New Zealand

Completing the Tongariro Alpine Crossing was a significant achievement for us and I thought deserving of it’s own blog post.  We first heard about this hike Read more →

Around Rotorua the earth’s crust is thin and the area is well known for it’s geothermal activity, featuring geysers and pools of  bubbling hot mud and steaming water.  Read more →

The Coromandel Peninsula is steep and hilly, largely covered in temperate rainforest.  It’s rugged nature means that much of it is relatively isolated with several small towns dotting the coastline, leaving much of the interior virtually uninhabited.  Read more →

After a long journey from Calgary we arrived in Auckland, the first stop in our 3 month tour of New Zealand’s 2 islands.  We left Calgary on October 8th Read more →