NEW ZEALAND!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Where to start?! This country is breathtakingly beautiful and we are IN LOVE with this place!!!
It has been a while since our last update so we will try to do our best to give a good update on our travels.
WE RENTED A CAMPERVAN!!! Haha! This one is the super deluxe suite of campervans!!! We have a toilet and a shower! So we are able to travel wherever we want whenever and it makes seeing New Zealand that much more enjoyable!
We went to Hanmer Springs and enjoyed the hot springs on our first day! The second day was amazing! We went to a town called Kaikoura and went whale watching. We saw 2 sperm whales!!! AND a pod of about 200 dusky dolphins surrounded our boat! WE COULDN’T HAVE BEEN MORE LUCKY!!!
The next day we drove up to Mt Cook! Fabulous views and scenery and also wonderful photos! We walked through the valley and had such a good time we didn’t realize that more than half a day had already passed! Oops! On to our next spot… We saw the Tasman Glacier and walked through the Tasman Valley!
Then to Oamaru to see the penguins! We were really excited to see yellow eyed penguins and we did…we saw 1… Of course we thought they would show off like the dolphins, flaunting themselves, ASKING to be photographed but no luck.
Off to Dunedin to see KELVIN AND SOOHEE!!! WOOHOO!!! We were so glad to see them, how cool to meet some of your friends in one country, than another and than in another! PRETTY DARN COOL! We spent the weekend with them and their friends at Kaka Point where they had rented a house for the weekend. We also got to meet up again with Mike and Laura, who we also met in Malaysia! We had a great time getting to meet some different people and learn new things. We learned how to play cricket!!! Turns out I am not so bad and got a few compliments about my cricket skills! We had a delicious barbeque at a friend of Kelvin’s! Jonathan also got to experience super cold water snorkeling and they tried to find some abalone! However, the water was really rough and the waves were huge that they didn’t get any abalone but had a blast! After swimming Jonathan and I went our own way and headed towards the west coast of the island.
We ventured to the southernmost point on the South Island! Only about 4000km to the South Pole! We had a good time adventuring through farmland and taking photos of the many sheep and cows!
Last night we camped in Middle Earth! Actually we camped right where they filmed many of the scenes from the Lord of the Rings movies! Check out the photos and see if you recognize the scenery!
Today we arrived at Milford Sound, one of the 8th wonders of the world! Pretty impressive! It is beyond words beautiful! Tomorrow Jonathan is going diving and than we are going to explore the waterfalls and unique landscape of this location.
Bottom line: New Zealand has been our favorite country so far, it is beautiful and you should come visit!
Love to all!
Tara and Jonathan
Check out New Zealand!!!
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WOW! You guys took some AMAZING photos! New Zealand looks absolutely FABULOUS! I just hope you guys come home and don't stay there =) Glad to see you both are doing well and are still having the time of your lives!
Love Always,
Rachel
I'm so jealous!! I wanna hide under a log, I bet I'm as big as a hobbit!! But anyways I'm glad to see that yall are having so much fun. I can't wait till May when I get to hear all your stories in person!!
One of you needs to grab me a penguin before you leave New Zealand
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