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 […]
February 22, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
New Zealand…. This is a place that has been on our bucket list for a very long time. Ten years ago, or so, my parents came over, rented a […]
February 20, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
We’ve been talking about this journey for years. Ever since my parents bought a little camper van and knocked around the islands for six weeks or so a decade ago […]
February 19, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
Did you know that being caught smuggling nine lemons into New Zealand is grounds for prosecution, with a penalty of a $100,000 fine, and up to five years in […]
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