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Photo of the Week – Milford Track
Colorful Carpet – Milford Track New Zealand
The Milford Track (Kiwi speak for hike) is called the most beautiful hike in the world. It received this accreditation when an English journalist walked it and wrote about her journey titling it “Milford Track, Possibly the Most Beautiful Walk in the World”. Her editor looked at it and [...]
Photo of the Week – New Zealand
Wai-o-tapu thermal Park New Zealand (2006)
Near Rotorua on the North Island
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Too much time to think
I’m currently leaving Australia and heading for Bali – I’m coming close to traveling for 3 months now. There are a lot of wierd stages I go through and I spend time in my mind chewing on these stages and try to make sense out of them or figure out how to simply get through [...]
Turkey and Dolly Parton – Bizarro Sydney
Photo: The famous landmark of Sydney
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Upon arriving in Sydney I realized that this was really the first big, cosmopolitan city that I had visited since I left NYC. It was a welcome site – however that came with a price…costs [...]
Kindness of Strangers Down Under
The mission in Melbourne was to eat, party, and shop…never mind that I have no money…I was willing to forget that for a few days. The good news was that I have a friend who lives in Melbourne, PK, and I enlisted him to show us the nightlife. I knew I picked [...]
Land Down Under
Photo: Round mushroom in the Daintree Rain Forest
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I followed the yellow brick road to OZ…and finally – I learned why Australia is called Oz. I was expecting some witty reason – something about Dorthy losing Toto and being raised by [...]
New Zealand Finale – Land of the Sheep
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My last days in New Zealand and I feel as if I was looking through a kaliedascope for 3 days. The colors were so powerful on the South Island – plus – the sun was [...]
Milford Sound – waterfalls, snowfalls, treefalls, and television?
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There are some great pics of New Zealand mountains, ferns, and rain forests!
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I’m starting over again – I’ve moved on from my current backpacker friends and headed for Fiordland Park and the Milford Sound on my own. The drive [...]
Halloween – Jelloween
Photo: Bill, Ghost (Trent), and Jello…Happy Halloween!
Magic Bus from Franz Josef to Queenstown:
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It was a long bus day today and a very full bus (I guess everyone wanted to get to Queenstown for Halloween). By now I had a group of [...]
The Ice that Warmed my Heart
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Definitely check out the pictures…they are worth it!
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Ahhh – let me take you all back to grade school when you learned about glaciers – but probably weren’t paying attention…
A glacier is the remaining winter snow that the summer melt [...]
South Island New Zealand – Picton to Franz Josef Rainy Days
Photo: Welcome to the Gray West Coast
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We crossed the famous Cook Straight from Wellington (North Island) to Picton (South Island). The ferry was huge! I was expecting something similar to the Tanzania ferry that Cyndi and [...]
Do you believe in Magic? North Island New Zealand
Photo: Tangariro National Park
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When I arrived in New Zealand – I had no plan…very unlike me – but I was hoping for some magic I guess. The good news is that I found it – The Magic Bus! No – I wasn’t eating shrooms nor [...]
Another Day, Another Country
I have to admit – getting to New Zealand wasn’t easy. Why is it when you book your trip months in advance you think that the trade off of having a layover for less money is a good idea? I left Cape Town on a Friday morning at 7:30 AM and arrived in Auckland New [...]
