Trip Blogs: New Zealand Adventure

Date: MARCH 6, SUNDAY
Location: QUEENSTON

So, this will be the last post. Sorry. We had the satellite phone with us on the trek but the button had been pushed so no juice so we could not po
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Date: MARCH 2, WEDNESDAY
Location: DOUBTFUL SOUND

Special day. Doubtful Sound day. We watched the sun color the clouds as they floated around the mountains of Fjordland last night. Karen keeps us
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Date: MARCH 1, TUESDAY
Location: LAKE MANAPORI

Lovely morning spent exploring Dunedin. The highlight for many was the chocolate factory of Cadbury. Delicious sampling and some serious purchasing.
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Date: FEBRUARY 29, MONDAY, LEAPING YEAR
Location: DUNEDIN

We have crossed again out of the mountains and are back on the east coast. The boulder is part of a geologic anomaly we stopped to visit. Ate lunch
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Date: FEBRUARY 28, SUNDAY
Location: MT COOK NATIONAL PARK

Awoke by looking out the window at the moon shine fading and the morning red glow starting over the undulating row of jagged and glaciated peaks just
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Date: FEBRUARY 27, SATURDAY
Location: MT COOK NATIONAL PARK

Cave Spring was a huge adventure today. We went to an area where they filmed Narnia. There is a cave there. It is a stream you walk in,about waist
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Date: FEBRUARY 26, FRIDAY
Location: FLOCK HILL NEW ZEALAND

Another diverse and beautiful day. We awoke to the sound of the surf. Breakfast on patio watching the waves come in. Then off to explore along a
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Date: FEBRUARY 25, Thursday
Location: Punuaki, New Zealand

What a diverse and beautiful day. From Cannibal Gorge where bones of dead warriors can be found (also site of filming of Lord of the rings) to the we
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Date: FEBRUARY 24, WEDNESDAY
Location: Hanmer Hot Springs, 2 hours nw of Christchurch

Wow! We are all here. SAFE and arrived early. We stopped downtown Christchurch to see the very interesting rebuilding of the city after the deva
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