Day 12: Gravity Canyon 04 November 2009 Ryan Today consisted of about 5 hours of driving, with one specific stop in the middle: Mokai Gravity Canyon. Gravity Canyon has three extreme ways to fly: bungy jumping, canyon swinging, and the flying fox. For whatever reason, Jenny, while cringing at the thought of free falling doing a canyon swing, h... [More]
Day 7 They say it's about 5 hours... 31 October 2009 Jenny Supposedly, the drive from Queenstown to Christchurch is about 5 hours. Bull. We left Queenstown about an hour before sunset and drove until I was starting to put nailprints in Ryan's leg (I don't like driving in the dark at the best of times; now we are in a foreign country with livestock roaming a... [More]
Day 5: Milford Sound 29 October 2009 Ryan When we picked up the campervan in Christchurch, we noticed a sign stating that it was the law to carry chains on the highway from Te Anau to Milford Sound until the end of October. I asked about it and they said it was due to the fact that the weather can change in an instance and snow is still a p... [More]
Day 5 Beautiful. Just Beautiful. 29 October 2009 Jenny We had an early start (and a non-working alarm clock again -- I think the phone is fired). A quick stop in town to pick up breakfast (those pies Ryan was eyeing yesterday -- they are open from 7am to 3pm, so he missed out last night) and chains and we were hitting the road.The first bit didn't seem ... [More]
Day 4 A new take on the night sky 28 October 2009 Jenny Of course, we both slept through the alarm this morning. We set it and double checked that it was set... but we forgot to look at the volume on it. Thankfully, Ryan has a tendancy to wake up early, and we only overslept by 40 minutes or so. A quick shower and breakfast later, we were on the road. Sa... [More]
Day 2: Everybody's closed on a holiday... except the penguins 26 October 2009 Jenny It was a late night last night. We drove from Christchurch to Oamaru in the morning, arriving around 2, stopping for lunch along the way. We wanted to go for fish and chips, but, as Monday was a holiday, everywhere but McDonalds and KFC were closed. Ryan actually talked me into going to KFC. It wasn... [More]
Day 2: Driving In New Zealand Is Easy 25 October 2009 Ryan I'm not quite sure what people have to complain about. Driving on the left has been surprisingly easy. I've just been telling myself to do the opposite of everything, and so far that's worked. I am still stopping at red lights however. They have, in my mind, one major difference in road rules here ... [More]
Day 1: Settled in 25 October 2009 Jenny Sorry for the delay in this post... we were a little tired last night! It's around 8am here on Monday morning now. Yes, I am up at 8am. One of the neighbors closed their sliding door and woke me up. And we went to bed pretty early yesterday, so I'm well rested! And excited to get on with our day!We ... [More]