Blogs from Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 6

Apres le charme de Dunedin, nous voila partis pour Invercargill, tout au sud de la NZ. D'accord, quand on y vient, on se dit que c'est peut etre pas le meilleur endroit a visiter dans le coin, mais on y est alles pour voir des copains de Jersey! Et oui, les jersiais ont apparemment decide de venir tous s'installer en NZ! Qui leur en voudrait? C'est un pays tellement beau ou le ryhtme de vie est tellement plus agreable qu'en Europe.... Bref, nous voila venus ici passer le week-end avec des amis. Invercargill en elle-meme n'est pas tres jolie (et franchement, trouver les ingredients pour un curry ici n'est pas facile), mais les alentours, la region des Catlins est absolument magnifique. Des plages superbes, des champs d'un vert etonnant sur fond de ciel bleu... Un decor ... read more

....And we're back! After quite the absence from traveling and blogging, Tanner and I are once again taking to the road and spending the next 4 months slowly making our way back home. Our trip started on Feb. 24 when we left Wellington and headed to New Zealand's South Island. Here are some places we went/highlights along the way: - Hiking at Abel Tasman National Park: We walked more than 15 km (which is 9ish miles -- whoa) along beautiful beaches and up (very steep!) forest mountains. - Glacier Hiking: That's right, we hiked on a glacier. When I told my dad we were doing this, he said, "That's nice -- so now you'll be able to tell your grandkids what a glacier looks like." It was awesome. - Tanner went bungy jumping: And not just ... read more

We left Dunedin and headed for the Catlins. Which is the south eastern coast of the south island. It is mostly farmland, there are only a couple towns along the way. One consists of 350 people the other 32 people. It is also known as a haven for seals, sea lions, dolphins, and penguins. We saw all 4 of these creatures but the dolphin was asleep on the beach. The penguin was pretty special though. It was the yellow-eyed penguin which is the rarest in the world. We saw one in the middle of a petrified forest. We also ventured into a place called cathedral caverns, which due to the tides are only accessed for an hour each day but constantly changes so it was very lucky that the timing was right for us. It was ... read more

Well the travel team are now all in the same place! A good start one would hope! The junior travel team member was not packed but that problem is being rectified as we speak. Tonight sees an early celebration of the 2 travel members birthdays since one will be in the channel tunnel on his birthday (Pete) and the other will possibly be in Prague (Mitch). Hopefully we have been able to download a photo of the full travel team! Take care everyone.... read more

Welllll, okay. I am tired of the bus... tired of being in transit. Tired of hostels, and partying, and drinkers and meeting kids whos parents paid for the entire trip. Tired of lost causes, and single serving friends, and tired of sleeping on the bus. Also supremely tired of seeing people time and time again fall in love and then get torn apart due to the fact that they live in different parts of the world. It happened again yesterday. Yet another really nice couple on the bus have been seperated. True it is sad. But somewhat expected to be sure. And as for yours truely (aside from being dragged all over NZ) i am in good health, and doing what i do best. Also considering coming home in september, then going to mexico for a ... read more