Category Archives: New Zealand

Friday Photo: On the road to Paradise

I feel very far from home right now.  At least mentally and soon also physically.  My mind has been a mush of decisions, desires, confusion, and fear.  I’m on the edge of trying to do something to shake things up … Continue reading

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Friday Photo: Hanging out on Fox Glacier

I love New Zealand.  Honestly when I first got there I wondered what took me so long to visit.  It is just an amazing place, particularly the South Island (the only island I visited sadly).  It felt like a huge … Continue reading

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Friday Photo: On top of Fox Glacier

It didnt quite feel like summer anymore being up on top of the Glaciers over in New Zealand.  There are two big glacier’s in the area, Fox and Franz Josef.  I decided to hike on Fox Glacier, but stay in … Continue reading

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Friday Photo: Nap Time

Wandering around Kaikoura was nice this time of year.  Sadly I didn’t get to do as much in town as I hoped to, but I took a walk out along the peninsula and came across this napping sea lion.  He … Continue reading

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Swimming with Dolphins in Akaroa

I unfortunately missed my chance while in Kaikoura to swim with the Dolphins and I thought I would have no other chance to do it.  But I arrived in Christchurch I had found at my hostel that there was an … Continue reading

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Jumping over Abel Tasman

I have wanted to go skydiving for years now. I have no idea why I didn’t do it yet, maybe I just like the idea of going, but it was something I always I figured I would do eventually. There was just something about New Zealand that makes you want to jump out of airplanes, or bungee jump off bridges, or any other sort of random extreme sport.

I wasn’t really thinking of skydiving while on the South Island until I met Eric over in Queenstown. We were chatting, he really wanted to go skydiving, but was looking for someone to do it as well and I figured what the heck. We attempted to do skydiving twice in Queenstown but had no luck with the weather, and then I tried another time at Franz Josef Glacier and again the weather did not want to cooperate. At this point I was determined to accomplish a task that I had originally not even set out to do, and I was running low on time. This probably would be my last chance. Continue reading

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