Well, I’m back from a six day trip out to the outback of the Top End of Australia. It was brilliant! We had about 9 people on the trip, and they were all great. I’ll try to summarize the trip here:
Day 1: Darwin to Litchfield national park. We went swimming in three different waterfall...
Ok, it’s hot here…really hot. Actually it’s probably close to Houston heat, but I’m not used to it at all. There is a beautiful ocean right nearby, but no one can go in it due to the box jellyfish swarms that happen here about six months out of the year. Apparently while it is possible...
Haggas’ Honking Holes is a tour company’s name for a great underground adventure trip. You start out in the town of Waitomo where you head for the company’s headquarters. After a quick test where you have to crawl thru a small tunnel to make sure you won’t get stuck underground, we all boarded...
After Molly left I headed up to Rotorua, a geothermic active area on the North Island. The first thing you notice when you get to town is the stink! The whole place has a sulfur smell that just overpowers everything. After a few hours you start to get used to it, but I...
We’ve moved on to a place even farther north in NZ called the Bay of Islands. We took a bus up here for a very pleasant four hour ride, and then found a neat little coastal town to stay in. Went diving yesterday with one of the local outfits. Very cold water compared to the...
Well, I arrived in Auckland two days ago. It’s a lot warmer here than it was in Christchurch, and it’s right on the water. The preliminary rounds of the America’s Cup are happening in the harbor right now, and that’s been a lot of fun to watch. I’m here with a friend from the states,and...
Wow! Civilization is cool! The smells of a city are the first thing that’s really hit so far. I’ve been just wandering Christchurch in a daze checking out the people, and trying to remember how the world really works. It’s amazing to see flowers and liquid water again. So far, I’ve been shopping,...
