After a few more days of relaxation in Sydney and one more drunken night in the Quarryman’s Hotel it was time to move on to New Zealand. On my last night in Australia, Nikki’s mother cooked a Thanksgiving meal for me, since I would be missing the holiday at home with my own family. The [...]
I took an afternoon bus from Rotorua to Taupo and arrived at the Action Down Under YHA around 3pm. The hostel is extremely comfortable, with two separate TV rooms, a wide selection of movies, centrally located tent sites and hammocks slung between trees with long branches to provide shade. I quickly set up my tent [...]
24: Kaikoura In a town with roughly the same population as a Manhattan apartment building, the marine related activities are staggering. From crayfish to killer whales, you can have a gander at any link in the marine food chain. Seals lay out on sunny shore rocks like drunken tourists. A short boat ride away from [...]
Andre slid a plank of wood across the deep fissure and slapped me on the back. “Careful,” he said to me. “This is where we lost the last hiker.” The group laughed and teased me as I stepped up to the makeshift bridge. “Please, you must hold the rope,” Andre reminded me. He had just [...]
Or...Fine Young Cannibals: Not just an 80's pop band! Sean and Kim enjoyed Fijian hospitality and kava ceremonies as part of their final stop of their RTW Honeymoon.
Deserts and glaciers. Waterfalls and volcanoes. Mix in a few million sheep, vast grassland plains, some exuberant native island culture and you've got a good start on New Zealand.
I took an afternoon bus from Rotorua to Taupo and arrived at the Action Down Under YHA around 3pm. The hostel is extremely comfortable, with two separate TV rooms, a wide selection of movies, centrally located tent sites and hammocks slung between trees with long branches to provide shade. I quickly set up my tent [...] 
24: Kaikoura In a town with roughly the same population as a Manhattan apartment building, the marine related activities are staggering. From crayfish to killer whales, you can have a gander at any link in the marine food chain. Seals lay out on sunny shore rocks like drunken tourists. A short boat ride away from [...] 