Month: May 2013
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Rainy Routeburn
May 31, 2013 Yesterday was an exciting and very wet day! Our itinerary had us hiking the Routeburn Track for pretty much the whole day. The Routeburn is one of the 9 Great Tracks (or trails) in NZ. It’s 32km (about 20 miles) long… I’m not sure how many miles that is though. The guide […]
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Our Journey to Queenstown
May 30, 2013 Today was another long day of travel with many stops along the way. We woke up at 5:30am. I know that I can easily wake up at just about any time of the morning, but it definitely doesn’t get easier! We were on the road by about 6am. Since it was still […]
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Hiking Fox Glacier and Lake Matheson
May 29, 2013 Guess what! Today I hiked a glacier. Fox Glacier, to be specific. I also did a sunrise hike at Lake Matheson, which is a reflective lake. Let me start from the beginning of the day because our day was very jam-packed! We woke up at 6:30am and piled on the layers to […]
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Stereotypical Floridian: Excited for Snow
May 28, 2013 Another travel day along the West Coast. We started our morning with a free day in Hokitika. They are know for punamu (or jade) stone. We got really excited when we walked along the beach because we thought that we were finding some, but it was really just sand molded together that […]
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Blowholes and Pancake Rocks
May 27, 2013 Right now, we are in a travel-heavy portion of our trip. Since we’re trying to cover the main spots of the South Island in a short period of time, our time on the west coast is pretty brief. We’ve been only spending a night or two in each location and there’s been […]
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What Was the Mushroom’s Pickup Line at the Bar?… I’m a Fun Guy!
May 26, 2013 Well, today marks the halfway mark of our trip. We are 12 days in. I can’t decide if I have felt like the days have gone by really quickly or slowly. For the most part, our days are quick and by the end of the day I’m exhausted. We traveled from Motueka […]
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Hiking and Kayaking in Abel Tasman National Park
May 25, 2013 This was a great day! We got up early and headed over to the Abel Tasman Park. We split into two groups and half of us went kayaking while the others hiked to the beach where we kayaked to. After lunch, we switched places. It was a perfect day: the weather was […]
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“Oh yeah, this is a six credit class”
May 24, 2013 Today was a day of lecture and travel. We went to the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) for a couple lectures on risk management and leadership within adventure tourism. Then we traveled to Motueka and had a couple more lectures. Sometimes, I forget that I’m studying abroad because we’re doing all […]
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A Short Day in Nelson
May 23, 2013 It was another pretty laid back day for us here in Nelson. We got up early and went to the Brook Waimarama Sanctuary. We learned about the invasive species in New Zealand and how these species have single handedly taken out certain populations of species that were not prepared to defend themselves […]
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Welcome to Nelson
May 22, 2013 Today was a travel day with a surprise! We moved on from Kaikoura to Nelson. Along the way, we stopped for this short hike up to a waterfall. At the top were hundreds of baby seal pups all playing in the water. They were curious and came over to us and said […]