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During a period of reflection in between in-flight movies on our 24+ hour trip back to New York, one word that came to mind when I thought of New Zealand was staggering - staggering in landscape, natural beauty, and scope and range of activities to experience there. It is a place best...

permalink written by  bhkann on December 17, 2012 from Queenstown, New Zealand
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Fiordland

We set out for another 5ish hour drive to one of the prime destinations on our list, Milford Sound. The southwest if New Zealand's South Island is known as Fiordland, as it is filled with numerous glacial valleys that extend to the sea. Perhaps the most impressive is Milford (also the most...

permalink written by  bhkann on December 16, 2012 from Milford Sound, New Zealand
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Oh yea...

We went skydiving!

permalink written by  bhkann on December 15, 2012 from Queenstown, New Zealand
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South to Queenstown

We continued down the increasingly scenic West Coast highway which winds along the shoreline with desolate, rocky beach to the right, hilly rainforest to the left, and occasional dives into pristine farmland valleys and sheep-and-cow meadows (man, are there a lot of sheep here). One of the...

permalink written by  bhkann on December 11, 2012 from Queenstown, New Zealand
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Glacier Climbing

The Westland of New Zealand's South Island is filled with lush rainforest, and glacial-carved valleys. Two easily accessible glaciers remain in this area Fox and Franz Josef - and they form a hub for tourists and adventure activities. We did a short walk to view Franz Josef and then...

permalink written by  bhkann on December 10, 2012 from Fox Glacier, New Zealand
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Arthur's Pass - From East to West

We left Kaikoura and drove down the East coast towards Christ Church, taking a hard right into Arthur's Pass, an alpine crossing that connects the Islands East and West coasts. You may have noticed that many of the cities/routes/regions in New Zealand have two different titles: English and...

permalink written by  bhkann on December 9, 2012 from Craigieburn, New Zealand
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Dusky Dolphins in Kaikoura

Kaikoura lies on a peninsula that juts out into the Pacific Ocean. It's waters and geological nature have a few characteristics that make it New Zealand's Premier marine wildlife destination. Its Shoreline runs very close to a vast and extremely deep underwater canyon. It is also the hub of...

permalink written by  bhkann on December 8, 2012 from Kaikoura, New Zealand
from the travel blog: New Zealand, 2012

Seals Gone Wild in Kaikoura

As we drove the 140km or so down the coast, we began to get a taste of the insane, awe-inspiring beauty of the South Island. Lush green countryside, within the backdrop of alpine, snow-capped mountains on our right, with bright Emerald Ocean, beach cliffs to our left. Most of the conversation...

permalink written by  bhkann on December 6, 2012 from Kaikoura, New Zealand
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Marlborough Wine Country

A short flight on a small dual-prop plane and we were touching down in Blenheim, a city at the Northeast of the South Island and gateway to the Marlborough wine region. New Zealand has a relatively young wine-making history that really took off in the 1970s. The most famous of their wines is...

permalink written by  bhkann on December 5, 2012 from Renwick, New Zealand
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Walking on the Moon

On November 21st, 2012 the Te Maori crater that sits on top of Mount Tongariro erupted with a 10 minute explosion of smoke and ash. This was the second of two eruptions in the past few months, a sign that this volcano may be becoming more active. Mount Tongariro is situated in Tongariro...

permalink written by  bhkann on December 4, 2012 from Tongariro National Park, New Zealand
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