Destination: New Zealand

Our Wedding Day

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 | By cirila | Views [359]

John and I were married in the Rotorua Redgestry Office on the 18th of June 2008.

Home

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 | By theladykelly | Views [329]

Packing is hard. Trying to get everything packed and done by tomorrow afternoon so I can make a trip to Auckland to see some friends and then enjoy the last full day in Raglan for Dads "50th" (the real one I will miss as I will be somewhere ... Read more >

Day 225: The Bay of Islands

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [396]

Tuesday 17th June The first thing I did when I got up was to pull back the curtains in my room and inspect the mornings weather. Although the skies were still grey, there was no rain and it all looked a little less forboding than the day before, ... Read more >

Gallery: a week down south

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 | By danielle_g | Photo Gallery

Home Sweet Home

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 | By vien_and_shaz | Views [776] | Comments [1]

Well, its over...we are back in New Zealand. As nice as it is to be home and see family and friends we are missing the bumming lifestyle of backpacking BIG time. I remember when we set off we were hoping that we would rid the travel bug but it feels ... Read more >

Day 224: Auckland to the Bay of Islands

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [410]

Monday 16th June We woke up to a miserable, rainy day in Auckland. The docklands were covered in a thick blanket of rain and the skies were a dark grey. The cooler and wetter weather that met us on our arrival into New Zealand the day before had ... Read more >

Gallery: NZ

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 | By cjmurdoch | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Rotorua

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 | By kiwi_kerry | Photo Gallery

Shotover Canyon Swing!!

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [4628] | Comments [2]

This morning I was booked to do the last crazy thing not yet done in this town... namely the Shotover Canyon Swing. Pretty simple... big canyon, lots of wires, two ropes and a victim... it is a 60 meter freefall into the 109 meter deep canyon and once ... Read more >

Tags: adrenaline, walking

Nevis Bungy!!

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [3580]

The Nevis bungy before today was something that I still held some fear for. The bridge bungy was a lot of fun, and there were no big dramas making the jump, but this one is 134 meters from a pod suspended by cables over a massive canyon and river. It ... Read more >

Tags: adrenaline, walking

Gallery: Rafting Rotorua

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 | By kiwi_kerry | Photo Gallery

Gallery: This is Who We are..

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 | By hotchips44 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: New Zealand - North Island

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 | By mike-annie | Photo Gallery

Nova Zelândia - roteiro de onde ir

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 | By henrique | Views [5715] | Comments [2]

Quando se fala em Nova Zelândia, quase todos pensam em montanhas íngremes e na prática de esportes de aventura. A fama do lugar é justa e apesar destes serem os principais atrativos, não são os únicos. Quem chega ao país, entra logo em contato com ... Read more >

Queenstown tandem skydive!!

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [13480] | Comments [1]

Waking up this morning, the first thing I did was take a look at the sky, which was cloud free and a beautiful shade of blue! Yes! The receptionist at the hostel called NZ Skydiving for me to check that we were on, and the news was good! I chucked breakfast ... Read more >

Tags: adrenaline