Queenstown Adventures & the TSS Earnslaw
April 27, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
Queenstown is everything it’s cracked up to be: Over the top in every way. If you want to pay big bucks to risk life and limb and push your adrenaline […]
April 27, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
Queenstown is everything it’s cracked up to be: Over the top in every way. If you want to pay big bucks to risk life and limb and push your adrenaline […]
April 25, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
The drive from Te Anau to Milford Sound is one of the most spectacular we’ve ever made. From rivers flowing hard and fast with glacial melt, the colour of blue […]
April 23, 2013 in Inspiration
If you ever find yourself in Te Anau, on the western edge of fjordland, on the South Island on New Zealand, may I recommend that you take a day to […]
April 22, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
We stopped, on a whim, at a little hole in the wall paua shell factory on the main drag in Riverton, New Zealand. Wondering where Riverton is? Pretty much at […]
April 19, 2013 in Inspiration
We get a lot of questions about how the logistics of balancing work while traveling works in our family. The short answer: sometimes better than others! Our travels are not […]
April 19, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
Friday found us huddled in a camper while cold air nipped at our blankets. Movement caught my eye and I looked at the source. Mom was moving towards the heater […]
April 18, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
If there is a god, and he has a country, it is surely the south west corner of New Zealand; in the fjordlands, between Riverton and Te Anau. Gently rolling hills, […]
April 17, 2013 in Inspiration, Travelogue
It seems impossible to me that my fat little black haired baby is turning 15. The day he was born I made a huge plate of yeast donuts before I […]
April 16, 2013 in Inspiration, Mexico, North America, Travelogue
I was thirteen the first time I set foot in Mexico City. In my memory the city smells like fresh popcorn, tastes like cotton candy and is irrevocably tied to […]
April 14, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
The only way to travel the length of the Taieri Gorge is by train. Well, I suppose one could hike, but that would take far longer than an afternoon. The […]