Christchurch, our penultimate stop in New Zealand, is the country's third largest city with 381,000 residents. It is often referred to as ChCh here. It was struck by terrible earthquakes…
Our next stop on the South Island was to Invercargill, the southernmost city in New Zealand. But before we left Fiordlands National Park, we had a couple more hikes to…
Te Anau, gateway to Fiordland National Park, was our next stop. We stayed in a self-catering studio apartment, and got to eat at home, a nice break from restaurant food.…
New Zealand has a population of about 4 million people and over 20 million sheep and lambs. That's a lot of lamb chops, and En Zed (N.Z.) lamb is shipped…
We had booked into The Hermitage at Mt. Cook National Park for two nights, but before going up to our room were looking around the lobby. My Lovely Bride had…
When My Lovely Bride was starting to plan her packing list for our New Zealand Adventure, she said, "Ty, we have to pack light for this trip. You're allowed 2…
The next two day-segment of our New Zealand Adventure took us south on the West Coast to Franz Joseph Glacier, a 2 hour drive from our B&B in Awatuna. But…
After our amazing meal at The Oaks, we checked email and found notes and photos from Maureen and Marc. Here they are holding Little Princess Gretchen and King Rudy; they…
Downtown Auckland is much like any big coastal city - diverse, busy and very young. One of the many attractions here is bungy jumping, which was invented in New…