Photo: Bill, Ghost (Trent), and Jello…Happy Halloween! Magic Bus from Franz Josef to Queenstown: To view all snapshots of the drive from Franz Josef to Queenstown – click here! 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 [...]

For all snapshots of my Glacier Hike – click here! Definitely check out the pictures…they are worth it! To view New Zealand Photography – click here! 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 [...]

Photo: Welcome to the Gray West Coast To view all snapshots from Picton to Franz Josef – click here! To view Photography of New Zealand – click here! 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 [...]

Photo: Tangariro National Park View snapshos of Auckland to Wellington View my New Zealand Travel Photography 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 [...]

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 [...]