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January 1st 2012
Made it back to ohakune for 10 days. Then headed to the South island. Nelsen, Abel Tasman, Nelson lakes then worked our way down the west coast and on in to Queenstown.... read more
Northland
Published: December 21st 2011Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Northland » Cape Reinga
December 12th 2011
12/1/2010 Josh dropped me off at the airport in Atlanta. 12/1/2011 I picked Josh up at the airport in Auckland. Headed staight north to the very tip of New Zealand to Cape Reinga. Did a little hike and camped out on the beach. Then slowly started heading south. Worked our way to Auckland and went to meeting there. Stayed with some friends we made at the hall and monday went to the bethel. We got put in a tour group with the New Zealand sign language group. After bethel we headed to the hot water beaches on the Coromandel peninsula. You dig a hole in the sand and it fills up with hot water. Then on to Tauranga for the night then on to Gisborne where we caught tuesday meeting. Then worked our way back to ... read more
November 30th 2011
End of ski season oct 23rd til now Nov 30th. See map for route. Just a little road tripping then back to my Home town Ohakune for a couple weeks. Now im in Auckland to pick Josh up from the airport in the morning. So heaps more pictures to come over the next 6 weeks!... read more
July 29th 2011
Been a great snow season so far. Learning a lot about grooming and having a lot of fun. Havent got to travel to far away yet but that will come soon.... read more
On the move again
Published: June 29th 2011Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington Region » Wellington
June 24th 2011
Im traveling again. In New Zealand for work til end of october then Josh is gona meet me out here for some roadtripping. Spent my first five days in wellington. Bought a car and headed north to turangi.... read more
November 30th 2010
A large group of us loaded up in a safari like vehicle that one of the brothers owned and and headed out for preaching in the jungle. Upon arriving we had to cross the river on a wooden bridge then walked for a couple miles with the houses scattered. Then we went to an anniversary party in Rio Bamba. Josh gave the talk saturday then we headed home.... read more
November 26th 2010
Floated a class 4 river for about 6 hours. What an awesome experience. Through the jungle as well, Very beautiful. Had the camera locked in a dry bag so wasnt able to get any pictures during the trip but got A couple before, during lunch and after where we got out of the water is where all the monkey pictures are. At one spot there was a waterfall so we had to get out and hike through the jungle and down a small cliff while they used ropes to float the boat downstream. One of the rapids he let us all get out and he pushed the boat through then we all floated and got sucked under at two spots. It was awesome, i did drink a little water at this point. Then one of the ... read more
November 22nd 2010
Went to a native indian meeting with the brother (Alex)were stayin with in tana. The language is shuar. Small friendly group. Then monday we went to a getto zoo where many animals would escape daily. The video is of 1 of 3 cats that escaped. They were chasin them with branches and machetes to corral them in there pen. Not very successful though. After that we went to a little water park and hiked through some caves.... read more
November 22nd 2010
We hiked to the top of Imbabura which is at 15,190 ft. Pretty intense hike and comin down was even more difficult because we took a different route which was longer. The city of Ibarra is around 7000 feet. We went by truck part way up the mountain and then hiked a couple thousand vert. Probably one of the most exhuasting hikes ive ever done. There is a crater from a volcano but when we got to the top it was to foggy to see.... read more
November 16th 2010
Went to a spanish wedding sunday after meeting. Danced til almost 1. Very exhuasting. Josh was the life of the party.... read more
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