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Thu, 5 Feb 2015 | By wtarmstrong | Views [651] | Comments [1]
I consider myself a youngish 44. I’m not saying I look any younger than I am. Possibly the opposite. But in spirit….I feel younger, or at least act younger than many people my age. I like hanging out with younger people. I’ll get ... Read more >
Tags: aspiring, canyoning, glacier, helicopter, milford sound, new zealand
Thu, 5 Feb 2015 | By e_c_whittome | Views [274]
This morning we woke up after a very cold night at Luxmore Hut on the Kepler Track, to a thick layer of snow outside, around 20cm about the hut according to the DOC ranger.
After breakfast he came to do his weather report, which was for snow, ... Read more >
Tags: hiking, mountains
Wed, 4 Feb 2015 | By e_c_whittome | Views [304]
9.30am - bus to the control gates to start the Kepler Track.
An hour in to the walk - rain! It was flat for the first hour to Brod Bay. Then there was a continuous climb up to Mt Luxmore and the Luxmore Hut. This leg takes 5-6 hours ... Read more >
Tags: hiking, mountains
Tue, 27 Jan 2015 | By wander-wonder | Views [255] | Comments [1]
Trying a different 'diary' style - mixing it up a little. So... Mount Cook - 16 Jan Driving to Mount Cook we passed the most incredible lake of bright blue water. The lake and stream at the bottom of the mountains were a pale grey colour which was ... Read more >
Tue, 27 Jan 2015 | By elcastleberry | Views [425]
A Caribbean scene on a New Zealand sandbar: a straw hat topper on a green folding chair, a cooler to the left with a box of wine balanced on top. A man’s bare feet stretch out onto the sand, waves lapping at bony toes. Under the sunhat I’... Read more >
Tags: bays, beaches, biology, birds, ecology, new zealand, scientists
Mon, 26 Jan 2015 | By elcastleberry | Views [504]
"Can we go to bed yet? " I ask. "No, it's only 7pm, you'll be awake at 5 if you go to sleep now," Lizzy answers. "Well, what are we going to do?" I whine. I'm only half-kidding in my childish behavior. Lizzy smiles knowingly. "Read. Write. Look ... Read more >
Tags: bays, beaches, coast, inspiration, new zealand, saline, tide pools, water
Sat, 24 Jan 2015 | By wtarmstrong | Views [587] | Comments [1]
I’ve always thought that American auto makers benefit greatly from American rental car companies. I’ve never known anyone who actually owns a Chevrolet Sonic or Buick Verano (I don’t think such models even merit TV commercials). Yet ... Read more >
Tags: abel tasman, dolphins, kahurangi, nelson, new zealand, rental care
Mon, 19 Jan 2015 | By ashleighgoesglobal | Views [339]
Hello there wonderful people.
Please accept many applogies for my total lack of contact via the world of blogging for the last however many months. Jenna and I lost track of time and got sucked into the bubble they call Queenstown. We kept forgetting ... Read more >
Mon, 19 Jan 2015 | By elcastleberry | Views [491]
I regret spending four days in Auckland. The highlight of our time there was an afternoon spent at The Backyard Bar in North Auckland with my friend Leigh (who I met at surf camp in Morocco last year). Local DJ's, an epic water slide and a brood of ... Read more >
Tags: auckland, bars, cities, hostels, restaurants
Sun, 18 Jan 2015 | By wtarmstrong | Views [567]
There is a great scene at the end of the movie Charlie Wilson’s War in which a grizzled CIA agent played Phillip Seymour Hoffman (who was certainly one of the greatest actors of my generation and died way too soon) tells a story about unintended ... Read more >
Tags: ankle, banks, farm, new zealand, penguin, tour
Fri, 16 Jan 2015 | By wander-wonder | Views [455]
My arrival on the south island started with blazing sunshine, a drive through the vineyards of Marlborough (stopping for a cheeky wine tasting session along the way) to Abel Tasman National Park and finished with a beautiful pink sunset by the beach ... Read more >
Thu, 15 Jan 2015 | By elcastleberry | Views [326]
I've always been an aisle seat gal. Primarily because I like to stretch my legs beyond the tiny hovel of hobbit-space you receive on the average airplane, but there's also a paranoid, self-preservation element to it: when the inevitable emergency evacuation ... Read more >
Tags: landscapes, new zealand, planes, window seat
Mon, 12 Jan 2015 | By e_c_whittome | Views [363]
Today I started the Abel Tasman Track, one of the great walks. The weathe continues to be great. I walked from Marahau to Anchorage which was around 12km. I arrived around lunchtime at the Anchorage hut. After lunch i left the backpack and went ... Read more >
Tags: beach, swimming, walking
Sun, 11 Jan 2015 | By nesrin | Photo Gallery
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