Can you see the opening credits of LOTR? View of one of the mountains in the national park Mona and Dave (random guy in middle) climbing the south ridge Mt. Doom in the Background. Better known as Mt. Ngurahoe.
Now that’s a Name!
by Bertha on 26. Oct, 2005 in New Zealand 2005, Pictures
And it kinda was too! It was Labour Day Monday on the 24th so the cafe had a 15% surcharge on your bill. It happens in every business open on a Public Holiday.
Te Papa Museum
by Bertha on 25. Oct, 2005 in New Zealand 2005, Pictures
If there is only one thing you do in Wellington, it should be to visit Te Papa Museum! The entire day today was spent there trying to see all the exhibits and I spent 5 hours there but I didn’t manage to cover it all. And I found out later there were walks and exhibits […]
Tongariro Crossing near Taupo
by Bertha on 24. Oct, 2005 in New Zealand 2005
Let me just say that you all will be very proud of me for doing this crazy, crazy trek! As Dave (or E-VIEL as I like to call him) can attest to when we went hiking up that stupid mountain in Banff with Eddie, I do not like steep mountain climbs. Actually, I am more […]
Taupo Skydiving
by Bertha on 22. Oct, 2005 in New Zealand 2005, Pictures
Skydiving with Taupo Tandem Skydiving was pretty cool! I had woken up this morning at 8am cuz I had to check weather conditions. The clouds have made the past few days unavailable for skydiving. Fortnately, I managed to get my dive in today at 1pm! the scariest part of it though was watching the video […]
Rotorua Zorbing
by Bertha on 21. Oct, 2005 in New Zealand 2005
Was AWESOME! I loved it so much I paid for a second run! I did a two person wet ride with the Joci, the girl I met travelling, just cuz it is cheaper but we realized that the longer, zig zag course was only for single riders so we both did it a second time. […]
Rotorura
by Bertha on 20. Oct, 2005 in New Zealand 2005
so, I”ve just finished my emails and logged into the blog to get ready to update when the timer goes off to tell me I”ve only got 5 mins. So, this will be short and sweet and will fix it up later! Been Blackwater Rafting in the glowworm caves in Taupo. Very cool. I love […]
Devonport
by Bertha on 16. Oct, 2005 in New Zealand 2005, Travel
Very lovely little suburb on the north shore of Auckland. I did a historical walking tour and included my own stops at the old Naval base and the extinct volcano, Mt. Victoria. Both provided excellent views of Auckland. There was a school group or something at the naval base playing some kind of game in […]
New category
by Bertha on 05. Oct, 2005 in New Zealand 2005
If you want to keep track of me in New Zealand, I’ve created a new Category. I know that some of you click on the category link so you don’t necessarily see all the postings and what order they were posted. So if you are one of those people, just lick on New Zealand to […]