So, I’ve had this idea for a blog post for some time now… our year 2009 in review… in pictures… only pictures (well, with titles as well). I thought it would be fun and a little different, so here it goes.
2009’s most random moment: Zorbing
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So we woke up to our last day on our Active New Zealand tour – yet another beautiful morning looking out to Mt. Cook. We packed up and headed to Lake Tekapo. Some of us did a short 35min hike up to a cafe/observatory on a hill. Then we decided to have one last group...
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Have I mentioned yet that the weather was completely on our side for this trip? Because if i haven’t, we woke up to another perfect morning for hiking at Mt. Cook.
We had the choice of two hikes today – one up to Mueller Hut and one through the Hooker Valley. Colin and I both decided...
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We started our day with a 20km bike ride from Manapouri to Te Anau.
It was so chilly outside and we even had frost on our bicycle seats! We definitely warmed up after our ride though. Our final destination was to be Braemar Station – as sheep shearing farm on the edge of lake Pukaki. It’s...
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Once again, we had splendid weather. We woke up to no rain in Milford! AMAZING! We suited up for some kayaking and boy oh boy did we all look hilarious. Definitely a picture worthy moment!
We divided up into two groups of four kayaks each. So needless to say, we only have pictures from our group…...
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We were picked up by Frank and headed for Milford Sound (the eighth wonder of the world – so to speak)… It was quite a drive, but a beautiful one through Fiordland National Park. This first pic is from an open meadow that is apparently used in many car commercials.
We stopped for a hike up...
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So this was our free day in Queenstown. Since Colin and I knew we’d be coming back, we decided to take a hike instead of spending tons of money on adventure activities. We chose the Ben Lomond track which went up to a summit of over 1700m. First we went up the Gondola (which saved...
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Today we headed to Queenstown. We stopped in Wanaka for hike up a hill – and the view from the top was stunning! The rain and fog had cleared just a bit to get this photo of the lake and valley.
Then we went to town and walked around for a bit. They had a nice...
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Rimu Tour Day 7
So, before we left Okarito for good, we needed to have a picture with our bosses. So here it it… Shawn and Rebecca with their little boy Tannin. (He’s really into knights right now if you couldn’t tell!)
It happened to be pouring rain all day (as it tends to do on the...
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It was so good to be back in Okarito for a couple days. We got to see our bosses again and sleep in the caravan for the last time. We all went kayaking on the Okarito lagoon in the morning. We’ll show you some pictures and introduce you to our awesome tour group.
Meet Stan… He’s...
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