Dan is now another year old and another year wiser (as he so nicely pointed out to me). I guess since he’s older than me he’ll always be wiser than me. It was hard for me to do much for his birthday since we are pretty much together 24/7, but I took advantage of [...]
As our last stop in NZ, we’ve decided to go to Rotorua. Rotorua is well known for their geo-thermal activity which manifests itself all over town in the form of steaming pits, bubbling mud, and even a few geysers. Rotorua is also known for being very heavily populated by people of Maori culture — and [...]
After a month in New Zealand, we’ve decided to begin wrapping up the New Zealand portion of our adventure. Before leaving though, we needed to get back to the North Island (so that we could fly out of Auckland, which is the major international airport). We took a flight from Wellington to Auckland (for only [...]
Wellington, NZ We spent a few days in Wellington which is NZ’s capitol and is located at the southern end of the north island. While in Wellington we visited the Te Papa museum. We continue to be really impressed with how hands-on the museums are here. There is so much to see, smell, touch, and [...]
We took the Interislander Ferry between Picton and Wellington today (to get us from the south island to the north island of New Zealand), but we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. We learned (at the END of our 4 hour ferry ride – too late) that the waters are rougher in [...]