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Jim, Lisa and the World A trip of global proportions |
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* Attack of the Sandflies!
* A Puzzling World Indeed * Surfing with dolphins! * The Cook Strait * Tangariro Crossing * From Beaches to Caves * Miles of Surf * English and other languages * After the wedding
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February 25, 2005Attack of the Sandflies!From Queenstown we headed to the Southwest corner of the Island to Fiordland National Park. We had hoped to do a multi-day backpack here (Tramping as the call it here) but we were stymied by the lack of a suitable...Read this update February 24, 2005A Puzzling World IndeedFeb 22-24 So after last entry when we stated that we were "getting of the tourist trail a bit" what did we do next? Why we headed straight into the belly of the beast: Queenstown - the center of touristicky...Read this update February 20, 2005Surfing with dolphins!21 Feb 05 Day 6 of our roadtrip and we've already put over 1000 km on our little car. After attending the Shins concert at the U. of Canterbury in Christchurch we got up early and headed south. We'd gotten...Read this update February 17, 2005The Cook StraitAfter spending two days in Wellington, the capital city, we took a ferry accurse the Cook Strait through the Marlborough Sound, to the south island. We spent 2 nights in Picton at the Juggler's Rest hostel (where, yes you...Read this update Tangariro CrossingFeb 8-9 From Rotorua we headed to lake Taupo - the largest lake in NZ and also sitting in the middle of an ancient volcanoe. After a night here of "Urban Camping" -our new favorite thing we took the bus...Read this update From Beaches to Caves5 Feburary 05- It turns out that we happened to be in Raglan at the same time as their annual music festival, Sunsplash: An all day, all night outdoor concert that featured numerous New Zealand artists playing a variety of...Read this update February 07, 2005Miles of SurfWe arrived in Raglan, on the west coast of the North Island, and fell in love with the place right away. Maybe it was because this sleepy little surf town reminded us of Ocean Beach in San Diego or maybe...Read this update English and other languagesAnd so the honeymoon rolls on folks! When we started this trip one of the countries on our short, short list was of course Middle Earth, err, New Zealand. This small remote country has a little bit of everything and...Read this update February 06, 2005After the weddingSo, after the wedding, we spent a couple more days on the island of Taveuni. We took a boat out and went snorkling at a reef. We saw the most amazing corals, fishes, and anemonies. Deborah taught Jim and I...Read this update |
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