Life is filled with moments. These are mine.
So this 30 Before 30 item was totally a given since we had already booked the trip before I made my list, but visiting Australia and New Zealand before I turn 30 would have still been on my list no matter what. We went through the travel company About Australia, and they were fantastic. Like […]
Doubtful Sound is one of those places where, no matter how hard you try, you will never be able to fully describe it. Same with pictures—it’s hard to get pictures to truly show the size and beauty of the fjords. You have to experience it in person. I’m still trying to figure out how to […]
As I had stated before, I had high hopes for Queenstown. I love the mountains (why can’t St. Louis have them?!), and every picture I had seen of the town, the mountains, and Lake Wakatipu all looked amazing. Well the town certainly did not disappoint in my opinion. Tim and I both wished we had […]
When Tim and I were looking over the list of optional excursions that we could select from to customize our trip, a helicopter ride to White Island immediately got passed over by me. It was the most expensive excursion on the list and I thought we could spend that money elsewhere. Even with a discount, […]
Rotorua is a smelly town. The sulphur in the area because of the volcanic activity causes the city to be blanketed by the smell of rotten eggs. Actually, it’s not as bad as I just made it sound. Yes, you get whiffs of the sulphur here and there, but for the most part you don’t […]
Day 2 of our trip started bright and early. We boarded a coach bus and headed south to Rotorua with a stop to the Waitomo Glow Worm caves, the Agrodome and Te Puia—Maori Arts & Crafts Institute and the Te Whakarewarewa Thermal Valley. The coach ride to each place and on into Rotorua made for a […]