March 16, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
New Zealand is a fairy world of ferns. The magnificent ferns of Hawaii are a cheap imitation. Every forest tramp feels like hiking through a forgotten world, or the Jurassic […]
March 13, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
It’s been almost one month since we arrived in New Zealand. We’re beginning to feel as if we’re finding our feet. Our ears are becoming tuned to the funky accent. […]
March 10, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania
It was hard to say goodbye to the Albom family this morning. We rolled into their yard intending to stay one night, perhaps two, as we attended a BBQ they’d […]
March 8, 2013 in New Zealand, Travelogue
The excitement of the week… We got packages!! A huge, “Thank you!” to our friend Rhonda and her family who made a pile of the boxes in her foyer for […]
March 6, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
When we camped at the marina in Gulf Harbour, north of Auckland a few weeks ago I sat on the green and admired the sandstone fang jutting up out of […]
March 4, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
The day Ezra was born, Tony looked up from his cherubic little face and sighed, “I got the short end of the public bathroom stick.” Three to one, he definitely […]
March 3, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
The hills of the central North Island of New Zealand are a blanket of verdant greens and golden yellows. From the deep, black green of the dark pine forests, to […]
February 26, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
The river water is almost icy cold, rushing past the bank and over the rocks with a happy gurgling, before it sweeps around the bend and downstream. The little turnout […]
February 25, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
The New Zealand National Aquarium is not, as one might predict, in Auckland. Instead, it’s nestled on the peaceful shore of Hawke’s Bay in the seaside city of Napier. We […]
February 23, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
I wondered, as we rumbled along the sand and pebble coast of Cape Kidnappers, if it was a day very much like this when Captain Cook first saw the coast […]
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