New Zealand

Activities abound here. You can heli or bungy anything...they'll even shoot you out of a cannon! We chose a ride on an America's Cup sailboat...tame by comparison, but a unique experience nonetheless. Captain Joe put [...]

Snow capped mountains! Lord of the Rings this, Lord of the Rings that. There are tour busses full of LOTR fans. We took a combination jet boat/funyak trip. What is a Funyak, you ask? It's [...]

We're now at the South Island. This is the Antarctic Museum - did you know that almost all the Antarctic Expeditions left from NZ? The proximity is suitable, so Christchurch has become quite the hub. [...]

One last kiss and the last of the daylight before we headed into the cave. Isn't this just the best photo?

We loved the epic Lost World all day caving adventure. It started with a 100 meter rapell down into the canyon (that's a 30 story building, people!) We had lunch at the bottom of the [...]

We've seen a lot of thermal pools and geysers here, but this one in Oreki Koreka rivals Yosemite for color. The cave to the right is a wishing cave...you put your left hand in the [...]

We decided to fit in a little 3 hour quad adventure - we both managed to get stuck thoroughly in some really thick mud. The tracks they had us on were really cool - we [...]

Tongariro Crossing is one of the best hikes in NZ, and a new addition to our all time top 10 hikes. A successful hike here is very weather dependent...some people hike it and see almost [...]

Huka Falls is a big honker, supplying 15% of the power for New Zealand. It can fill an Olympic sized swimming pool in 3 SECONDS. We took another jet boat…this one did 360 degree turns [...]

Posted by Mike:With a blistering speed of 3mph, Sue biked across tree roots, muddy uphills and lush valleys. At least we had a great view of this thermal swimming hole. We were so slow getting [...]

Not to get mushy, but the honeymoon continues to be not only a load of fun, but very romantic!!By the way, behind us should be Mt. Ruapaho (Mt. Doom for you Lord of the Rings [...]

How cool is this? This is a huge native Maori carving and we got to swim right next to it. The water is so WARM, even though it was 6pm and a little cloudy.Afterwards we [...]