It’s the books. It has always been about the books. But when you can’t step into the pages and see the world for yourself, you have to settle for the movie. I always knew I would hunt for Lord of the Rings scenery when I reached New Zealand. It started when I reached Queenstown…
The Fellowship [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Middle Earth (aka New Zealand): Part One
Posted in Middle Earth, New Zealand, tagged horseback riding, lord of the rings on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cooking up a storm!
Posted in New Zealand, tagged hiking, mount cook on February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am now back in Queenstown, after a short detour around the bottom end of the South Island. Since Sarah is going to be leaving the South Island on the 28th, we wanted to make sure she got in as much as possible beforehand. The result was a loop up to Mount Cook and Lake [...]
Windy & Windy Roads
Posted in New Zealand, tagged dolphins, Milford Sound, Queenstown, Shotover Jet on February 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sarah and I have become Queens of the highways. With Sunny as our chariot and our tent “Castle II,” we have journeyed along some of New Zealand’s most scenic routes. And, being royalty of rad roadtrips, it only makes sense that our first stop is…
Queenstown
The screams from the bungi jumpers (skydivers/jetboaters/paragliders) can be heard frmo [...]
Feels like home…
Posted in New Zealand, tagged Franz Josef Glacier on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The sight of Franz Josef glacier crawling down into the rainforest is unreal. We are sitting at the base of it, and from this close it looks like a jumble of rocks and debris rather than a huge sheet of ice. That view is soon about to change. Our guide, Cliff (no pun intended… that [...]
Ambling Abel Tasman
Posted in New Zealand, tagged Abel Tasman, Lake Matheson, Mt Cook, Fox Glacier on February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After leaving Kaikoura, we headed up to Blenheim to the wine district of New Zealand. I made a quick pitstop at the Cloudy Bay vineyard in order to take some pictures. I remember it being my dad’s favourite wine for a long time so I thought I should check it out while I was in [...]
Early Mornings are Always Worth it.
Posted in New Zealand, tagged dolphin experience, dolphins, hanmer springs, kaikoura on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The mountains plunge into the ocean at Kaikoura, their peaks rosy in the sunrise. They are blushing, unnerved by the lavish attention the sun pours upon them this morning. The boat zips along the water, churning up the calm blue seas with its wake of white froth. And in amongst it, black dorsal fins appear; [...]
Australia: The Best Gift of all.
Posted in Australia, tagged Australia, backpacking in Australia on February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Australia has been a dizzying couple of months, a roundabout of adventures and mishaps and windfalls. I still find it strange to divide my life into geographical regions. There is “Africa,” the past, the most wondrous, the most strange. There is “Australia,” the present, the full-of-good-friends and the feels-like-home. Now there will be “New Zealand,” [...]
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In the words of one wise professor, Amy is fulfilling the true calling of every English literature student and "becoming a vagabond."
This year will see her leaving her two homes -- Canada and England -- to chase the summer around the world with fellow adventurers Sarah and Jason. She will travel to eastern and southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand and south east Asia during a ten-month hiatus from school and the real world.
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