Well, I know it has been a long time since I last updated everyone back at home with what I have been getting in to. Sorry. Today is my last day in New Zealand. I have had such a wonderful and relaxing last week here. The pictures that I put on the site today do not do the beautiful Coromandel Peninsula justice. However, I hope that you enjoy them all the same. Last week, David took me on a chartered fishing trip out in the Bay of Plenty. It began ea...

All right, I finally had a moment to sit down and explain the photos that I recently added to the photo album. Well, the last journal entry that I wrote was after Wellington. The next day I hiked the Tongariro Crossing, known as one of the best day hikes in NZ! A suitable name. David dropped me off at 8:30 and I hiked along with other people that came on bus trips. The first part of the hike across the Mangatepoo valley was easy. Then I hit the first real c...

Hey everyone, well this might be a bit shorter than what I was going to originally write to you because I got kicked off the computer earlier and lost the four paragraphs that I had just finished. Oh, well. So, I was in Nelson during my last journal entry. I loved the town, but I didn't get to do much in it because I spent my day there catching up on things like email, mail, laundry, etc. David and I did get some fresh fish and mussels to cook for dinner...

Hey everyone! Well, it has been a busy week. I just returned from a wonderful three day kayaking trip up the Abel Tasman National Park. Tell you all about it in a second. We left Franz Josef last week and gave this guy, Ben a ride up with us to Greymouth on the West Coast. It rained all day long! I mean RAINED ALL DAY LONG. So, when we arrived. We had nothing else to do but walk to Monteith's Brewery and do the brewery tour. The tour was a lot of f...

Hey everyone! Well, I am exhausted right now. I will explain why in a few minutes, but let me tell you what has been going on for the past few days first. Lake Wanaka was a beautiful little town. I had a really good time while staying there. On Saturday I went out on my own because David and I wanted to do different things. I ran into a really cool girl, Beck, from Seattle. She has been working in Sydney for the past year though. We walked to the Pu...