Day 2 of our camping adventure started off great with our morning photo walk at Tasman Lake (mentioned in the earlier post). After that all of our plans sort of fell apart. When we visited the Mt Cook Visitor’s Center to check in for the hike to Mueller Hut, we …
The next stop on our little camping trip to Middle Earth was Tasman Glacier and Lake inside the Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand. At 27 km, the Tasman Glacier is the longest Glacier in New Zealand. The glacier is receding at an unprecedented 400-800m every year now leading …
[Update: Thanksgiving availability seems to be dwindling to just a date or two now] Act fast guys there are a small number of dates for 6 award tickets on United Global First to Auckland and Business to Sydney out of SFO and LAX. And I am also noticing that there certain …
It was the morning of New Year’s Eve when we arrived in Auckland. I won’t review the flight over to Auckland because it was exactly the same as the flight into Queenstown. All I can say is that it was a very smooth flight with some spectacular views of the …
Our last day in Queenstown started out a little rainy and rather dreary. My mom and I had caught a cold sometime earlier during the trip and the runny nose and sore throat were at their worst. Tired from the previous days activities, we pretty much slept in that morning. Lucky …
Our third day in New Zealand kicked of with a morning hike up Queenstown Hill. The trail begins on Belfast Terrace, a quiet residential street above Queenstown, and continues on up the hill for almost 1.2 miles.
