the lame equivalent of a dark ... Read more >

A Maori Thanksgiving

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By lburton | Views [889]

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Tags: cultural, group, holiday, maketu, maori, north island, performance, thanksgiving

Gallery: Reglan

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Photo Gallery

Reglan

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Views [899]

Our next stop in our north island journey was probably the coolest place we have been yet.   The town is called Reglan and i can describe this town in one sentence...ready???   The New Zealand government pays the inhabitants of the town to surf.   ... Read more >

The Cook Islands. Tonga and on to NZ!

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By jcraig234 | Views [441]

Ok folks, Storytime from the South Sea's. Opua, Bay of Islands, NZ to be exact. So, Rarotonga, Cook Islands we managed to dock in and then spent a few miserable hours fixing things on the ship. I got the illustrious position of fixing the ships ... Read more >

Were off again

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 | By em-and-andy | Views [688]

Well, as it says above; were off again.  Back down to New Zealand to do another six month tour, pick our van up on Monday and then the fun really starts. If you get time, look in on the blog to see how it's going on the return trip. Andy & Em ... Read more >

Gallery: Hahei pt2

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Hahei

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Photo Gallery

Hahei

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Views [422]

After a 4 hour ferry ride and a 14 hour bus ride to Auckland we have officially started our exploration of the north island.   On first glance its pretty easy to be disheartened when you dont see an amazing view out of your window every 30 seconds, ... Read more >

Gallery: Campervanning, Christchurch and the final shots of N.Z

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 | By annamar810 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: New Zealand

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 | By colin_and_lou | Photo Gallery